Fields Announced for ECAC Indoor Tennis Championships

CENTERVILLE, Mass. - The 2012 Eastern College Athletic Conference Men’s and Women’s Indoor Tennis Championship fields were determined on Tuesday, which will be held Friday, February 17 to Sunday, February 19 at Dartmouth College and Yale University respectively.  Both championship tournaments will consist of eight-team, single elimination formats to be seeded on Monday, February 6.

Host and three-time defending champion Yale will headline the ECAC women’s field, which will also feature Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth, Princeton University, Boston College, Fairleigh Dickinson University and Brown University.  The top three placing institutions from 2011 will return as Princeton finished second to Yale after falling in the championship match last season, and Brown defeated Harvard University in the consolation match to take third.

Dartmouth will host the men’s field, which includes 2011 champion Cornell.  Joining Dartmouth and Cornell will be Brown, Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, St. John’s University and Yale.  Cornell defeated Binghamton University (4-3) in the championship match of a 10-team field last season.

2012 ECAC Men’s Field                  2012 ECAC Women’s Field      

Brown University                              Boston College

Columbia University                          Brown University

Cornell University                             Columbia University

Dartmouth College                           Cornell University

Harvard University                            Dartmouth College

Princeton University                          Fairleigh Dickinson University

St. John’s University                          Princeton University

Yale University                                  Yale University 

Further information on the 2012 ECAC Indoor Tennis Championships, and other ECAC Championship events, can be found at www.ecac.org and www.ecacsports.com.