Skillman, N.J. – (4/24/2013) – As the 2012-2013 regular season came to a close, the Chestnut Hill College men's and women's tennis teams retained their East Region rankings (MEN and WOMEN) in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Poll released today, April 24. Despite carrying the #5 seed in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championship Tournament's East Region the Griffins women ranked #4 in the April 24^th ITA Rankings. Meanwhile, the Griffin men held their place at #6 en route to their first NCAA postseason invite.
 
The Chestnut Hill College (16-8, 5-1) men went 2-1 on their February trip to Tampa, Florida, 6-2 in the month of March, and 5-3 in April to improve a 3-2 fall standing to their current 16-8 record. En route to finishing as the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championship Tournament Runner-Up, the Griffins prepared with matches against each of the NCAA DII East Region's Elite; #7 Southern New Hampshire University, win 6-3 on March 9, #4 the University of the District of Columbia, loss 6-3 on March 24, #5 Queens College, loss 6-3 on March 30, #1 Concordia College (NY), loss 9-0 on April 10, and #2 the New York Institute of Technology, loss 5-4 on April 14.
    
The Chestnut Hill College (18-8, 6-2) women have only lost two matches since returning from their Florida spring trip. The Griffins defeated Drew University 9-0 on February 18 and then proceeded to go 2-2 in Florida before returning to campus for a highly-competitive stretch of matches that included contests against #31 the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 7-2 loss on March 16, and #36 Queens College, 5-4 loss on March 30. Despite the two losses, the Griffin won the remainder of their spring matches to currently sit at 18-8 with a #50 ITA National Ranking.
 
The NCAA East Region Preliminary Round matches will be played on the campuses of the higher seed. For more on the Griffins selection to the 2012-2013 NCAA DII Tennis Championships please visit TheCHCGriffin.com. For match results and additional championship information please check back with us at www.GriffinAthletics.com or visit NCAA.com.