NCAA Division II men's tennis championship explained

Sport:College tennis
Founded:1963
Country:United States
Champion:Team: Valdosta State (3rd)
Website:NCAA.com

The NCAA Division II Men's Tennis Championship is an annual men's college tennis national collegiate championship sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for teams in Division II.

Unlike the championships for Division I and Division III, this tournament crowns only a team champion. Individual and doubles titles were contested from 1963 to 1994 before being discontinued.

Lander is the most successful program, with eight national titles.

Valdosta State are the current champions, winning their third national title in 2024.

History

The championship first began in 1963 as the NCAA College Division Men's Tennis Championship for smaller colleges and universities not in the larger University Division (the precursor to the current Division I). The tournament gained its current name when the NCAA introduced its three-division structure in 1973–74. The national championship rounds are contested annually in May.[1]

Champions

Singles, Doubles, and Team (Points) Championships (1963–1982)

style= colspan=10NCAA Division II Men's Tennis Championships
(NCAA College Division Men's Tennis Championships, 1962–1973)
Year Site
(Host)
Team ChampionshipSingles ChampionDoubles Champions
Winner PointsRunners-UpPoints
1963
Details
Saint Louis, MOCal State Los Angeles9Southern Illinois7Gil Rodriguez
(Cal State Los Angeles)
Gil Rodriguez / John Lee
(Cal State Los Angeles)
1964
Details
Greencastle, INCal State Los Angeles (2)
Southern Illinois
15Gary Johnson
(Cal State LA)
Don Gaynor / Lee Reid
(UC Santa Barbara)
1965
Details
Los Angeles, CACal State Los Angeles (3)20Redlands16John Yeomans / Bill Schoen
(Redlands)
1966
Details
Sewanee, TNRollins17Cal State Los Angeles
Long Beach State
12George Dickinson
(UT–Chattanooga)
Fred Suessmann / Ken Stuart
(Long Beach State)
1967
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Chicago, ILLong Beach State18Lamar14Sherwood Stewart
(Lamar)
Fred Suessmann / Dennis Trout
(Long Beach State)
1968
Details
Fort Worth, TXFresno State19Cal State Los Angeles14Bob Delgado
(Cal State Los Angeles)
Jim Powers / Gary Ogden
(Fresno State)
1969
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East Stroudsburg, PACal State Northridge17Northeast Missouri State16Steve Messmer
(Cal State Northridge)
Steve Messmer / George Benedict
(Cal State Northridge)
1970
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Hayward, CAUC Irvine25Cal Poly12Earl O'Neill
(UC Irvine)
Gregg Jablonski / Charles Nachand
(UC Irvine)
1971
Details
Greencastle, INUC Irvine (2)25Rollins22Bob Chappell
(UC Irvine)
Ron Lague / John Lowman
(Rollins)
1972
Details
UC Irvine (3)
Rollins (2)
22KalamazooCharlie Owens
(Samford)
John Lowman / Mike Strickland
(Rollins)
1973
Details
East Stroudsburg, PAUC Irvine (4)28Cal Poly17Bob Chappell
(UC Irvine)
Bob Chappell / Glenn Cripe
(UC Irvine)
1974
Details
Irvine, CASan Diego25UC Irvine20Andy Rae
(San Diego)
Andy Rae / Russell Watts
(San Diego)
1975
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UC Irvine (5)
San Diego (2)
22CSU–PuebloScott Carnahan / Bob Wright
(UC Irvine)
1976
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Maryville, MOHampton23UC Irvine18Tim Monroe
(UC Davis)
Roger de Santis Guedes /
Bruce Foxworth
(Hampton)
1977
Details
San Diego, CAUC Irvine (6)20SIU Edwardsville15Juan Farrow
(SIU Edwardsville)
Jeff Williams / Curt Stalder
(UC Irvine)
1978
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SIU Edwardsville14Hampton12Par Svensson / Rick Goldberg
(San Diego)
1979
Details
Little Rock, ARSIU Edwardsville (2)21San Diego15Arjun Fernando
(SIU Edwardsville)
Juan Farrow / Arjun Fernando
(SIU Edwardsville)
1980
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Edwardsville, ILSIU Edwardsville (3)24Nicholls State12Juan Farrow
(SIU Edwardsville)
Juan Farrow / Hugo Núñez
(SIU Edwardsville)
1981
Details
Little Rock, ARSIU Edwardsville (4)22Rollins
Southwest Texas State
12Ken Flach
(SIU Edwardsville)
Brian Lusson / Bart Bernstein
(Southwest Texas State)
1982
Details
Miami, FLSIU Edwardsville (5)22Cal State Bakersfield13Ken Flach / Doug Burke
(SIU Edwardsville)

Singles, Doubles, and Team (Bracket) Championships (1983–1994)

style= colspan=9NCAA Division II Men's Tennis Championships
Year Site
(Host)
Team ChampionshipSingles ChampionDoubles Champions
Winner Score/GamesRunners-Up
1983
Details
San Marcos, TXSIU Edwardsville (6)5–4Southwest Texas StateKen Flach
(SIU Edwardsville)
Ken Flach / Robert Seguso
(SIU Edwardsville)
1984
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SIU Edwardsville (7)5–4Southwest Texas StateSteve Riza
(Stephen F. Austin)
Johan Sjogren / Dave Delseni
(SIU Edwardsville)
1985
Details
Northridge, CAChapman5–4HamptonBrian Talgo
(Rollins)
Tom Goles / Chris Langford
(Stephen F. Austin)
1986
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Cal Poly5–4ChapmanNeil Smith
(Stephen F. Austin)
Paul Landry / Bob Zoller
(Cal Poly)
1987
Details
Chapman (2)5–1HamptonPat Emmet
(Rollins)
Paul Wekesa / Barry Hancock
(Chapman)
1988
Details
Rohnert Park, CAChapman (3)5–2HamptonMiles Walker
(Chapman)
Robert Green / Barry Pelts
(Rollins)
1989
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Bolivar, MOHampton (2)5–1Cal PolyMark Billone
(Bloomsburg)
Aga Soemarno / Kurt Hammerschmidt
(Ferris State)
1990
Details
Edwardsville, ILCal Poly (2)5–4UC DavisLuciano D’Andrea
(UT Martin)
Luciano D’Andrea / Vesa Ponkka
(UT Martin)
1991
Details
Edmond, OKRollins (3)5–3Cal PolyPradeep Raman
(Armstrong Atlantic)
Mark Segesta / Dave Allen
(UC Davis)
1992
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UC Davis5–1HamptonPhilipp Schertel
(Armstrong Atlantic)
Steve Summer / Jeff McCann
(UC Davis)
1993
Details
Lander5–2HamptonMark Segesta
(UC Davis)
Steve Kobold / Oscar Mancisidor
(Cal Poly Pomona)
1994
Details
Bolivar, MOLander (2)5–3HamptonRoberto Cavalcante
(Hampton)
Lee Holyoak / Brett Simpson
(Lander)

Team Championship Only (1995–present)

style= colspan=6NCAA Division II Men's Tennis Championships
Year Site
(Host)
Team Championship
Champion Score/GamesRunners-Up
1995
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Davis, CALander (3)4–2North Florida
1996
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Edmond, OKLander (4)4–1Rollins
1997
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Springfield, MOLander (5)5–1West Florida
1998
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Lander (6)5–1Barry
1999
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Pensacola, FLLander (7)5–1Barry
2000
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Lander (8)5–2 Hawaii Pacific
2001
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Rollins (4)5–0Hawaii Pacific
2002
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Kansas City, MOBYU Hawaii5–4Drury
2003
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Altamonte Springs, FLBYU Hawaii (2)5–4Hawaii Pacific
2004
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West Florida5–2Valdosta State
2005
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West Florida (2)5–0North Florida
2006
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Kansas City, MOValdosta State5–2Lynn
2007
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Altamonte Springs, FLLynn5–1Valdosta State
2008
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Houston, TXArmstrong Atlantic5–0Barry
2009
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Altamonte Springs, FLArmstrong Atlantic (2)5–4Barry
2010
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Barry5–4Valdosta State
2011
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Valdosta State (2)5–2Barry
2012
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Louisville, KYArmstrong Atlantic (3)5–0West Florida
2013
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Surprise, AZBarry (2)5–4Armstrong Atlantic
2014
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Altamonte Springs, FLWest Florida (3)5–3Hawaii Pacific
2015
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Surprise, AZBarry (3)5-3Hawaii Pacific
2016
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Denver, COHawaii Pacific 5-3Saint Leo
2017
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Altamonte Springs, FLWest Florida (4)5–2Barry
2018
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Surprise, AZColumbus State5–4Barry
2019
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Altamonte Springs, FLBarry (4)4–3Columbus State
2020
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Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021
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Surprise, AZ Barry (5)4–1Columbus State
2022
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Altamonte Springs, FLBarry (6)4–1Wayne State
2023
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Orlando, FLBarry (7)4–2Columbus State
2024
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Valdosta State (3)4–3Flagler
2025
Details
2026
Details
Surprise, AZ

Champions

Team titles

Rank Team Titles
8
align=left bgcolor=#ffffccSIU Edwardsville 7
align=left bgcolor=#ffffccUC Irvine 6
4
align=left bgcolor=pinkArmstrong State 3
Cal State Los Angeles
Chapman
Rollins
Valdosta State
align=left bgcolor=pinkBYU–Hawaii 2
Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo
Hampton
San Diego
align=left bgcolor=#ffffccCal State Northridge 1
Columbus State
Fresno State
Hawaii Pacific
Long Beach State
Lynn
Southern Illinois
UC Davis

Singles titles

Rank Team Titles
align=left bgcolor=#ffffccSIU Edwardsville 7
4
align=left bgcolor=#ffffccUC Irvine 3
align=left bgcolor=pinkArmstrong State 2
UC Davis
Rollins
San Diego
Stephen F. Austin
1
Cal State Northridge
Chapman
Tennessee–Chattanooga
Hampton
Lamar
Samford
Tennessee–Martin

Doubles titles

Rank Team Titles
align=left bgcolor=#ffffccSIU Edwardsville 5
align=left bgcolor=#ffffccUC Irvine 4
3
align=left bgcolor=#ffffccUC Davis 2
Long Beach State
San Diego
align=left bgcolor=#ffffccUC Santa Barbara 1
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Cal Poly Pomona
Cal State Los Angeles
Cal State Northridge
Chapman
Ferris State
Fresno State
Hampton
Lander
Redlands
Stephen F. Austin
Tennessee–Martin
Southwest Texas State

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Division II Men's Tennis Championship Results . NCAA. NCAA.org. May 21, 2015.