Tennis squads in the North Coast Athletic Conference opened up the spring portion of their schedule last week. Action continues across the conference in the coming week as their is a full slate of matches on the schedule.
Ohio Wesleyan won one outright championship and finished tied for first in another to take the lead in the race for the 2011-12 North Coast Athletic Conference All-Sports championship.
We recently sat down with former Oberlin College college football and tennis coach Don Hunsinger for the NCAC's first video installment of "Five Minutes With ...". Part II now available.
Kristin Cobb (Dayton, OH/Oakwood) is the 2011 ITA/Arthur Ashe Jr. Leadership and Sportsmanship award winner. The ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award recognizes outstanding individuals in all divisions at the regional and national level.
Eight North Coast Athletic Conference tennis athletes concluded the 2010-11 season last weekend at the NCAA Singles/Doubles Championships in Claremont, California.
Three men and six women from NCAC schools were selected to the 2011 Capital One Academic All-District At-Large Team in District IV. Five of the individuals were from Kenyon, two were from 
North Coast Athletic Conference men's and women's tennis champions, Kenyon and Denison, closed out their 2011 campaigns in the quarterfinal rounds of the NCAA Tournaments at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps' Biszantz Family Tennis Center.
The Kenyon men's tennis team has advanced to the quarterfinal round of the 2011 NCAA Men's Tennis Tournament for the third time in the last four years, while the Denison women's squad has advanced to the quarterfinal round for the seventh time in the last eight years. The quarterfinals will be contested on Tuesday, with the semifinals on Wednesday and the championship match set for Thursday in Claremont, California.
2011 NCAC Champions
Denison
2011 NCAC Championship Standings
| NCAC | Overall | ||
| 1. | Denison | 6-0 | 16-5 |
| 2. | Kenyon | 5-1 | 15-6 |
| 3. | Allegheny | 2-4 | 13-9 |
| 4. | Oberlin | 4-2 | 12-13 |
| 5. | Wittenberg | 3-3 | 19-6 |
| 6. | Ohio Wesleyan | 1-5 | 5-11 |
| 7. | Wooster | 0-6 | 7-13 |
| Note: Final standings determined by NCAC Championship | |||