By DONNY NADEAU
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
  
ST. PETER, Minn. — Several members of the Saint Mary's University men's tennis team will be taking part in the ITA Midwest Regional Championships and Midwest Open Invitational, hosted by Gustavus, beginning Friday and running through Sunday.

ITA Midwest Regional Field:
Bethel, Carleton, Carroll, Carthage, Central, Coe, Cornell, Concordia-Moorhead, Concordia-Wisconsin, Cornell, Dubuque, Grinnell, Gustavus, Hamline, Loras, Luther, Macalester, Northwestern-St. Paul, Saint John's, Saint Mary's, St. Olaf, St. Scholastica, St. Thomas, Wartburg, UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse, UW-Whitewater.
 
ITA Midwest Regional Draws:
• Singles | Doubles
 
Midwest Open Draws:
• Singles | Doubles
 
ITA Live On The Web:
• Tournament Homepage


ITA Midwest Regional Sites:
• The Swanson Indoor Tennis Center, located on the west edge of the Gustavus campus in St. Peter, Minn., will serve as headquarters for the USTA/ITA Midwest Region Championships, with matches taking place at Swanson and the adjacent Brown Outdoor Courts.


ITA Midwest Regional This And That:
• The singles and doubles champions from the ITA Regional Championships will advance to the ITA National Small College Championships. The ITA National Small College Championships are comprised of the eight regional champions (and/or at-large selections) from NCAA Divisions II and III, NAIA, and junior/community colleges. Over 8,000 student-athletes from NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA, Junior and Community Colleges compete at one of the 84 USTA/ITA Regional Championships held across the country.
 
The ITA National Small College Championships began in 1986 and annually crowns men's and women's singles and doubles national champions in each of the ITA's four small college divisions (NCAA Divisions II and III, NAIA and Junior/Community College). The ITA National Small College Championship is the only national championship event for singles and doubles at the NCAA Division II and NAIA levels. It is also the only tournament that combines all levels of Junior/Community College (NJCAA Divisions I and III and the California division). The singles and doubles champions at each divisional level will then compete to become the overall "Super Bowl" champions. The "Super Bowl" champions earn wild cards into the USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships with the opportunity to win the culminating event held at the USTA-Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
 
Cardinals at USTA-ITA Midwest Region — Their Last Appearance:
• September 28-29, 2018 * St. Peter, Minn.: Day 1 Recap * Day 2 Recap
Cardinals Up Next:
• The Cardinals kick off their 2020 spring season on Jan. 24, entertaining Martin Luther in a 5:30 p.m. match at the Winona Tennis Center. Saint Mary's will begin Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play a day later, hosting Carleton at noon, also at the Winona Tennis Center.