CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The College of Charleston women's tennis teamed learned Tuesday that they will travel to the University of Florida for the 2009 NCAA Women's Tennis Championships. First and second round competition will be conducted May 8-10 with the winner of each site advancing to the NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center in College Station, Texas, hosted by Texas A&M University. The team championship will be held May 15-19.

The NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Subcommittee selected the 64 teams and 16 first- and second-round sites for the Championships.

The Cougars, 24-4 on the season and one of 31 automatic qualifiers, are fresh off a 4-1 win over Furman in the Southern Conference championship match on Sunday. Florida enters the match with a 14-9 record. The winner will take on the winner of the Auburn (11-12) vs. Florida State (16-7) matchup.

"We're excited about the opportunity to play a very good Florida team in the NCAA Championships," said Cougar coach Angelo Anastopoulo. "It's an honor to represent the Southern Conference. We have to go there and give it everything we have and put everything on the line. This is icing on the cake for all the hard work these women have done throughout the year."

The teams will play a single-elimination tournament at 16 first- and second-round sites (four teams at each site) and the finals site (16-team bracket) to determine the national champion. The matches shall be regulation dual matches with three (3) eight-game, pro-set doubles played for one team point, followed by six (6) singles matches, each valued at one team point, played best of three sets. Regular scoring will be used and a 12-point tiebreaker will be played at eight games all in doubles and at six games all in singles.

"We're excited about the challenge of playing Florida," added sophomore Keely Mulligan. "We know Florida is a great team with tremendous depth."