Alabama A&M’s girls’s tennis crew and Tennessee State College’s males’s crew scored the coveted titles on the twenty third annual HBCU Nationwide Tennis Championships held from Sept. 14 to 16, 2024, on the South Fulton Tennis Heart in Georgia. This yr’s match attracted over 30 Traditionally Black Faculties and Universities, with greater than 250 student-athletes competing in single and double matches.
Alabama A&M Historic Win
The Alabama A&M girls’s tennis squad made historical past by securing its first-ever nationwide championship title with a complete of 84 factors.
“We’re enthusiastic about bringing house this HBCU Nationwide Championship,” Alabama A&M head coach Willis Mbandi stated. “I’m happy with this crew and these younger girls for competing all through the match. That is simply step one in persevering with to construct this program.”
Shut on their heels, Hampton College’s girls’s crew captured second place with 73 factors, whereas North Carolina Central College rounded out the highest three with 57 factors.
One other Win For Tennessee State College
On the lads’s facet, Tennessee State College efficiently defended their championship title, tying with Hampton College at 87 factors. Nevertheless, Tennessee State emerged victorious based mostly on tie-breaking guidelines.
Ladies’s Staff Standings
Alabama A&M College – 84
Hampton College – 73
North Carolina Central College – 57
Morgan State College – 55
Tennessee State College – 55
Alabama State College – 54
Jackson State College – 46
Florida A&M College – 44
Shaw College – 32
Delaware State College – 30
Xavier College of Louisiana – 29
Tuskegee College – 21
Albany State College – 15
Alcorn State College – 11
Clark-Atlanta College – 10
Spring Hill School – 8
Benedict School – 8
Southern College – 7
Bethune-Cookman College – 2
LeMoyne-Owen School – 0
Males’s Staff Standings
Tennessee State College – 87 (H2H vs. ASU: 3-2)
Alabama State College – 87
North Carolina Central College – 82
Jackson State College – 57
Hampton College – 39
Morgan State College – 39
Alabama A&M College – 83
Spring Hill – 23
Tuskegee College – 21
Shaw College – 17
Alcorn State College – 15
Benedict School – 12
Xavier College of Louisiana – 10
Southern College – 6
LeMoyne-Owen School – 0
The HBCU Nationwide Tennis Championship is open to all HBCUs and welcomes over 15 collegiate establishments annually.
