CMS tennis standout Warren Wood nabs national honor

Warren Wood of the national championship Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men’s tennis team has been named Division III All-Star of the year by Oracle/ITA.

A total of 26 collegiate tennis players earned 2015 ITA Collegiate All-Star Team honors. This team is a collection of the most accomplished student-athletes from each of the college divisions during the 2014-15 season.

Wood advanced to the Division III NCAA Singles Championship for the second straight season. After losing the title match as a junior, Wood prevailed in 2015 over teammate Skyler Butts and finished as the No. 1 player in the country.

Wood and partner Joe Dorn also won the NCAA doubles title. With the CMS Stags also claiming the overall team championship, their first since 1981,

Wood became the fifth Division III triple crown winner in 40 years of the championships – winning NCAA team, singles and doubles titles in the same season.”

Share this

Plusone Twitter Facebook Tumblr Reddit Stumbleupon Email

Four area schools boast All-American tennis honorees

The West Region has always been particularly strong when it comes to NCAA Division III tennis. Well that has shown in the number of players from area schools who have been recognized as All-Americans by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

A player must meet any of the following criteria to earn ITA All-America honors:

Singles
1. Top 8 seed in NCAA singles tournament; 2. Win one round at NCAA singles tournament; 3. Finish in the Top 20 in the final ITA Rankings; 4. Win USTA/ITA Fall Regional Tournament; 5. Wins first-round match at the USTA/ITA National Small College Championships.

Doubles
1. Top 4 seed in NCAA doubles tournament; 2. Win one round at NCAA doubles tournament; 3. Finish in the Top 10 in the final ITA Rankings; 4. Win USTA/ITA Fall Regional Tournament; 5. Wins first-round match at the USTA/ITA National Small College Championships

The players honored are:

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men- Warren Wood, Joe Dorn, Skyler Butts, Nik Marino (All in singles. Wood-Dorn also in doubles

Pomona-Pitzer men – Chris Weichert, Antony Bello (doubles)

University of Redlands men – Patrick Lipscomb

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women – Caroline Ward (singles and doubles), Katie Kuosmen (doubles with Ward).

Pomona-Pitzer women – Samantha Chao, Lea Lynn Yen (doubles)

University of La Verne women – Andrea Madrigal (singles), Laina Matsuda-Jeanette Losaria (doubles).

University of Redlands women – Jessica Ly-Ceara Sumida (doubles).

Congratulations to all!

Share this

Plusone Twitter Facebook Tumblr Reddit Stumbleupon Email

CMS tennis standout Warren Wood garners weekly accolade

Warren Wood (Photo by Ellen Friedlander)

Junior Warren Wood of the No. 3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men’s tennis team has been named the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Male Athlete of the Week for March 3-9.

Wood went 6-0 in singles and doubles as CMS won at No. 15 Whitman (7-2) and beat No. 6 Trinity (8-1) and No. 12 UC Santa Cruz (9-0) over the weekend in Walla Walla, Wash. The Del Mar native partnered with Joe Dorn at No.1 doubles to win 9-8 (3), 8-4 and 8-6 over the three matches. At No. 1 singles, he won 6-3, 7-6(4) against Whitman; 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) [including saving five match points] against Trinity’s Paxton Deuel, the fifth ranked singles player in Division III, and 6-1, 6-0 against U.C. Santa Cruz.

As a team, CMS is now 7-0 overall.

Share this

Plusone Twitter Facebook Tumblr Reddit Stumbleupon Email