Of the 64 teams competing, Navy represented the team from the school with the smallest student enrollment. After earning second place in the "pool play" on the first day with Texas A&M, Ohio State, and Puerto Rico, Navy played in top half of the bracket for the rest of the tournament. Navy defeated Northeastern, but lost close matches to Delaware, Miami of Ohio and Brigham Young University.

Navy finished 28th in the country. The top 4 finishers in the tournament were Texas, Cal-Berkley, Texas A&M and Stanford.

Navy coach Christine Copper said, "I am very proud of what the Navy club tennis players were able to accomplish at the national tournament last week. The doubles team of Switzer and Dias played the best I've seen them play over the past two years in the match against Texas A&M. This was our first year competing in the national championship tournament and I think our result shows that we belonged there and that Navy club tennis will be a team to reckon with in the coming years."

Senior Anna Switzer, the team captain, said, "Competing in the USTA Campus Championship was the highlight of my four years of Navy Tennis. The level of play was exceptional and I was impressed by the highly competitive yet friendly atmosphere. I'm very proud of our team for the hard work and dedication it took throughout the year to ultimately place within the top 30 colleges in the Nation."

AATS: The Annapolis Area Tennis School is inviting teams and players to join the USTA Junior Team Tennis Leagues which will start on May 15. The season will run for seven weeks. There will be two coeducational leagues, one for high school and the other for middle school. Each team will have six to 10 players and everyone will get to play. The winning teams will play in the state tournament. For information check the web site at www.aatstennis.org or contact Russell Fink at russellfink@annapolis.net or 410 280-1366.

The Seniors Spring Clinics will start at the Watergate Tennis Courts in Eastport on May 14 from 10-11 a.m. Beginners and advanced players are welcome. Clinics will run every week until July 1. The Walk-On Tennis season began at Truxtun Park in Annapolis on April 21 at 10 a.m.-12 p.m. For more information contact Mike Briles at design@verizon.net.

Chartwell Exhibition: Tennis Director Jamie Peterson hosted the fifth Annual Summer Kick-Off Party & Doubles Exhibition Match on April 26 at the Chartwell Golf and Country Club. More than a hundred enjoyed a tough three set victory for the home team of Jamie Peterson and Jesse Carl, 6-2,6-7,6-4.

Chartwell got off to a fast start powered by low crosscourt returns and well timed poaches at the net. Hyon Yoo and Nitin Deodhar fought back in the second set and wound up winning in the tiebreaker. Yoo and Deodhar started the third set up 2-0, until Peterson hit a spectacular cross-court forehand winner which brought the Chartwell members to their feet. When the crowd got into the match, the Chartwell duo caught their energy and stormed back to break Yoo's serve at 4-5 for the victory.

Tournament News: Jack Allen (Millersville) won the Boys' 18 singles title at the West Winds Junior Indoor Satellite No. 32 L5 from April 18 - 21. He defeated Alex Dauses (1) 7-6 (4), 6-1.

Harsha Rao (Severn) won the Boys' 16 Singles at the USTA/MAS Challenger No. 4 L2 in Newport News, Va., from April 19-21. He defeated Andrew Pecht (1) 6-3, 3-0.

John Collins (Bowie) advanced to the finals of the Boys' 18 Singles at the USTA/MAS Challenger No. 4 L2 at the University of Mary Washington from April 26-28. He fell to Sidarth Balaji (1) by 7- 6(3), 6-4.

There are several local tournaments to put on your calendar. The Annapolis City Open will be at Truxtun Park from June 6-15.

For information contact Sherry Whiteford in the Annapolis Recreation and Parks Office at 410-263-7958 or check the tennis schedule on the City of Annapolis web site at http://www.ci.annapolis.md.us. Also, Randy Stevens will host the popular Annapolis Junior Open from July 19-25.

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Send tennis news to Doug Lamartin at his email address at Dlamartin@aol.com.