By Michael Reff and Brayden Glad
NCTTA Media Committee

It’s already been an exciting day at the 2022 NCTTA Round Rock Championships. We’ve seen the beginning of the Coed and Women’s teams event as well as single’s competition, but the main attraction for the evening were the dazzling displays of doubles talent.

High performing athletes that have already graced the national and international arenas gave the crowd quite a show tonight. On the men’s side, 2017 US Men’s National Doubles Champions, brothers Sharon and Gal Alguetti from Indiana University (IU), clinched the NCTTA Men’s Doubles title over NYU’s Jeremy Hazin and Mudit Dani 3-1. Despite the NYU pair losing, they put up a great fight with a strong crowd behind them. Ultimately the perfect communication between the IU twins proved too much for the lefty/righty pairing.

Sharon said of the competition, “These are the same people we have trained with in this part of the draw.” IU coach Luke Gillespie added, “ The kids have trained together and know each other’s games very well. This is the top echelon of Table Tennis in the United States and Canada. We are pleased to be a part of this tournament’s success.”

For the Women’s doubles finals it was an all Texas affair. Zhen Deng and Jiaqi Lin of the perennial women’s champs school Texas Wesleyan University ultimately captured the hardware and continued their school’s laudable reputation for winning the title after defeating Eden (LeiJie) Qi and Kelly Zhao of Texas 3-1 as well.

If this is any indication of what’s to come, we are in store for many more excellent matches tomorrow and Sunday! Tune in bright and early to the live streaming at the 2022 Round Rock Champs April 9 for more ponging prowess!

Pictured here are the new Men's Doubles Champions from Indiana University, Sharon and Gal Alguetti

About 2022 NCTTA College Table Tennis Championships
The championships are hosted by the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association and the Round Rock CVB. Men’s and Women’s Singles and Doubles, and Men’s/Coed Teams, Women’s Teams. The event is sponsored by Double Happiness, Double Fish and Joola.
Watch the event on live stream starting Friday April 8th on champs.nctta.org

About NCTTA
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 elite intercollegiate competition throughout North America. www.nctta.org