Four UAA teams, including two-time defending champion Emory University, will compete at the 2019 Oracle ITA Division III Women's National Team Indoor Championship. The tournament will be hosted Sewanee: The University of the South Mar. 1-3.
Second-ranked Emory University seeks its third consecutive indoor title in a field that includes defending NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championship winner Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges.
Despite half of the field being UAA teams, none will face an Association foe in the quarterfinals. The Eagles face host Sewanee, while 13th-ranked Washington University opens with C-M-S. 10th-ranked University of Chicago plays ninth-ranked Massachusetts Institute of Technology and 11th-ranked Carnegie Mellon University squares off against Pomona-Pitzer Colleges.
2019 Oracle ITA Division III National Women's Team Indoor Championship
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (No. 1)
Emory (No. 2)
Pomona-Pitzer (No. 7)
MIT (No. 9)
Chicago (No. 10)
Carnegie Mellon (No. 11)
Sewanee (Host – No. 12)
Washington University in St. Louis (No. 13)
Friday and Saturday matches will be played to completion with Sunday matches playing to clinch. Doubles will be an eight-game pro set, tiebreak at seven-games-all using regular scoring. After a five-minute intermission, singles matches will be best-of-three sets using regular scoring. Once a dual match has been clinched, any singles matches that extend to a third set will play a 10-point super tiebreaker in place of a full third set. There will be no five-minute warm-up with opponents prior to doubles and singles play.