NCTTA

Congratulations to Santa Monica College on winning the National Collegiate Table Tennis (NCTTA) SoCal West Division on November 10, 2024!

Team Varsity – SMC secured first place

  • SMC def. UCLA  4-0
  • SMC def. UCSB 3-1
  • SMC def. University of Arizona 3-1
  • SMC def. Cal Poly SLO 4-0
  • SMC def. CSUN 3-1

Team JV – SMC secured second place

  • SMC def. UCSB 3-1
  • SMC def. Cal Poly SLO 3-1
  • SMC def. UC Riverside 3-1
  • SMC def. CSUN 4-0
  • SMC lost UCLA 2-3 (tie-breaker game)

Head coach: Kaman Khairzad and Assistant coaches: Bella Livshin, Alex Yu and Matthew Hekmatniaz

NCTTA Tournament November 5th, 2023

Team A – SMC secured the second-place position in this tournament.

SMC def. UCSB  4-0
SMC def. Cal Poly SLO 3-1
SMC def. CSUN 3-1
SMC lost UCLA  0-4
Coach:  Kamran Khairzad
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Team B – SMC secured the second-place position in this tournament.

SMC def. UCLA  3-2
SMC def. CSUN   3-1
SMC def. Cal Poly SLO 3-2
SMC lost UCSD 1-3
Coach:  Bella Livshin & Alex Yu

NCTTA Tournament November 2022

SMC def. CSUN  3-1
SMC def. UCSB   3-1
SMC def. Cal Pol SLO 3-2
Championship – SMC lost to UCLA 0-4

NCTTA SoCal Divisional Tournament pictures (02/01/2020)

SMC Table Tennis Team heads to National Championships April 12-14 2019 | Greensboro, North Carolina

SMC won the “2019 Most Improved” award in the nation, finished #11 in Teams, Quarterfinal in Singles, and round of 16 in Doubles.

Singles 4/14/19 – Quarterfinal – SMC Tiziano Aeillo lost to Texas Wesleyan Jishan Liang

Doubles 4/13/19 – Round of 32 – SMC Ayush Kapoor/Tiziano Aeillo defeated Wright State Trevor Kramer/Josh Cabay

Doubles 4/13/19 – Round of 16 – SMC Ayush Kapoor/Tiziano Aeillo lost to Mississippi College Ghana Aryal/Tomotaka Yoshitoni

Team 4/12/19 –  #14 SMC defeated #23 Wright State University 3-1

Team 4/12/19 – #14 SMC defeated #11 Duke University 3-1, SMC advanced to round of 16 at the National Championships.  

4/13/19 –  Round 16 – #14 SMC vs #7 University of Buffalo at 10:30am (EST)  (watch the game live on http://nctta.org/champs/2019/index.html)

SMC Table Tennis Team Heads to National Championships April 12-14

Regionals held March 9-10  Orange County Table Tennis Academy

SMC defeated University of Washington (3-1)

SMC defeated USC (3-1)

SMC defeated Stanford University (4-0) and advance to the National Championship.

SMC won the NCTTA Southern California West Team Division Tournament on 2/9/19

First Place:  SMC
Second Place:  UCLA
Third Place: CSUN
Fourth Place: Cal Poly SLOSMC d. UCLA 3-1
SMC d. CSUN 3-2
SMC d. Cal Poly SLO 4-0L-R:
Prof. Jo Kidd – SMC “Co-Rec” founder
SMC Team: Ayush Kapoor, David Chow, Ari Arratia, Tiziano Aiello
Elaine Roque – Athletic & Kinesiology Dept Chair
Kamran Khairzad SMC Table Tennis Coach		 _7R33197

SMC finished Second in the NCTTA SoCal Singles Division Tournament

First Place: UCLA
Second Place: SMC

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SMC has advanced to Regional Championships (March 10-11 2019)

Click here for Tribute to Prof. Jo Kidd

SMC heads to National Championships, April 20-22, 2018 | Round Rock, Texas

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(L-R, Hu Xiongtao, Cody Rains, Tiziano Aiello, Ayush Kapoor, Brooks Leonard, Yang Hongjian, and Coach Kamran Khairzad)

Santa Monica College Ayush Kapoor won the NCTTA Socal West Division men’s single title

Championship match  Ayush Kappor (SMC)  d.  David Zeng (UCLA)  11-7, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9DSC00594

Santa Monica College finished 2nd place in team competition

First Place – UCLA

Second Place – SMC

Third Place – USC

Fourth  Place – Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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SMC is now invited to NCTTA West Regional Championships in UCSD Feb 24th/25th both for Team competition and Men’s singles.