Staloch and Chui Receive Individual NCAA Doubles Invitation

Apr. 30 – (INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.) – Two days after the Carnegie Mellon University women's tennis team received their fourth straight invitation to the NCAA Division III Championships, the NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Committee selected two Tartan athletes to compete as a doubles team at the championships.  The duo of senior Amy Staloch (Midland, Mich./H.H. Dow) and freshman Jennifer Chui (Saratoga, Calif./Monta Vista) will represent Carnegie Mellon at the 2008 NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Championships.

This marks the fourth straight season that Staloch was invited the NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Championship as a doubles player and the first for Chui.  The tandem has a 22-9 doubles record and placed fifth at the ITA Championships in the fall.

Both Staloch and Chui were chosen as the first two alternates to play in the singles championships.  Staloch had a regular season overall record of 17-13 in singles, as Chui was 18-12.

The individual championships include 32 single players and 16 double teams.  The singles and doubles championships will be held May 16-18 at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota.