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2011 College Table Tennis National Championships

April 15-17, 2011 in Rochester, MN
www.nctta.org/champs/2011

 

**NEWS RELEASE**                                        APRIL 8, 2011

 

 

Sun Sisters Look to Rise to the Occasion in Minnesota

2011 Championships Brings Together Twin Sisters Attending Different Schools

 

Born on the same day, sisters Sandy and Sunny Sun cannot recall spending a birthday apart.

 

About a week after reaching their 20th birthday, the table tennis standouts from Duke University and the University of Pennsylvania and will be spending quality time together at the 2011 College Table Tennis Championships.

 

Both are members of the Class of 2013 at two great institutions. While they now live nearly 1,000 miles apart, their college majors are actually pretty close. Sandy is studying computer science at Penn, the Ivy League school in the heart of Philly. Sunny’s major is electrical and computer engineering at Duke where basketball is king.

 

Shengzhi “Sandy” Sun says she's really not sure what she will be doing in the real world after earning her degree at the University of Pennsylvania. “I hope to work in the software development industry,” she says.

 

But her main focus now is gearing up for the College Nationals in Rochester, Minnesota, April 15-17. She's the only one from her school competing. Although Pennsylvania's team didn't win qualify out of a tough Mid-Atlantic Division, Sandy Sun qualified for the Championships through the ACUI Region 3 singles tournament at New Jersey Institute of Technology.

 

Meanwhile, Duke's Sunny Sun is getting ready to pack her paddle and join her teammates on the biggest stage for collegiate table tennis in America and Canada. The Duke Women’s team earned a direct qualification spot to the Championships by winning the Virginia-Carolina Division in the NCTTA regular season.

 

Not identical, these fraternal twin sisters officially become 20 year olds on Friday April 8th, and they plan to be together for the big occasion. With the Nationals rapidly approaching, we anticipate their birthday celebration will be short. Expect the sisters to be polishing their table tennis game for a few hours on their birthday.

 

The Sun sisters were born in Qingdao, China and moved to Ohio as six-year-olds. And when not hitting the books or honing their computer skills, they find enough time to practice their table tennis skills. Opponents should beware. These natives of China should be at the top of their game at the NCTTA's biggest and best tournament of the year.

 

Players and spectators alike will enjoy a weekend full of table tennis at the 2011 College Table Tennis Championships. The event starts Friday April 15th and continues to Sunday April 17th at the Regional Sports Center in Rochester, Minneosta. 

 

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The National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (NCTTA) is a non-profit organization established exclusively for promoting the sport of table tennis at the college level. As the national governing body for college table tennis in the United States and Canada, NCTTA organizes intercollegiate competition throughout North America. www.nctta.org

 

 

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