2010 Championships Need You

02-27-10

Dear members:

As you probably know, the 2010 Championships is on April 9 - 11. Even though you may not be a top player, you can still be involved in it by becoming a volunteer. The recruitment of volunteers and umpires is approaching to the deadline. So, please check the 2010 College Table Tennis National Champions Volunteer for the information about the application. If you have any questions, feel free to email Richard Huang.

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UWTTC Success in Regional Tournament

02-22-10

Congrats to the UWTTC Co-ed Team & Woman's team both keep the No.1 title in Upper Midwest Region and advance to Nationals!
Here the result today:
  • UWTTC 4-0 Governor's State University
  • UWTTC 4-0 UW-Milwaukee
  • UWTTC 4-0 University of Chicago
  • UWTTC 3-2 Northwestern University
  • UWTTC 3-1 Purdue University
The UW Madison Table Tennis club went into the upper Midwest regional tournament with heavy expectations as they needed to win this tournament in order to qualify for nationals. With number one seed Ye Hu was facing a nagging knee and elbow injury and number three seed Linjun Xu well out of practice, winning the tournament seemed like a tall order.
 
The tournament started off well against the Badger's 1st opponent, Governor's State University.  Although their team improved vastly, the Badgers overcame them quite comfortably and therefore warmed up well for the following matches to come. Final Score 4-0.
 
Next up was the hosting university of UW-Milwaukee.  The Badger's were able to pull a good momentum into this match-up and good fortune saw all the Badger's players compete in good form.  Final Score 4-0.
 
The University of Chicago was the first real test in the competition as they just came out of a tough 3-2 loss against the strong team of Northwestern.  Perhaps their physical and emotional exhaustion from the previous round gave the Badgers a slight edge in this head to head battle, but despite this Richard Huang and Justin Li had very tight matches that saw both players fighting for every point.  Final Score 4-0.
 
In perhaps one of the tightest match-ups of the Badger's table tennis career was against Northwestern University.  This match really revealed the extent of number one seed Ye Hu's injuries as his face grimaced with pain after every point.  His opponent was really tough and played well. Ye Hu still fought on till the very end, but came up just short of a win in the very end.  As UW Madison faced its first lost of the day, the rest of the team began to feel the pressure.  Justin Li started his match off well against his opponent but let off for just a brief moment at 10-4 in the second set.  The player he faced took full advantage of Justin's letdown and played some spectacular table tennis while Justin Li just couldn't find an answer to returning his opponent's serve.  The score was now 2-2 and the Badgers were forced to play a doubles match.  This was the most anticipated match of the tournament which really tested UW Madison's strength and guts.  However, Ye Hu and Matija Kazalicki dug down deep and strategically outplayed their two opponents for a great win. Final Score 3-2
 
The final opponent was a fitting one as Purdue University and UW Madison were the only two schools that went undefeated. At this stage, many schools may have cracked under the pressure of this round, but UW Madison showed its true colors and unleashed the talent and abilities that ranked it #4 in the nation.  Final Score 3-1.
 
At the end of the day, UW Madison went undefeated in the tournament and qualified for nationals.  We hope to have even more success in our Nationals endeavor.  

 

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UWTTC Spring Semester Starts

02-10-10

Dear members:

Hope you all had a good winter break. As the new semester starts, our practice goes back to normal again (9pm, Monday, Wednesday). This semester, we will have some new training programs. Please visit our website at a regular time base to see details. Thank you.

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UWTTC Spring Semester Kick-off Meeting

01-26-10

There will be a kick-off meeting on 6pm, 2/1, Monday @ TITU. We wIll explain everything you need to know in the kick-off meeting.

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Spring Semester Begins

01-23-10

As the new semester starts, table tennis club will start operating again. Here is some important timelines and tournaments.

Timeline 2010 Spring:

  • 1/27 (Wednesday) Student Orgnization Fair
  • 2/1 (Monday) Kickoff and Tryout
  • 2/3 (Wednesday) Tryout
  • 2/8 (Monday) First Practice Begins

Tournaments:

  • ACU-I Regin 8 - first 2 weekend of February
  • NCTTA Upper Midewest Tournament - 2/20
  • NCTTA Nationals - 4/2,10,11
  • Wisconsin State High School Table Tennis Tournmanet
  • Wisconsin State Closed Tournament - last weekend of April
  • Scrimmage with UW-Eau Claire, Northwestern, and Milwaukee
  • South Bend Open

Please check our website at regular time to get the latest information about practices and tournaments. Thank you.

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Highlights of the Semester

12-18-09

Dear Table Tennis Club,

I would like to thank you all for the great semester! We had more than 60 members and it was fun playing with you all.

Some High Lights of the semester:

  • Wisconsin-Madison ranked #4 in the Nation in pre-season ranking.
  • Both Co-ed Team and Womens team were able to retain our #1 title in Upper Midwest region of National Collegiate Table Tennis Association.
  • We had a scrimmage with UW-Eu Claire and Madison TTC. The team led by Max Wang won the scrimmage. Winning Team members: Max, Chew, Davy, Parker, and Jay.
  • Rookie of the semester: Jay Johnson !!! Jay from MN had very a strong performance and showed his amazing skills (killer smashes!) in the scrimmages.
  • Most improved player of the semester: Ben Lock !!! Ben had a very high attendance record and improved his form of playing in a short time and has become a very strong player in the club.
  • MVP of the semester: Ye Hu !!! Number one rating player in UW-Madison helped the team retain the #1 title in Upper Midwest.

Announcements for Next Semester:

  • NCTTA Regional tournament in February.
  • Northwestern Tournament in March
  • NCTTA Nationals in April
  • Wisconsin State Championships in April
  • South Bend Open in April
  • New Design of T-shirts!
  • Closer Location ?? (we are working on it)

Again, thank you all for the big participation. We strongly appreciate if you guys can fill out the survey for us if you have not done so:

UWTTC Survey

Good luck on the finals!

UWTTC

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TTC success in Upper Midwest Region

10-28-09

Congratulations to the UW Madison club team on winning the NCTTA Regionals this Sunday. Top players, Matija Kazalicki, Ye Hu, Linjun Xu, Richard Huang, and Justin Li were undefeated in the co-ed A team round robin. Women players Gina Lin, Naira Ovsepyan, and Debbie Li completely dominated the womens round robin. And players Max Wang and Paul Wiesler came a close second in the co-ed B team. We played against some tough schools (Governor State, UW Milwaukee, Purdue, Northwestern, and U of Chicago) yet came out on top in the end. We hope this success will carry into the second regionals tournament and eventually into nationals.

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UWTTC In the NCTTA Newsletter

10-20-09

In the October newsletter, NCTTA reports the rapid growth of UWTTC. Click here to read whole article.

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UWTTC Scrimmage Result

10-20-09

The scrimmage between UW Eau Claire, UW Madison, and Madison's TTC was held in good spirits. The Eau Claire club was very thankful to be able to play with different players and be involved in tournament style play, something that their school rarely allows. Congratulations to the team of Max Wang, Chew Yuin, Parker Hollowell, Davy Cheng, and Jay Johnson in beating the Madison Table Tennis club in the final round to win the scrimmage.

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UWTTC grabbed some trophies at Badger Open

09-21-09

UWTTC players participated in Badger Open, a 4-star table tennis event held in Wakesha, in 9/19 weekend. Players: Justin Li, Max Wang, Gina Lin, Ye Hu, Matija Kazalicki, Richard Qian, Richard Huang.

4th in Women: Gina Lin
1st in U-1950: Ye Hu
2nd in U-1800: Richard Huang
1st in U-1700: Richard Huang
3rd in U-3200 Doubles: Richard Huang
3rd in U-2150: Matija Kazalicki

Richard Qian, as part of NCTTA (National Collegiate Table Tennis Association) board, went on a mission of interviewing Badger Open participants and organizers, will be posting some exciting stories soon.

Special thank to: Tonghao Yang, Aron Aavery, Chris Kluth, and Daniel Yang for supporting UWTTC.

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UW Ranks No.4 in NCTTA Pre-season

09-17-09

The 2009-2010 College Table Tennis Preseason Rankingshave been released and feature several college table tennis powerhouses. Texas Wesleyan and Princeton landed in the top two spots as they have for much of the past several seasons. Lindenwood and Wisconsin round out the top four on the heels of strong performances at the 2009 Championships.

Co-Ed Team Rankings

 1. Texas Wesleyan
 2. Princeton
 3. Lindenwood
 4. Wisconsin
 5. Virginia Tech
 6. Pennsylvania
 7. Central Florida
 8. California - Berkeley
 9. Florida State
 10. Florida

For complete list and more news, see NCTTA website.

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UW Fundraising in NCTTA

09-17-09

Richard Qian, one of the founders of UWTTC, received an interview about fundrasing by NCTTA. You can find more information here.

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Andrew Knips is named as couch/manager of 2009!

05-26-09

Andrew Knips, the head coach of UW Table Tennis Club, is the winner of 2009 Coach/Manager of the Year. Andrew was one of the founders of UWTTC and took the team to Nationals Championships in 2007 to 2009. Being the head coach of the team and the president of the club, he has organized the club structure and created the coaching procedures. UWTTC was named as Rookie Team of the Year in 2007.

Supanida Arayametee received votes in Female Athlete of the Year. Supanida has been in the club for 3 years, and was the Wisconsin State Champion in 2008.

Linjun Xu received votes for rookie of the year. Linjun, in her first year in UWTTC, helped woman's team with No.6 in the 2009 National Championships.

The 2010 College Table Tennis National Championships will be held in Waukesha, Wisconsin (in the Milwaukee metro area (Press Release).

For more imformation, see NCTTA website.

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