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USTA/ITA Campus Showdown Schedule

The USTA is teaming with the ITA to promote Campus Showdowns on college campuses throughout the United States. Campus Showdowns are one-day, short-format tournaments open to juniors, college players, professionals, and adults. These events give junior players a chance to compete against college competition on a college campus.

Learn more about these Showdowns here, and then check the schedule below to find a Showdown in your area - or at a school of interest for you. Just email the listed tournament director for more information.

Coed Showdowns

Date	School	Contact	City	State
8/07	Hope	J. Capestay	Holland	MI
8/28	Michigan State	Gene Orlando	East Lansing	MI
8/28	Louisville	S. Naughton	Louisville	KY
8/28	Stevens Tech	Steve Gatchko	Hoboken	NJ
9/04	Bradley	S. Petersen	Peoria	IL
9/05	Illinois	Dancer/Dasso	Champaign	IL
9/18	Wabash	J. Hutchison	Crawfordsville	IN
9/19	Michigan State	S. Jardim	East Lansing	MI
9/26	St. Bonaventure	Michael Bates	St. Bonaventure	NY
9/26	DuPage	J. Bowers	Glen Ellyn	IL
10/09	Arizona State	C. Letcher	Tempe	AZ
10/11	Babson	Jim Berrigan	Babson Park	MA
10/23	Kalamazoo	M. Murphy	Kalamazoo	MI
10/23	Lenoir-Rhyne	B. McKee	Hickory	NC
11/06	North Texas	S. Lama	Denton	TX
11/06	Hillsborough CC	Chad Berryhill	Tampa	FL
11/20	Palm Beach Atl.	Chi Ly	W. Palm Beach	FL
1/15	William & Mary	M. Walton	Williamsburg	VA

Men's Showdowns

Date	School	Contact	City	State
8/07	Moravian	Bill Maxwell	Bethlehem	PA
8/21	USC	Peter Smith	Los Angeles	CA
8/21	Florida Tech	Bill Macom	Melbourne	FL
8/28	Georgia	Will Glenn	Athens	GA
8/28	Furman	Paul Scarpa	Greenville	SC
8/29	California	Peter Wright	Berkeley	CA
8/29	Elon	M. Leonard	Elon	NC
9/05	Notre Dame	Bobby Bayliss	Notre Dame	IN
9/11	Central Florida	Nick Zieziula	Orlando	FL
9/12	Army	Jim Poling	West Point	NY
9/12	San Diego	Brett Masi	San Diego	CA
9/19	Harvard	Dave Fish	Cambridge	MA
9/19	St. Mary's	M. Wayman	Moraga	CA
9/25	Vassar	Ki Kroll	Poughkeepsie	NY
10/09	Lewis & Clark	Kai Fond	Lewiston	ID
10/10	Methodist	David Kurvink	Fayetteville	NC
10/11	Tufts	Doug Eng	Medford	MA
10/17	Alabama	Billy Pate	Tuscaloosa	AL
10/23	N.C. State	Jon Choboy	Raleigh	NC
10/23	Muhlenberg	Jeff Schmitt	Allentown	PA
10/30	George Mason	Gary Quam	Fairfax	VA
10/30	CMS	Paul Settles	Claremont	CA
11/06	Mary Washington	Todd Helbling	Fredericksburg	VA
11/06	Coe College	Kris Deihl	Cedar Rapids	IA
12/04	Indiana	Scott Linn	Bloomington	IN
12/05	Oberlin	C. Ananiadis	Oberlin	OH
12/11	Princeton	G. Michibata	Princeton	NJ
12/26	St. Joseph's	R. Sanderson	Rensselaer	IN
1/15	Yale	Alex Dorato	New Haven	CT
2/12	East Central CC	D. O'Neill	Decatur	MS

Women's Showdowns

Date	School	Contact	City	State
8/08	Moravian	Bill Maxwell	Bethlehem	PA
8/21	Florida Tech	Bill Macom	Melbourne	FL
8/28	Coastal Carolina	Jody Davis	Conway	SC
8/28	Georgia	F. Polito	Athens	GA
8/28	Furman	Debbie Southern	Greenville	SC
9/18	St. Mary's	Lisa Alipaz	Moraga	CA
10/09	Biola	Dee Henry	La Mirada	CA
10/11	Tufts	Doug Eng	Medford	MA
10/22	Lewis & Clark	Kai Fong	Lewiston	ID
11/06	St. Mary's	Lisa Alipaz	Moraga	CA
11/06	Mary Washington	Patrick Catullo	Fredricksburg	VA
11/07	George Mason	Steve Curtis	Fairfax	VA
11/07	Sweet Briar	Teresa Boylan	Sweet Briar	VA
11/20	Ohio State	C. Merzbacher	Columbus	OH
11/20	San Diego	Sherri Stephens	San Diego	CA
11/21	Northwestern	Claire Pollard	Evanston	IL
12/04	Methodist	F. Barragan	Fayetteville	NC
12/04	Oberlin	C. Ananiadis	Oberlin	OH
12/05	W. Michigan	Betsy Kuhle	Kalamazoo	MI
12/26	St. Joseph's	R. Sanderson	Rensselaer	IN
2/12	Smith	C. Davis	Northampton	MA

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