H-E-B Tournament of Champions Returns This Weekend

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The 51st edition of the H-E-B Tournament of Champions comes to the Coastal Bend this weekend as eight of the top schools from across the nation converge on Corpus Christi for the longest-running collegiate team tournament in the country.
 
The Islanders are hosting the event on Friday and Saturday with first and second round matches slated for Friday at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., respectively. Friday will see matches played at both the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center and the H-E-B Tennis Center.
 
Admission to all matches this weekend is free of charge.
 
The 51st Annual H-E-B Tournament of Champions field features No. 28 South Alabama as the top seed. Perennial power Arizona sits across the draw as the two seed while Louisiana, DePaul, New Mexico State, UTSA and UTRGV round out the teams vying for college tennis' longest-running prize.
 
The Islanders open their H-E-B Tournament of Champions with a first round matchup against New Mexico State. The Aggies are 5-3 on the season with a win over Southland member UIW.
 
South Alabama, this year's top-seeded squad, is 12-2 on the season and appeared at number 28 in the latest ITA national rankings. The Jaguars have won 11 straight matches since suffering their only two defeats of the season.
 
The Islanders have already faced three of the remaining four teams in the H-E-B, defeating Louisiana, UTSA and UTRGV in dual matches earlier this season. Filling out the bracket, DePaul heads to Corpus Christi with a 7-3 mark on the season.
 
The full draw for the 51st H-E-B Tournament of Champions is available at www.GoIslanders.com/HEB.
 
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