The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the qualifiers for the 2009 NAIA Women's Tennis National Championship, scheduled for May 12-16 in Mobile, Ala. Indiana Wesleyan is the Mid-Central College Conference representative at the championships.

The official tournament bracket, along with match times, will be released today (May 4) by 6 p.m. (Eastern).


The championship will be played at the Mobile Tennis Center for the sixth straight season. In all, 24 teams will converge in Mobile to play for the championship, as 16 squads received automatic bids and eight more made the tournament as at-large selections.

For more information on the Championships, click here.

2009 Qualifiers (Listed Alphabetically)
Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) - Southern States Athletic Conference Champion
Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) - At-Large #4
Berry College (Ga.) - At-Large #1
Bethel College (Kan.) - Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Champion
Bethel College (Tenn.) - Unaffiliated Champion (American Mideast/TranSouth/A.I.I.)
Brenau University (Ga.) - At-Large #6
California Baptist University - At-Large #3
Concordia University (Calif.) - At-Large #2
Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) - Golden State Athletic Conference Champion
Indiana Wesleyan University - Mid-Central College Conference Champion
Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho) - Unaffiliated Representative
Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.) - Unaffiliated Champion (Kentucky Intercollegiate/Mid-South)
Missouri Valley College - Heart of America Athletic Conference Champion
University of Mobile (Ala.) -- Host Berth
Nebraska Wesleyan University - Great Plains Athletic Conference Champion
Northwood University (Fla.) - At-Large #8
Ohio Dominican University - American Mideast Conference Champion
Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) - Unaffiliated Champion
Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.) - At-Large #7
Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.) - The Sun Conference Champion
Southern Nazarene University (Okla.) - Unaffiliated Champion
Union College (Ky.) - Appalachian Athletic Conference Champion
Vanguard University (Calif.) - At-Large #5
Xavier University (La.) - Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Champion