2017 USA Racquetball Intercollegiate Championships - Team Results

The team results from the 2017 USA Racquetball Intercollegiate Championships in Fountain Valley, California have been released, and Oregon State University won the Overall Team title helped by their women players, who captured the Women’s Team title. The win is Oregon State’s 10th consecutive Overall Team title. Baldwin Wallace University won the Men’s Team title.

Notable is that most of the players at the Intercollegiates were from universities west of the Mississippi. By our count, 62 of the 205 players (30.2%) were from eastern universities. That could be influenced by the site of the event. California is a long way from the east coast.

In 2014, Intercollegiates was at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, and of the 203 players entered 108 (53%) were from universities east of the Mississippi, so site of the event does seem to have an influence on where the players are coming from.

Of the 205 players this year, 69 were women or 33.7% of the field. That percentage of women participation has been steady over the last five years. In 2016, it was 32.1% (70 women in a field of 218 players), in 2015, 34.5% (77 in 223), in 2014, 30.5% (62 in 203) and in 2013, 32.4% (70 of 216).

It would be great if all racquetball tournaments had women as one third of the players. However, it seems many tournaments have few if any women players. This is an issue that USA Racquetball should be addressing.

2017 USA Racquetball Intercollegiate Championships - Team Results
Fountain Valley, California

Women's Team

1) Oregon State University - 1,265
2) University of Missouri - 789
3) Brigham Young University - 764
4) Northern Arizona University - 682.5
5) Arizona State University - 671
6) Colorado State University, Pueblo - 490

Men's Team

1) Baldwin Wallace University - 1,810
2) Colorado State University, Pueblo - 1,326
3) Oregon State University - 807
4) University of Colorado, Boulder - 758
5) Brigham Young University - 715
6) University of Texas, Austin - 713.5
7) Montana State University - 566
8) San Joaquin Delta College - 560
9) University of Colorado, Colorado Springs - 513
10) University of Central Florida - 424.5

Overall Team

1) Oregon State University - 2072
2) Baldwin Wallace University - 2035
3) Colorado State University, Pueblo - 1816
4) Brigham Young University - 1479
5) University of Missouri - 1302
6) Arizona State University - 1014
7) University of Colorado, Boulder - 958
8) University of Texas, Austin - 900.5
9) Northern Arizona University - 863.5
10) Montana State University - 566

Follow the bouncing ball....