By Willy Leparulo; guest writer
NCTTA Media Committee

NCTTA’s competitions cover several different events in a competitive season from Singles to Doubles, but teams are the organization’s bread and butter. It is also the most sought after title for all entering this competition.

Women’s Team Championships has been dominated by Texas Wesleyan University winning 9 team championships since its inception in 2005. Texas Wesleyan has clearly invested in the women’s team championships as two players lead the women’s game, Jiaqi Lin and Zhen Deng. Lin and Deng are top players for the women's team as for the Men’s/Coed Team. UC Berkeley led by Angela Guan and surprise MIT, led by ex Lindenwood and ex UW Madison stalwart Maria Castillo, will certainly look to push the envelope.
NCTTA offers a Men’s/Coed Team competition which features the best male and female athletes playing together as a team. The Men’s/Coed Team competition is stocked full with incredible competitors from 1st seed to 24th seed. Texas Wesleyan is the only scholarship school among the bunch and is seeded #3 for the first time in its program history. The Rams however should not be discounted!

Indiana University and NYU are #1 and 2 respectively this year and have a collection of international and domestic talent. IU led by the Alguetti brothers; NYU led by Canada’s Jeremy Hazin, India’s Mudit Dani and the USA’s Tom Feng. Then sprinkle in the rest of the school list and you have a veritable “Who’s Who” of college table tennis prowess. Tune in to see who takes the title. Will it be another repeat from Texas Wesleyan or will we be crowning a new champion...?

Photo Credit to Dennis Yanga.

About 2022 NCTTA College Table Tennis Championships

The championships are hosted by the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association and the Round Rock CVB. Men’s and Women’s Singles and Doubles, and Men’s/Coed Teams, Women’s Teams. The event is sponsored by Double Happiness, Double Fish and Joola.
Watch the event on live stream starting Friday April 8th on champs.nctta.org

About NCTTA

The National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (NCTTA) is a non-profit organization established exclusively for promoting the sport of table tennis at the college level. As the national governing body for college table tennis in the United States and Canada, NCTTA organizes elite intercollegiate competition throughout North America. www.nctta.org