Lindenwood University to Host NCTTA 2018 Midwest Regionals
This weekend at Lindenwood University, is the NCTTA 2018 Midwest Regionals. 12 schools and more than 60 College Table Tennis Student Athletes from Midwest states like (Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Minnesota, etc.) will pour into the Lindenwood University campus to battle for the chance at school glory. It will be live streamed too:
College Table Tennis National Championship qualification is on the line with the top three men’s/coed teams qualify; top 2 women teams along with the top 8 men singles and top 4 women’s singles. The iSET 2018 National Collegiate Table Tennis Championships is NCTTA’s premier event and will be played in Round Rock, Texas this year in April.
The Midwest Region features scholarship school and current host, Lindenwood University. Lindenwood remains a perennial powerhouse in the Midwest, but other schools are looking to make the hosts work. Northwestern led by Long-time Coach Ned Leuchtner has a really deep team this year. Look for Northwestern who also qualified in the Women’s team to challenge the top schools. Also always a favorite is the University of Minnesota led by John Tranter and Kris Sabas. “The U” as it is affectionately called is led by 2 female players. NCTTA is unique in that the Men’s team can be coed as it very much is with “the U” (University of Minnesota).
Turning to men’s singles and women’s singles, we see a competitive draw on both sides with top men’s singles seeds 1 through 6 from Lindenwood. Brazilian international and Rookie phenom Massao Kohatsu looks to take the title for Lindenwood. On the women’s side, sister of #1 men’s seed Kohatsu Martina is also a favorite with an ex champ from Wisconsin now calling University of Minnesota her new school, Yixin Zhang. Zhang helped the then UW Madison team from 2016 claim 2nd place in the competition.
NCTTA Midwest Regionals starts on Saturday with Team play and finishes on Sunday with Singles.
2018 NCTTA Midwest Regional Championship - Teams (Day 1)
Saturday, February 24 - 10:00 PM to 5:00 PM Central time
https://www.youtube.com/embed/dAjqdbX1O1A
2018 NCTTA Midwest Regional Championship - Singles (Day 2)
Sunday, February 25 - 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Central time