The 52nd annual Intercollegiates championship was held last weekend in Minneapolis, on the campus of the University of Minnesota, host of the IRT MN HoF event and long-time host of the US Open before its planned move to Missouri in 2027.
This was the third in USA Racquetball ‘s annual set of events (Nationals, High Schools, Intercollegiates, then Junior Nationals in June). Here’s a quick recap:
Congrats to the individual winners:
– Men’s Singles Champ: Cole Sendrey, Texas A&M
– Women’s Singles Champ: Ava Kaiser, University Of Wisconsin- River Falls
– Men’s Doubles: Cole Sendrey/Jax Dixon (Texas A&M University)
– Women’s Doubles: Kyla Davis / Ella Boaz (University Of Missouri)
Sendrey repeats as both singles and doubles champion, and blew through the draw to win the singles title this year, never giving up more than 3 points in a game to be the class of the college ranks right now on the Men’s side. Kaiser upset last year’s champion Boaz in the singles final for her first college title. Davis & Boaz repeated as Women’s doubles champions, taking a 6-team RR group handily.
Sendrey’s 2nd overall title is also TAMU’s second, while Kaiser wins the first title for her school Wisconsin-River Falls, and they become the 28th different college to house an intercollegiates women’s singles champ.
Memphis State (now the University of Memphis) remains the leader in individual singles titles, with 12 on the Men’s side and 7 on the Women’s side, having dominated the collegiate level of the sport for much of the 70s and 80s.
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In the team competition:
– Overall Team: Oregon State
– Men’s Team: BYU
– Women’s Team: Oregon State
Oregon State wins their 4th straight Overall team title and their 15th overall to extend their growing lead over Memphis. BYU wins their first Men’s team title in their long illustrious intercollegiates history, a huge accomplishment.
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I maintain a list of all the individual and team champs at this Google xls, now updated for 2026’s results.
You can see more about the history of all the Intercollegiate champions (and not just the #1 gold divisions) at this history link at USAR’s website, though it seems to be a bit out of date, having not been updated since 2020. Perhaps this can be a project for the social media intern that USAR is hiring for presently.
Congrats to all the individuals and team champions!