Harvard Defeats UConn to Win the Inaugural ECAC Intercollegiate Pickleball Championship
DANBURY, Conn. – Harvard defeated UConn to win the Inaugural ECAC Intercollegiate Team Pickleball Championship this past weekend at the Camp Pickleball facility in Plainville, Connecticut.
The championship featured teams of four—two men and two women—squaring off in doubles and mixed doubles matches, with ties decided by a “Dreambreaker,” game in which all players took turns rotating in playing singles. The ECAC partnered with
UBsports Group Inc. to bring the championship to life.
Interest in pickleball as an emerging sport has exploded in the past few years among college students, and the ECAC is proud to be well positioned to be a home for intercollegiate team pickleball. The ECAC looks forward to helping grow the game in the east and provide outlets for competition for our member schools.
ABOUT THE ECAC
The ECAC (Eastern College Athletic Conference) is an eighty-five-year-old organization with well over 200 member schools across all three NCAA Divisions - I, II and III. The ECAC exists to enhance the experience of student-athletes participating in intercollegiate athletics and provides great value for universities and colleges by sponsoring championships, leagues, bowl games, tournaments and other competitions throughout the Northeast. The ECAC's esports platform is growing and now totals more than sixty colleges and universities and is expanding the geographic footprint for the conference nationally. The ECAC is also sponsoring competitions and leagues involving other varsity and club sports that do not fall under the umbrella of the NCAA.
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