Providence, R.I. The BIG EAST conference has announced today that the St. Johns University mens tennis team has been invited to participate in the 2001 BIG EAST Championship in Coral Gables, Fla.
Beginning with this season the BIG EAST will only invite the top six schools in the league to the championships. The committee selected the teams based on three items of criteria: national ranking, head-to-head BIG EAST competition and teams records versus common opponents. The 2001 Championship is a three-day event scheduled for April 20-22. Matches will take place at the Neil Schiff Tennis Complex in Coral Gables, Florida. Each team winner will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship. Based on these criteria the following teams have been selected for the BIG EAST championship: No. 1 seed Notre Dame, No. 2 Miami, No. 3 Virginia Tech, No. 4 Rutgers, No. 5 St. Johns and No. 6 Boston College. St. Johns first-round match will be against Rutgers on Friday, April 20 at 9 am. The winner of the St. Johns-Rutgers match will take on Notre Dame on Saturday, April 21. The Red Storm ended the season with a 9-6 overall record and 4-2 in the BIG EAST. The two BIG EAST losses came at the hands of West Virginia and Rutgers. Big wins for the Red Storm this season included a win over Army for the first time in five years. At the 2000 BIG EAST championships, St. Johns finished third behind nationallyranked Miami and Notre Dame.
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