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Texas Wesleyan
Wins
2004 NCTTA Team Championship

CITY BEACH, Calif. - The Texas Wesleyan Table Tennis team captured
the National Collegiate Table Tennis Team Championship this past
weekend.
The 2004 Championships featured 16 teams from around the nation, all
of which won their respective divisions. The teams were spilt into
two groups of eight teams. Each team was to play every other team
within their group.
Texas Wesleyan, the Texas Division representative, breezed through
the preliminary matches, defeating Auburn, 5-0, Boston University,
5-0, and Virginia, 5-0, on Saturday afternoon. The squad kept it
rolling on Sunday defeating City College of San Francisco, 4-1,
University of Ilinois-Champaigne, 4-1, Pennsylvania, 4-1, and
Southern Mississippi, 3-2.
Texas Wesleyan finished the preliminary round with a perfect 7-0
record to
garner the No. 1 seed in Group II. In bracket play, Texas Wesleyan
defeated Virginia Tech, 3-0, in the quarterfinals. In the
semifinals, the Rams would again take on Pennsylvania, and defeat
them, 3-0, to advance to the finals.
Texas Wesleyan took on UCLA in the championship. The Rams jumped to
a
quick 3-0 victory. Freshman Bijana Golic defeated Vineet Argawal,
3-0.
Freshman Jarod Lynch defeated William Liu, 3-1, and freshman David
Wang defeated Della Noce, 3-1 to clinch the title for the Rams.
"This was the first time that we competed in the NCTTA," head coach
Christian Lillieroos said. "This was definitely one of our greatest
victories. A team championship is always more special than anything
individual." Lynch and Wang finished with spotless 10-0 records in
singles play during the tournament. The duo also finished with a
1-0 and 7-0 record in doubles
respectively. Golic finished with a 6-1 record in singles play,
while freshman Courtney Roberts and sophomore Eric Owens finished
with identical 3-0 record in limited singles play.
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