Complete Results

MONROEVILLE, PA:  The Texas Wesleyan University table tennis team faced one of its toughest challenges at the 2014 TMS College Table Tennis National Championships.  However, the Rams were up to the task extending their streak to eleven consecutive national championships.
 
The Rams entered the competition as the top seed, but second seeded Mississippi College had served notice in Saturday's competition that they were a force to be reckoned with.  Saturday's men's singles final was an all MC affair with Cheng Li defeating his teammate Yichi Zhang.  In men's doubles, the Rams and Choctaw's had battled it out with each program putting two teams in the final four.  Texas Wesleyan's second ranked duo of Zhedi Bai and Razvan Cretu defeated MC's second ranked combo of Junyu Xiao and ZeshengHuang for the title.
 
The team competition was tied 2-2 entering men's doubles which would decide the title.  Team USA member Yahao Zhang and 2013 men's singles champion Emil Santos took to the table for Texas Wesleyan against Li and Zhang and the Rams came away with a thrilling victory.
 
The win ran Texas Wesleyan's streak to eleven consecutive national championships.  The Rams first became eligible to play for the team championship in 2004, and they have never been defeated.  The 2014 team title along with the win in men's doubles gives the Rams a total of 55 championships since the program's inception in 2001.
 
In the women's team competition, the Lady Rams had won five titles in the last seven years.  However, the 2014 squad was seeded fifth.   The Lady Rams took a 3-1 win over NYU to reach the semifinals where they were defeated 3-2 by the eventual champion Princeton.
 
2014 TMS College Table Tennis National Champions
Coed Team: Texas Wesleyan
Women's Team: Princeton
Men's Singles: Cheng Li, Mississippi College
Women's Singles: Ariel Hsing, Princeton
Men's Doubles: Zhedi Bai/Razvan Cretu, Texas Wesleyan
Women's Doubles: Vivien Zhou/Xixi Guo, Toronto