{"id":277191,"date":"2026-04-20T18:40:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/277191\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T18:40:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:40:37","slug":"youngstown-state-tennessee-tech-and-oakland-earn-top-seeds-in-hltennis-championship-brackets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/277191\/","title":{"rendered":"Youngstown State, Tennessee Tech and Oakland Earn Top Seeds in #HLTennis Championship Brackets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tYoungstown State, Tennessee Tech and Oakland Earn Top Seeds in #HLTennis Championship Brackets &#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;pub=xa-4a7320e7645958d0\" onmouseover=\"return addthis_open(this, &#039;&#039;, &#039;[URL]&#039;, &#039;[TITLE]&#039;)\" onmouseout=\"addthis_close()\" onclick=\"return addthis_sendto()\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/lg-share-en.gif\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\" style=\"border:0\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t April 19<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-byline\">Sa&#8217;Mone Winters<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/horizonleague.org\/documents\/2025\/7\/17\/2026_Men_s_Tennis_Bracket_7_9_25.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Men\u2019s Championship Bracket<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/horizonleague.org\/documents\/2025\/7\/17\/2026_Women_s_Tennis_Bracket_7_9_25.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Women\u2019s Championship Bracket<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nINDIANAPOLIS (April 19, 2026) \u2013 Youngstown State and Tennessee Tech earned the No. 1 seeds in the men\u2019s #HLTennis bracket after the division titles were won by the Penguins in the North Division and the Golden Eagles in the South Division. The Oakland women earned the top spot in the women\u2019s championship bracket following a regular season title victory.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nDig Deeper:<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe 2026 Horizon League Tennis Championships begin on Friday, April 24 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.&#13;<br \/>\n\tYoungstown State claimed the North Division after going 5-1 against League opponents this season.&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tThe Penguins enter the Horizon League Tennis Championships as a No. 1 seed for the first time since 2022.&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\tTennessee Tech won the South Division following an undefeated 6-0 record in League play.&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tThe Golden Eagles enter the Horizon League Tennis Championships as a No. 1 seed for the first time since joining the League.&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe first men\u2019s quarterfinal matchup on Friday will feature Cleveland State, the No. 2 seed from the North Division, and Belmont, the No. 3 seed from the South Division.&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tThe Vikings ended their season with a 4-2 record in League play while the Bruins finished 3-3.&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tThe winner will face Tennessee Tech in the semifinals.&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe second men\u2019s quarterfinal will see the Tennessee State Tigers, the No. 2 seed in the South Division, take on the IU Indy Jaguars, the No. 3 seed from the North Division.&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tThe Tigers finished with a 3-3 League record while the Jags posted a 2-4 record against League foes.&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tThe winner will move on to the semifinals to face Youngstown State.&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\tFor the women, Oakland enters the Horizon League Tennis Championships as a No. 1 seed after being tabbed preseason favorites.&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tThe Golden Grizzlies, Milwaukee, Youngstown State and Cleveland State shared the Horizon League regular season title, marking a four-way tie for first place.&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe No. 2 seed goes to Milwaukee after finishing the season with a 3-2 League record.&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe first women\u2019s quarterfinal matchup will feature No. 4 seed Cleveland State and No. 5 IU Indianapolis.&#13;<br \/>\n\tNo. 3 seed Youngstown State and No. 6 seed Northern Kentucky will face off in the second women\u2019s quarterfinal.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nFor complete championship information, go to the #HLTennis Championship Central page,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/horizonleague.org\/tournaments\/?id=114\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here. <\/a>\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Youngstown State, Tennessee Tech and Oakland Earn Top Seeds in #HLTennis Championship Brackets &#13; April 19 &#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-277191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}