WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - The Williams women's tennis and women's crew teams will receive a little extra coverage on this Saturday's (July 4th) NCAA Spring Championship Highlights show airing at 2:00 PM EST (check local listings).
The NCAA Highlights Show focuses on those championships that are not aired live on CBS.
The feature segments on the Eph's are will be focusing on women's tennis coach Alison Swain '01 being 10-0 in NCAA Tournament play as a coach in her first two years and rower Meg Conan '09 (Skaneateles, NY) who has overcome injury to continue competing.
This spring the Ephs won a second straight NCAA title in women's tennis and a record fourth consecutive rowing title.
Overall Williams has won four NCAA women’s tennis titles and a record five NCAA Division III rowing titles for women. Justin Moore, head coach of women’s crew, has won four of the five NCAA titles. The five NCAA titles won by the Eph women’s crew team are the most among Williams teams, while women’s tennis is second with four.
The Ephs won the first NCAA rowing title for women in 2002 in Indianapolis.
The continued success of the women’s tennis and women’s crew teams enabled the Ephs to come from behind in the spring to secure their 11th consecutive Directors’ Cup, emblematic of overall athletic excellence in NCAA Division III.
The 2009 Directors’ Cup win gives the Ephs possess of 13 of the 14 Cups awarded in NCAA Division III.
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