Williams College to host ITA New England Men's Tennis Championships

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New England Region Men's Championships This Weekend Williams College is hosting one of the 61 Wilson/ITA Regional Championships played across the country over the last three weeks of September. Play in the Men's New England Region Championship at will begin at 9:00 am Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Torrence M. Hunt '44 Tournament Courts. In case of inclement weather play will move indoors to the Lansing Chapman Rink and/or Towne Field House. The Wilson/ITA Championships will feature the top NCAA Division III players in the northeast region with 56 singles competitors and 32 doubles teams competing. The singles and doubles champions from this weekend's tournament advance to the October 12-15 ITA National Small College Championships at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers. Singles Seeds 1. Zack Lerner - Amherst 2. 2. Garrett Gates – Bowdoin 3. Daniel Greenberg – Williams 4. Ben Stein – Bates 5. Andrew Thomson - Middlebury 6. Andrew Lee – Middlebury 7. Spencer Feldman - Trinity 8. Bryan Barrett – Colby Doubles Seeds 1. Lerner/Tal Avrahami – Amherst 2. Greenberg/Bret Thacher – Williams 3. Felip Marinkovic/Thomson – Middlebury 4. Lee/Chris Mason – Middlebury The ITA National Small College Championships began in 1986 and annually crowns the men's and women's singles and doubles national champions in each of the ITA's four small college divisions (NCAA Divisions II and III, NAIA and Junior/Community College). These championships are the only national tournaments for singles and doubles at the NCAA Division II and NAIA level, and the only tournaments that combine the levels of Junior/Community Colleges (NJCAA Divisions I-III and the California schools). Participants are determined through these Wilson/ITA Regional Championships, which serve as qualifying tournaments. The national champions from each division square off in the "Super Bowl" of Small College Tennis to determine the overall ITA National Small College Champions (who then earn berths into the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships, a Division I event, in November).
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Companion Corner: Lucy at Second Chance Animal Shelter

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff

ARLINGTON, Vt. — There is an excited and energetic pup looking for her new family.

iBerkshire's Companion Corner is a weekly series spotlighting an animal in our local shelters that is ready to find a home.

Lucy is an 18-month-old heeler/terrier mix with energy to spare. She has been at the Second Chance Animal Shelter for about a month.

Lead canine care technician Alaura Lasher introduced us to her.

"She is a very energetic girl. She loves to play, and as you can see, she came to us from animal control," she said. 

Lucy was not in a great situation before coming to the shelter and they are still trying to learn more about her.

"They had seized her from a pretty neglectful situation. She was actually technically abandoned. She just came to us this last month, so she's still showing us all of her energy she has," Lasher said.

Lucy is able to go home with a dog-savvy cat and older children as she can be a bit jumpy with her bounds of energy.

"The perfect home for her is one that is able to give her a ton of attention and a ton of time playing, she loves her time outside," said Lasher. "She can run forever and not get tired. She can possibly live with another dog who is used to more of a pushy play style. She can be a little pushy when she plays, just because she's so hyper."

Since she is young, she is still learning and training with the staff and might need more with someone who takes her home.

"To the best of our knowledge, she's just a healthy young girl, because she's only a year and a half old, she still got a little bit of learning and training that she could use."

But Lucy is always happy to see anyone and immediately wants to play and say hi. Her endless energy makes her a great companion to play outside with and then hang out after a long day of fun.

"She's just a super sweet girl again. She'll need some help with the training, but as long as you've got time to burn out her energy, she'll make a great family dog," she said.

If you think Lucy might be the girl for you, reach out to Second Chance Animal Shelter and learn more about her on their website.

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