Our Heroes Return--USA Collegiate Team from World University Games

They came, they saw, they ponged in 7 events in the Table Tennis area, similar to NCTTA Championships except they have Mixed Doubles and a different team format.
A quick recap of how they did!

Men's and Women's Team
Both teams exited at the Round of 16

Mixed Doubles
Ved Sheth (UC Berkeley) and Emily Tan (BU) got to Round of 16 losing to a Hong Kong pair that eventually medaled

Women's Doubles
Emily Tan (BU) and Anastasia Wang (NYU) advanced from preliminary rounds to Round of 32

Men's Doubles
Sid Naresh and Ved Sheth (UC Berkeley) clinched many matches and exited at Round of 16

Women's Singles
Emily Tan (BU) made it to Round of 64

Men's Singles
Sid Naresh (UC Berkeley) had an amazing run eventually exiting in the Quarter Finals

Thanks to our sponsors: Peakapong and PongSpace for their continued support and uniforms.
Thanks to USA Table Tennis for allowing NCTTA to take on this project.
Thanks to our staff, including Coach Gao Yanjun (NYU), Coach Yue Wu (former Texas Wesleyan student-athlete), Team Leader Alex Figueroa (former NCTTA Division Director), and NCTTA Media: Rachel Ou (Current UPenn student-athlete), for their help in organizing and advising our student-athletes.

Lastly, a big thanks to our student-athletes who put it all on the line for their school, country and our brand (College Table Tennis--NCTTA). You are our heroes!

Sid Naresh, Ved Sheth (UC Berkeley)
Emily Tan (Boston University)
Anastasia Wang, Tiffany Lam (New York University)
Joanna Sung, Kai Zarehbin, Angie Tan, Ryan Wu, Ethan Liu (UCLA)

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Photo Credit: Jarah Lemus