A junior tennis team from Kirkland will compete in the 2016 USTA Junior Team Tennis 14U Intermediate National Championships, held on Oct. 13-16 at the Cayce Tennis Center in Cayce, S.C.
The 2016 USTA Junior Team Tennis 14U National Championships will bring together the top 28 teams (225 players) at intermediate and advanced levels from various USTA Sections throughout the country.
The ETC Survivors team from Kirkland is coached by Ameila Kwok and features team members: Alexander Harrison, Benjamin Zhang, Griffen Eley. Jonah Eggers, Annie Hoang, Daphne Chau, Grace Cheng, Milan Mar and Tea Liutkus.
The National Championships serves as the biggest event of USTA Junior Team Tennis as the nation’s top teams compete for the title. Each year the USTA crowns a national champion in two age divisions (14U and 18U) in both the Intermediate and Advanced play divisions.
“The National Championships is a yearly capstone event where every team has had a similar yet different path to make it to the event through their respective sections,” said Matt Barnhart, National Manager for USTA Junior Team Tennis. “The players really enjoy the competition aspect as well as getting the chance to bond with other players from all over the country on and off the court.”
This is the fifth year the Cayce Tennis Center will host to the USTA Junior Team Tennis National Championships. In addition, a second tennis facility, the Lexington County Tennis Complex, also will be utilized to serve the hundreds of players competing each weekend.
