1976 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships

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1976 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
DateMay 1976
Edition31st
Location Corpus Christi, Texas
Venue HEB Tennis Center
Champions
Men's Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Bill Scanlon
(Trinity (TX))
Men's Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Peter Fleming /
Flag of the United States.svg Ferdi Taygan
(UCLA)
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The 1976 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships were the 31st annual tournaments to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I men's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States. [1]

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USC and UCLA shared the team championship, the twelfth for both the Bruins and the Trojans, after the two teams finished tied atop the final team standings (21–21).

Host site

This year's tournaments were contested at the Orville I. Cox Tennis Center at University of Texas–Pan American (now known as University of Texas–Rio Grande Valley) in Edinburg, Texas, but actually played at the HEB Tennis Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. [2]

Team scoring

Until 1977, the men's team championship was determined by points awarded based on individual performances in the singles and doubles events.

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References

  1. "NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
  2. Corpus Christi Caller Times, May 29, 1976