Hartford, CT — Princeton, Middlebury, Hamilton, and Denison won their division finals at the 2015 Men’s National Team Championships.

B Division (Hoehn Cup): After upsetting Cornell in the semifinals, Dartmouth came out with all cylinders firing in the Hoehn Cup final against Princeton. Dartmouth tested the defending Hoehn Cup champions early:  Kyle Martino won the first game at #3, Michael Mistras went up 2-1 in games at #6, and Jack Harvey won in four at #9. Princeton dug in, refusing to give up. Jarryd Osborne came back to win in five at #3, and Michael LeBlanc recovered to win 11-8 in the fifth at #6, his third five-game win of the weekend. Picking up two more wins in the next round, Princeton opened up a 4-2 lead over the Big Green. Dartmouth would have to be perfect in the final flight to win, but Princeton didn’t give them a chance. The Tigers won the next two matches on court to bring the Hoehn Cup back to New Jersey. It was a bittersweet win for Princeton, who recently lost former head coach Bob Callahan. The resilience the Tigers displayed today and throughout the weekend would have made Callahan proud.

C Division (Summers Cup): Middlebury won four Summers Cup titles between 2009 and 2014, and today they competed for their fifth. Yet there was a palpable absence at this morning’s match: John Illig, the coach who had guided the Panthers to all those C Division titles, died suddenly in August. Middlebury was on a mission in today’s match with Western Ontario, who had upset Brown to reach the finals. The Panthers won the first three games on court all by a score of 3-1. Western Ontario got on the board in the second wave with a three-game win at #2, but victories from William Kurth at #5 and Benjamin Krant at #8 locked up the win for Middlebury. The final score was Middlebury 6, Western Ontario 3, as the Panthers claimed a fifth Summers Cup with Illig in mind.

D Division (Conroy Cup): It looked like the Conroy Cup final between Hamilton and Connecticut College would be a close one as the match got underway. The Continentals’ Jonathan Ruth outlasted the Camels’ Rafael Gamba 15-13 in the first game at #9. Not to be outdone, David Laub of Hamilton and Niccolo Premutico of Conn were tied through 14-all in the first game at #6; Laub won that game 16-14 and the match 14-12 in the fourth. Ruth also won in four, and thanks to a three-game win from Mac Pivirotto at #3, the Continentals had a 3-0 lead after the first flight of matches. Though Conn’s Santiago Moran won in three at #8, the other two second wave matches went Hamilton’s way. The Continentals ultimately won 7-2, taking home the Conroy Cup for the first time since 1996.

E Division: (Chaffee Cup): The Chaffee Cup final between Georgetown and Denison came down to the final match on court. Denison swept the top three matches, and Georgetown took control of the bottom four.  At #5, Drew Lavine won in five to tie the match 4-all. The Chaffee Cup hinged on the #4 match between Mac Williams of Georgetown and Marshall Crane of Denison. crane won the first game decisively, 11-4. The second game was much closer, as Williams won 11-9. The third game went to tie-breakers, and  Crane edged out Williams. Williams nearly forced a fifth game, but Crane’s 12-10 win in the fourth decided the match for Denison. This win marked the Big Red’s first division title since they won the Summers Cup in 2004.

Hartford, CT — Boston College. Swarthmore, and Vassar won their division finals at the 2015 Men’s National Team Championships.

F Division (Serues Cup): Boston College and Boston University last met in a division final in 2013, when the Eagles defeated the Terriers 6-3 to win the Chaffee Cup and the E Division. This season, BU upset two teams seeded above them — Bryant and Northwestern — to have another shot at a division title. The Terriers’ run didn’t survive the final. BC jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the first flight of matches and swept the second flight to clinch their first Serues Cup early. BU didn’t give up easily, though, taking multiple matches to five games, even after the outcome of the team match had been decided.

G Division (Hawthorn Cup): Last season, the College of Charleston bounced Swarthmore from the first round of the Serues Cup with an 8-1 win. Swarthmore exacted revenge for that loss today, defeating CoC 6-3 in the Hawthorn Cup final. The match got off to a rather unusual start in the first flight. CoC’s Luke Schweitzer had broken his racquet hand earlier in the season and had only recently been cleared to play — with his non-dominant hand. Schweitzer was playing #9 for the Cougars against Swarthmore’s Brian Lee, and the tournament director had to intervene when it appeared Schweitzer switched back to playing with his dominant hand. After losing the first game 5-11, Lee came back to win in four for Swarthmore. The Cougars won the #6 and #3 matches to take a 2-1 lead overall, but the Garnet swept the next flight of matches. Needing only one win in the final flight to take the G Division title, Swarthmore got two: a four-game win from Henry Ortmeyer at #1 and a five-game win from Matthew Ho at #4. This is Swarthmore’s first Hawthorn Cup as well as their first division title.

H Division: Coming into the Men’s National Team Championships, Vassar and Bard had already played each other three times during the regular season, with Vassar leading the season series 2-1. Today’s match proved how close the two teams were: after two flights of matches, the score was tied 3-all. In the final flight, Vassar’s Vincent Mencotti won in five games at #1; Bard’s Abe Etkin won in five at #4. With the match tied 4-all, the Hawthorn Cup came down to the #7 match between Vassar’s Ben Kurchin and Bard’s Francesca Cornali. Cornali won the first game, and then she and Kurchin traded the next three games. After Kurchin won the fourth 11-3, Cornali stormed out to a lead in the fifth. But Kurchin came from behind to win 11-9, giving Vassar the win. This is only the second year the H Division has been played, and this is Vassar’s first division title at the Men’s National Team Championships.

Hartford, CT — Trinity College and St. Lawrence University will play for the national championship.

A Division (Potter Cup): The Trinity College Bantams will play for their 15th national team title tomorrow; their opponents, the Saints of St. Lawrence, will play for their first. Trinity advanced to the finals with a 7-2 win over Columbia University, a up-and-coming team coached by former Trinity standout Jacques Swanepoel. The Lions’ Ramit Tandon and Osama Khalifa won at #1 and #2, and the middle of their order put up a good fight, taking the #4-#7 matches past three games. But ultimately the match was Trinity’s, delighting the fans who packed the stands. For St. Lawrence, advancing to the Potter Cup final meant beating the defending national champions, Harvard, and the Crimson did not go down easily. All but one of the matches went past three games, but St. Lawrence swept the top three matches as well as #8 and #9 to take the match 5-4. In the consolations, Yale defeated Penn, 5-4, and Rochester beat F&M, 6-3.

B Division (Hoehn Cup): Princeton will defend the B Division title against Dartmouth tomorrow. The Tigers held off Drexel, 6-3, while the Big Green upset Cornell in dramatic fashion, going to the last match on court to win 5-4. Bates and George Washington advanced to the  consolation final earlier in the day.

C Division (Summers Cup): Middlebury has won four of the last six Summers Cup finals, and tomorrow they’ll have a shot at a fifth. The Panthers will face Western Ontario tomorrow after defeating Wesleyan 6-3. Western Ontario held off Brown 5-4, thanks in part to three five-game wins from Nick Guest, Eric Mercer, and Kale Wilson. Colby and Bowdoin will play in the consolation final.

D Division (Conroy Cup): Connecticut College and Stanford were tied 3-all going into the final flight of three matches. Conn’s Brian Mullen and Daniel Reisman won at #1 and #7, respectively, to send the Camels to the D Finals. They will face Hamilton, who defeated Tufts 6-3 in the other semifinal. Tomorrow’s final should be a good one: there have already been three Conn-Continentals match-ups this season, and though Hamilton leads the season series 3-0, every match has been close. Two programs on upward trajectories — Virginia and MIT — will play in the consolation finals.

E Division: (Chaffee Cup): Facing NYU, the Georgetown Hoyas were able to collect the five wins they needed to advance to the E finals by the end of the second flight of matches. Denison won the top four matches plus #6 and #9 in their semifinal victory over Johns Hopkins. Denison and Georgetown have not played each other this season, so tomorrow’s final should be interesting. Haverford and Northeastern will play in the consolation finals.

F Division (Serues Cup): Playing in the same city, Boston College’s and Boston University’s paths have crossed more than once in the past few years. At the 2013 Men’s National Team Championships at Yale, the two teams met in the Chaffee Cup final, and BC won that match 6-3. The two squads will again meet in a final tomorrow. BC advanced with a 5-4 win over Colgate, and BU advanced with a 5-4 win over Northwestern. The consolation final will feature Bryant versus Richmond.

G Division (Hawthorn Cup): Earlier in the day, the College of Charleston and Swarthmore advanced to the Hawthorn Cup final. Washington and Minnesota will play in the consolation final.

H Division: Round Robin play continued this evening with Bard versus Vanderbilt and Vassar versus Notre Dame. Earlier in the day, Vanderbilt defeated Oregon, and Ithaca defeated Notre Dame.

Hartford, CT — The early afternoon has seen a number of dramatic matches.

A Division (Potter Cup): In the consolation semifinals, Penn and Yale were neck-and-neck through the first two flights of matches. The Potter Cup semifinals are scheduled to begin mid-afternoon. Trinity and Columbia will play in one, and Harvard and St. Lawrence will play in the other.

B Division (Hoehn Cup): Just how competitive is the B Division? All four matches today were tied 3-all going into the final flight. Drexel, ranked 12th overall coming into the tournament, gave the B Division’s top seed, Princeton, a tough time in the semifinals. In the final flight, wins from Samuel Kang at #1 and David Hoffman at #4 decided the match in Princeton’s favor. The Cornell-Dartmouth semifinal was equally as close. Dartmouth took the early lead in the final flight of matches, thanks to James Fisch’s five-game win over Jordan Brail at #5. The final score was 5-4.  In the consolations, Bates upset Williams 5-4.

C Division (Summers Cup): In the Summers Cup semifinals, Middlebury clinched early against Wesleyan. Although the #3 and #9 matches went to five games, the Panthers swept the first flight of matches, and they rode that momentum into the second flight. Middlebury will play the winner of the Western Ontario/Brown match in the Summers Cup final.

D Division (Conroy Cup): Today’s D Division matches are scheduled for later this afternoon and evening. Tufts will play Hamilton in one semifinal, and Stanford and Conn will play in the other.

E Division: (Chaffee Cup): The E Division semifinals — Georgetown versus NYU and Johns Hopkins versus Denison — are scheduled for 5:30 pm this afternoon.

F Division (Serues Cup): Richmond advanced to the Serues Cup finals with a convincing 8-1 win over Washington University in St. Louis. Wash U’s lone win came from Ben Auerbach, who won outlasted the Spiders’ David Guettlein in five at #9.

G Division (Hawthorn Cup): Swarthmore and the College of Charleston will play for the Hawthorn Cup. Swarthmore advanced to the finals with a win over Miami, and Charleston advanced by defeating the University of California Berkeley. The University of Washington advanced to the H Division consolation finals with an 8-1 win over Dickinson.

H Division: With Ithaca forfeiting three matches, Notre Dame won 7-2. The Fighting Irish will play Vassar this evening.

Hartford, CT — This morning’s action featured a number of consolation semifinals.

A Division (Potter Cup): The A Division semifinals are scheduled for later today.

B Division (Hoehn Cup): George Washington has been on the B/C bubble for years, and 2015 marks the first year the Colonials have made it into the B Division. This morning the Colonials earned their first Hoehn Cup win, and it was a close one. The Colonials were tied 3-3 with Navy going into the final flight of matches. GW won the first two matches on court in the flight to capture the match. Bates and Williams have been locked in a marathon match in the other consolation semifinal, and their match is overlapping with the start of play in the B Division main draw.

C Division (Summers Cup): In the consolation semifinals, Bowdoin clinched early over Hobart. Colby College rebounded from a close loss to Wesleyan yesterday by winning a very competitive match over Amherst.

D Division (Conroy Cup): The D Division matches are scheduled for this afternoon and evening.

E Division: (Chaffee Cup): Johns Hopkins and Fordham played yesterday evening, and the Blue Jays won 8-1. This morning, Haverford defeated Lehigh 7-2 in the consolation semifinals.

F Division (Serues Cup): Bryant notched one of the first wins of the day in the consolation semifinals, defeating Davidson 8-1.

G Division (Hawthorn Cup): Minnesota swept Siena in the Hawthorn Cup consolation semifinals. The other H Division matches were scheduled for late morning.

H Division: Yesterday evening, Vassar defeated Ithaca, and Bard defeated Oregon. This morning, round robin play continued with Vanderbilt beating Oregon 4-2. (Oregon is competing as an Emerging Team and only has five players, and several H Division teams have fewer than nine players, which is why some of the results in this division are for fewer than nine matches.)