NCAA Division III Men's Tennis History

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All-Time Team Championship Results

Year   Champion                Coach              Score       Runner-Up                  Host/Site
1976   Kalamazoo College       George Acker       18-15       Claremont-M-S              Millsaps
1977   Swarthmore College      Wm. C.B. Cullen    15-12       Claremont-M-S              Millsaps
1978   Kalamazoo College       George Acker       20-12       Washington & Lee Univ.     Ohio Wesleyan
1979   Univ. of Redlands       Jim Verdieck       17-13       Gustavus Adolphus          Millsaps
1980   Gustavus Adolphus       Steve Wilkinson    14-13       Claremont-M-S              Claremont-M-S
1981   Claremont-M-S           Hank Krieger        9-9                                   Salisbury St.  
       Swarthmore College      Michael Mullan
1982   Gustavus Adolphus       Steve Wilkinson    19-14       Kalamazoo College          Kalamazoo
1983   Univ. of Redlands       Jim Verdieck        5-4        Claremont-M-S              Albany, N.Y.
1984   Univ. of Redlands       Jim Verdieck        7-2        Gustavus Adolphus          Emory
1985   Swarthmore College      Michael Mullan      5-4        Kalamazoo College          Washington & Lee
1986   Kalamazoo College       George Acker        6-3        Washington & Lee Univ.     Claremont-M-S
1987   Kalamazoo College       George Acker        6-3        Washington & Lee Univ.     Salisbury St.
1988   Washington & Lee Univ.  Gary Franke         5-4        UC Santa Cruz              Washington & Lee
1989   UC Santa Cruz           Bob Hansen          5-4        Swarthmore College         Kalamazoo
1990   Swarthmore College      Michael Mullan      5-1        UC Santa Cruz              Swarthmore
1991   Kalamazoo College       George Acker        7-2        UC Santa Cruz              Claremont-M-S
1992   Kalamazoo College       George Acker        5-1        UC Santa Cruz              Emory
1993   Kalamazoo College       George Acker        5-2        UC Santa Cruz              Kalamazoo
1994   Washington (Md.)        Tim Gray            5-4        Claremont M-S              Univ. of Redlands
1995   UC Santa Cruz           Bob Hansen          4-1        Washington (Md.) College   Kalamazoo
1996   UC Santa Cruz           Bob Hansen          4-2        Emory (Ga.) University     Emory
1997   Washington (Md.)        Matt Rose           4-2        Kalamazoo College          Washington & Lee
1998   UC Santa Cruz           Bob Hansen          5-2        Williams College           Williams
1999   Williams (Mass.)        Dave Johnson        4-1        Kalamazoo College          Claremont-M-S
2000   Trinity (Texas)         Butch Newman        4-3        Gustavus Adolphus          Kalamazoo
2001   Williams (Mass.)        Dave Johnson        4-1        UC Santa Cruz              DePauw
2002   Williams (Mass.)        Dave Johnson        4-3        Emory University           UC Santa Cruz
2003   Emory University        John Browning       4-0        Williams College           Gustavus Adolphus
2004   Middlebury College      Dave Schwarz        4-3        Williams College           Bates
2005   UC Santa Cruz           Bob Hansen          4-1        Middlebury College         UC Santa Cruz
2006   Emory University        John Browning       4-1        Middlebury College         Fredericksburg, Va.
2007   UC Santa Cruz           Bob Hansen          5-1        Emory (Ga.) University     Washington University
2008   Washington (Mo.)        Roger Follmer       5-3        Emory (Ga.) University     Bates
2009   UC Santa Cruz           Bob Hansen          5-0        Amherst College            Claremont-M-S
2010   Middlebury College      Dave Schwarz        5-1        Amherst College            Oberlin
2011   Amherst College         Chris Garner        5-2        Emory (Ga. University)     Claremont-M-S
                  

Note: Prior to 1983, individual wins counted in the team's total points.  Beginning in 1983, a dual-match, 
single-elimination team championship was initiated, eliminating the points system.

All-Time Singles Championships
Kalamazoo College, 6; UC Santa Cruz, 5; Claremont-M-S, 4; University of Redlands, 3; Washington College, 3; Gustavus Adolphus College, 2; Principia (Ill.) College, 2; Emory, 2; Brandeis University (Mass.), 1; California Lutheran, 1; Washington & Lee Univ., 1, Babson College, 1; Bates, 1; Carnegie Mellon, 1; Williams (Mass.), 1; Kenyon, 1; Washington (Mo.), 1.

All-Time Doubles Championships
UC Santa Cruz, 10; Gustavus Adolphus College, 5; Claremont-M-S, 5; Kalamazoo College, 3; Washington & Lee University, 3; Swarthmore College, 2; University of Redlands, 2; University of Rochester, 1; UC San Diego, 1; Cal Lutheran 1; Mary Washington, 1; Bates, 1; Bowdoin.

Championship Records

Number of Individual Titles, Career
3       Shaun Miller, Gustavus Adolphus College (Singles title, 1982; Doubles titles, 1981-82)
         John Morris, Washington & Lee University (Singles title, 1989; Doubles titles, 1989-90)

Number of Singles Titles, Career
2       Lewis Miller, Kalamazoo College (1991, 1992)
         Toby Clark, Principia (Ill.) College (1985, 1987)

Number of Doubles Titles, Same Partners
2       Jim Burda and Alex Palladino, Kalamazoo College (1986, 1987)
          Brian Cummings and Tom Oechel, UC Santa Cruz (1998, 1999)

Note:  Shaun Miller of Gustavus Adolphus College, John Morris of Washington & Lee University and Ryan McKee of  Claremont-M-S each won two doubles titles with different partners. Tom Oechel of UC Santa Cruz won a third doubles title with Peter Gladkin. Matt Seeberger of UC Santa Cruz won three doubles titles with three different partners.
 

All-Time NCAA Division III Champions Singles 1976 John Blomberg, Claremont-M-S 1977 A. J. Shaka, Claremont-M-S 1978 Chris Bussert, Kalamazoo College 1979 Mark Tappan, University of Redlands 1980 Chris Burns, Kalamazoo College 1981 Donovan Jones, Claremont-M-S 1982 Shaun Miller, Gustavus Adolphus 1983 Erik Michelsen, University of Redlands 1984 Scott Moore, University of Redlands 1985 Toby Clark, Principia College 1986 Timon Corwin, Kalamazoo College 1987 Toby Clark, Principia College 1988 Noel Occomy, Brandeis University 1989 John Morris, Washington & Lee University 1990 Larry Gewer, Washington (Md.) College 1991 Lewis Miller, Kalamazoo College 1992 Lewis Miller, Kalamazoo College 1993  Ryan McKee, Claremont M-S 1994 Seth Denawetz, Kalamazoo College 1995 Damian Polla, Washington (Md.) College 1996 Mark Ellis, California Lutheran 1997 Damian Polla, Washington (Md.) College 1998 David Weisman, Babson College 1999 Tom Oechel, UC Santa Cruz 2000 Kayvon Fatahalian, Carnegie Mellon 2001 Derek Fitzpatrick, UC Santa Cruz 2002 Josh Lefkowitz, Williams College (Mass.) 2003 Eric Butorac, Gustavus Adolphus 2004 Matt Seeberger, UC Santa Cruz 2005 Matt Seeberger, UC Santa Cruz 2006 Will Boe-Wiegaard, Bates 2007 Matt Seeberger, UC Santa Cruz 2008 Michael Greenberg, Kenyon 2009 Michael Goodwin, Emory 2010 John Watts, Washington (Mo.) 2011 Chris Goodwin, Emory

Doubles 1976 Larry Davison/John Irwin, Swarthmore College 1977 Ben Johns/Stewart Jackson, Washington & Lee 1978 Chris Bussert/Jim Hosner, Kalamazoo College 1979 Mike Capelouto/Ken Whitmer, Univ. of Redlands 1980 John Mattke/Paul Holbach, Gustavus Adolphus 1981 Jim Hearn/Shaun Miller, Gustavus Adolphus 1982 Shaun Miller/Rich Skanse, Gustavus Adolphus 1983 Alex Gaeta/Bob Swartout, Univ. of Rochester 1984 Eugene Jones/Dan Beers, UC San Diego 1985 Jeff Krieger/Shep Davidson, Swarthmore College 1986 Jim Burda/Alex Palladino, Kalamazoo College 1987 Jim Burda/Alex Palladino, Kalamazoo College 1988 Lance Au/Frank Hinman, Claremont-M-S 1989 John Morris/Robert Matthews, Washington & Lee 1990 John Morris/Bill Meadows, Washington & Lee 1991 Dave Jussila/Ryan Skanse, Gustavus Adolphus 1992 Ryan McKee/Chris Noyes, Claremont-M-S 1993 Ryan McKee/Tim Cooley, Claremont-M-S 1994 Ron Ward/Jonathan Harper, UC Santa Cruz 1995 Todd Born/John Weston, Univ. of Redlands 1996 Josh Vining/Bryan Shapiro, UC Santa Cruz 1997 Mark Ellis/Jenia Karimov, Cal Lutheran 1998 Brian Cummings/Tom Oechal, UC Santa Cruz 1999 Brian Cummings/Tom Oechal, UC Santa Cruz 2000 Peter Gladkin/Tom Oechel, UC Santa Cruz 2001 Derek Fitzpatrick/Nick Cunningham, UC Santa Cruz 2002 John Cham-A-Koon/Ivan Yeh, Claremont-M-S 2003 Eric Butorac/Kevin Whipple, Gustavus Adolphus 2004 Dan Uyar/Paul Bristow, Mary Washington 2005 Matt Seeberger/Matt Brunner, UC Santa Cruz 2006 Shane Templeman/Matt Seeberger, UC Santa Cruz 2007 Matt Seeberger/Max Ortiz, UC Santa Cruz 2008 Guillaume Schils/Larry Wang, Claremont-M-S 2009 Amrit Ruspasinghe / Ben Stein, Bates 2010 Brian Pybas/Marc Vartabedian, UC Santa Cruz 2011 Oscar Pena/Stephen Sullivan, Bowdoin