2018 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships Singles Finals To Stream Live on ESPN3 And ESPN App

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Oracle ITA National Fall Championships

TEMPE, Ariz. – The Intercollegiate Tennis Association and Oracle jointly announce that the men’s and women’s singles finals of the 2018 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships on November 11, 2018, from the Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex in Surprise, Arizona, will be available to a national audience LIVE via ESPN3 and on the ESPN app, and later aired on ESPNU Tuesday, November 13th at 3 p.m. EDT/12 p.m. PDT, for the women’s final and 5 p.m. EDT/2 p.m. PDT, for the men’s final.

This announcement marks the second time in 2018 that the men’s and women’s singles finals of an ITA National Championship will air on ESPN3 and ESPNU, with September’s 2018 Oracle ITA Masters from the Malibu Racquet Club in Malibu, California, serving as the inaugural televised event.

“We are thrilled and thankful to once again be working alongside ESPN to bring our exceptional college tennis product to a national audience,” said ITA Chief Executive Officer, Timothy Russell. “The Oracle ITA National Fall Championships serves as the culmination of the fall portion of the college tennis season, and along with our friends at Oracle, we at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association are looking forward to putting on a first-class event for our student-athletes, coaches and fans at the Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex in Surprise, Arizona.”

ESPNU is the premiere destination for collegiate sports with over 76 million subscribers and televises over 650 live collegiate events annually including extensive coverage of NCAA Championship events. The ESPN App, which carries ESPN3, the No. 1 most popular sports app, is an all-in-one digital sports platform for fans worldwide. Providing a rich, increasingly personalized experience across mobile and OTT devices, the ESPN App curates all of ESPN’s incredible sports content into an experience unique to each fan’s interests and tastes.

The women’s singles final will kick off the live streaming coverage at 10 a.m. PDT/1 p.m. EDT, with the men’s singles championship slated for an approximate 12 p.m. PDT/3 p.m. EDT, start.

The 2018 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships, which takes place November 7-11, at the Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex, serves as the culminating event of the fall portion of the collegiate tennis season. The national tournament features 128 of the nation’s top collegiate singles players (64 men and 64 women) and 64 doubles teams (32 men’s teams and 32 women’s teams). In its second year, having replaced the ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships is the lone event on the collegiate tennis calendar to feature competitors from all five divisions (NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA and JUCO) playing in the same tournament.

About the ITA 
The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) is committed to serving college tennis and returning the leaders of tomorrow. As the governing body of college tennis, the ITA oversees women’s and men’s varsity tennis at NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA and Junior/Community College divisions. The ITA administers a comprehensive awards and rankings program for men’s and women’s varsity players, coaches and teams in all divisions, providing recognition for their accomplishments on and off the court. For more information on the ITA, visit the ITA website at www.itatennis.com, like the ITA on Facebook or follow @ITA_Tennis on Twitter and Instagram.

About Oracle 
The Oracle Cloud offers complete SaaS application suites for ERP, HCM and CX, plus best-in-class database Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) from data centers throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information about Oracle (NYSE:ORCL), please visit us at www.oracle.com.

About ESPNU
ESPNU launched March 4, 2005. The 24-hour college sports television network televises more than 650 live events annually. Action includes a variety of top football and men’s and women’s basketball games, as well as Olympic sports from 26 Division I conferences. ESPNU is the destination for premier collegiate and high school programming, including elite football, basketball, baseball, softball and lacrosse events. ESPNU, as part of ESPN’s wide-ranging agreement with the NCAA, has extensive coverage of NCAA Championship events. 

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