{"66227":{"#nid":"66227","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Athletics Sends Teams Across Country for Tournament Play","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis weekend, four Tech athletics teams will pursue\nvictory in their respective sports. Though none will take place on campus, you\ncan send your support to the teams online as they travel to compete for the\nInstitute.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter earning its third consecutive ACC\nChampionship and being ranked second in the nation, Tech\u2019s golf team earned the\ntop seed in the NCAA Virginia Tech Regional. The team will play throughout the\nweekend, beginning Thursday, May 19, through Saturday, May 21, at the Pete Dye\nRiver Course in Radford, Va. Team members Anders Albertson and Oliver\nSchniederjans also advanced to a sectional qualifying round for the U.S. Open\non Tuesday.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe men\u2019s tennis team will compete in its\nNCAA Championship this weekend in Stanford, Calif. The team will first take on\nthe University of Southern California on Thursday at 3 p.m., followed by either\nFlorida or Kentucky on Saturday at 3 p.m. The NCAA Singles\/Doubles Championship\nis also in Stanford on Wednesday, May 25, at 3 p.m. This is the Yellow Jackets\u2019\nfirst trek to the NCAA Championship since 1994. Not to be outmatched, the\nwomen\u2019s tennis team will compete in the third round of its NCAA Tournament on\nFriday. The team will go up against Duke in Stanford, Calif., at noon.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter an upset against Virginia last weekend\nin the ACC Tournament, Georgia Tech softball will play in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ramblinwreck.cstv.com\/sports\/w-softbl\/spec-rel\/051711aab.html\u0022\u003ENCAA\nKnoxville Regional against Oklahoma State\u003C\/a\u003E on Friday, marking the team\u2019s\ntenth consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFollow the teams online:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMen\u0027s tennis: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/twitter.com\/gt_mten\u0022\u003Etwitter\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Georgia-Tech-Mens-Tennis\/67015834979\u0022\u003Efacebook\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWomen\u0027s tennis: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/twitter.com\/gt_wten\u0022\u003Etwitter\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/facebook.com\/gtwomenstennis\u0022\u003Efacebook\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESoftball: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/twitter.com\/gatechsoftball\u0022\u003Etwitter\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/facebook.com\/gtsoftball\u0022\u003Efacebook\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAthletics: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/twitter.com\/gtathletics\u0022\u003Etwitter\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/facebook.com\/athletics\u0022\u003Efacebook\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGolf: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/facebook.com\/gtgolf\u0022\u003Efacebook\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis weekend, softball, men\u0027s tennis, women\u0027s tennis and gold will pursue\nvictory in their respective sports.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This weekend, softball, men\u0027s tennis, women\u0027s tennis and gold will pursue victory in their respective sports."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2011-05-18 13:31:17","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:45","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-05-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-05-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ramblinwreck.cstv.com\/sports\/w-softbl\/spec-rel\/051711aab.html","title":"Watch Tech vs. Oklahoma State Softball Live"},{"url":"http:\/\/ramblinwreck.cstv.com\/","title":"Georgia Tech Athletics"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1625","name":"athletics"},{"id":"13237","name":"gt golf"},{"id":"13238","name":"gt softball"},{"id":"13239","name":"gt tennis"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}