INDIANAPOLIS, IN- For the second-straight season, Millsaps' women's tennis player Deena Li Kam Wa has been selected to the NCAA Tournament.
Li Kam Wa is now one of 32 qualifiers in the Division-III Championships to be held May 21-23 at the at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati and host of the Western and Southern Open on the professional tour. The Championship will be hosted by Ohio Northern University and the Warren County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Li Kam Wa went 14-2 this season, against tough competition. The committee looks at won-loss record and strength of schedule as key components to the selection. Li Kam Wa was rewarded for tough wins and the fact that her two losses came in third-set tiebreaks to fellow qualifiers Michelle Satterfield of Emory and Sofia Vega of Texas Lutheran.
The draw for the tournament will take place on May 20th, the last day of the Division-III team championships.