The GIST

College

UCLA and USC win respective NCAA men’s volleyball and beach volleyball national championships

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If this natty round-up feels familiar, it’s because two teams bagged back-to-back ’ships this weekend.

May 06, 2024

The ITA National Fall Championships begins today

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The epic five-day ITA National Fall Championships, aka the capstone of college tennis’ fall singles and doubles season, hits the court in San Diego today.

November 01, 2023

Two weeks to go until the ITA National Fall Championships

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The peak of fall tennis — the ITA National Fall Championships — begins in exactly two weeks, which means players are frantically trying to win their ITA Regionals (aka the main route to the tourney) right now.

October 18, 2023

Breaking down the National Fall tennis Championship

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The ITA governs fall competition, not the NCAA, but these matches are still a BFD for athletes: Unlike NCAA contests where team titles reign supreme, individual glory is the name of fall’s game.

October 04, 2023

How does college tennis work?

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If you’ve watched Break Point, you know the basics — but there are a few ways college competitions differ from those of the pros, mostly because NCAA tennis players compete on teams, while Tour pros duke it out as individuals.

June 28, 2023

National titles were handed out in tennis, rowing and lacrosse

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Even with a bonus day, last weekend didn’t have enough hours to keep up with all the national titles being bestowed.

May 31, 2023

UNC women and Virginia men win college tennis championships

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This weekend, two more spring sports handed out titles in the most thrilling on-court action since Drea did revenge.

May 22, 2023

College

One step closer to naming champions in college tennis and golf

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May 19, 2023

By this time next week, three new national champions will have claimed their crowns, so here’s the (iced) tea on everything you need to know.

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The GIST of It Podcast

Ep #461

Getting chippy in the PWHL Finals, plus our expansion draft rules reaction

May 22, 2025

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Getting chippy in the PWHL Finals, plus our expansion draft rules reaction

The PWHL Finals are off to a raucous start.

The defending champ Minnesota Frost fell in overtime to the upstart Ottawa Charge in Tuesday’s Game 1 — but the box score only tells half the story. On today’s episode of The GIST of It, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz share their thoughts on a player that’s making headlines for all the wrong reasons before shifting gears to the latest news about the upcoming expansion draft. Drop that puck.

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