NAIA Announces 24-Team Men's Tennis National Championship Field :: Tournament slated for May 14-19 in Mobile, Ala.

	No. 1 Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) leads a 24-team field into battle May 14-19 at the NAIA National Championship Tournament in Mobile, Ala.

May 5, 2007

OLATHE, Kan. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has released its list of qualifiers for the 2007 NAIA Men's Tennis National Championship Tournament, scheduled for May 14-18 in Mobile, Ala.

The tournament will be played at the Mobile Tennis Center, with No. 1 Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) looking to defend its 2006 national championship. In all, 24 teams will converge on Mobile to play for the championship, as 13 of the 24 squads recevied automatic bids and 11 more made the tournament as at-large selections.

The official tournament bracket along with match times will be released May 9 by 5 p.m. (Central). The following is a list of the 24 participating teams in alphabetical order and how each qualified for the national tournament.

Aquinas College (Mich.) - Region VIII Champion
Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) - Region XIII Champion
Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) - Region II Champion
Benedictine College (Kan.) - Region V Champion
Berry College (Ga.) - At-Large #8
Bethany College (Kan.) - Region IV Champion
Bethel College (Tenn.) - At-Large #7
Cumberland University (Tenn.) - At-Large #11
Embry-Riddle University (Fla.) - Region XIV Champion
Freed-Hardeman University (Tenn.) - Region XI Champion
Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) - At-Large #1
Graceland University (Iowa) - At-Large #10
Lee University (Tenn.) - at-Large #6
Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho) - Region I Representative
Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.) - At-Large #4
Oklahoma Baptist University - Region VI Representative
Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) - Region VII Representative
Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.) - At-Large #5
Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.) - At-Large #3
University of Sioux Falls (S.D.) - Region III Champion
Union College (Ky.) - Region XII Champion
Vanguard University (Calif.) - At-Large #2
Walsh University (Ohio) - Region IX Champion
Webber International University (Fla.) - At-Large #9