MIAA Tennis Championship Brackets Announced

Northwest Missouri will be the No. 1 seed for both the men's and women's tournaments. The Bearcat men, who tied with Southwest Baptist and Washburn for the regular season championship, earned the top seed through draw. Southwest Baptist will be the No. 2 seed, and Washburn will be No. 3.

The Washburn women will be the No. 2 seed this weekend, with Southwest Baptist being the No. 3 seed, Truman the fourth seed, Nebraska-Omaha the No. 5 seed, Emporia State the sixth seed, Fort Hays State the seventh seed and Missouri Western the No. 8 seed.

 
For the men's tournament, Truman will be the fourth seed, Nebraska-Omaha will be the No. 5 seed and Emporia State will be the No. 6 seed.

 
Preceding the tournament at 9 a.m. Saturday morning will be an opening ceremony where the 14 teams will be recognized, seniors will be honored and the regular season championship trophies will be presented.

 
The 2010 MIAA Tennis Championships will officially begin at 9:30 a.m. with the women's first round matches. The men's first round is set to begin at 11:30 a.m. Follow the action on the home page for the tennis championships (http://www.themiaa.com/information/2010Championships/tennis) and on Twitter and Facebook.