University of Texas Table Tennis Team Competes at NCTTA National Championships

by Qing Chai

The Texas Table Tennis team competed at Nationals in Rockford, Illinois from April 9th-12th. While our initial flight to Chicago was delayed for many hours, the team had a lot of fun on the trip, and played against some of the highest level players in the country, including Sid Naresh and Ved Sheth.

Team Results

• Co-ed A-Team: 6th place out of 24 schools. The team defeated Purdue 3-1, defeated Columbia 3-1, lost to UC Berkeley 0-4, defeated NYU 3-1, and lost to Western 2-3.

• Women’s Team: 6th place out of 16 schools. The team defeated Western 3-2, lost to Harvard 0-4, defeated Illinois 3-2, and lost to McMaster 1-3.

Michael Gau

Individual Standouts

• Michael beat everyone in the group stage of Men's Singles

• Sambit won the consolation bracket of Men's Singles

• Fan made it to the quarterfinals, placing top 8 of Women's Singles

Fan Miao

Acknowledgements

We want to extend a sincere thank you to ATTC for their unwavering support throughout the year, to the coaches who have taken our skills to the next level, and to all ATTC members who have been cheering us on!

Yiming He