Kenyon Claims NCAC Women’s Tennis Title, Enters Tournament as No. 1 Seed

CLEVELAND, OH -- Kenyon (6-0 NCAC) has won its second-consecutive and league-leading 21st overall North Coast Athletic Conference women's tennis championship after finishing the season with a perfect mark against league foes. Denison has accumulated 13 NCAC championship titles (1994, 2002-11, '16, '22), while DePauw captured four-consecutive titles (2012-15) and Allegheny earned the inaugural conference championship in 1985.

The Big Red (5-1) finished second in the regular season standings, followed by Wittenberg (4-2),  DePauw (3-3), Wooster (2-4), Ohio Wesleyan (1-5) and Oberlin (0-6).

As league champions, Kenyon has earned the No. 1 seed and a bye in quarterfinal round of the 2024 NCAC Women's Tennis Tournament. The three-day, six-match, single-elimination tournament will be held at the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio next weekend, May 3-5. The tournament begins with quarterfinal matches on Friday, semifinal matches on Saturday and the championship match on Sunday.

The first quarterfinal match on Friday, Match C, will feature No. 7 Oberlin and No. 2 Denison at 11:00 a.m. The other two quarterfinal matches are scheduled for a 1:30 p.m. start with Match A featuring No. 5 Wooster and No. 4 DePauw, while Match B is a contest between No. 6 Ohio Wesleyan and No. 3 Wittenberg.

On Saturday, the semifinals are scheduled for 12:00 p.m. with No. 1 Kenyon meeting the winner of Match A, while the winners of Match B and C will square off. The championship match is set for 12:00 p.m. on Sunday.

The tournament winner receives the NCAC's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.

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