This is the tournament report from USA Table Tennis magazine - July/August 2006. Only parts that mentioned RPI are copied.

ACUI & NCTTA CLear Channel College Championships
Texas Wesleyan University - Fort Worth, TX - April 8-10, 2006.

By John McInerney and Willy Leparulo

The coed/men's event saw 23 schools descend upon the Fort Worth, Texas area to play for the National Championships. The draw was split into six groups of three and four, with two teams qualifying for the Championship round. One such upset in the preliminary rounds was from a small Upstate New York school that came into the championships ranked 27th in the country, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, defeating the number one seed in the group and 7th ranked in the nation, University of Virginia. Other smaller upsets came with 20th ranked Florida State University upsetting 14th Rutgers and 17th ranked University of California Davis upsetting 15th ranked University of Kentucky.

The second day of NCTTA Coed competition featured the top twelve teams playing for the National Championship while the rest played for placement. The top twelve were: Texas Wesleyan, Florida State, Virginia Tech, Illinois Institute of Technology, RPI, UC Sandiego, University of Toronto, University of Southern California, UC Davis, University of Southern Mississippi, Ohio State and Princeton University.

The quarterfinals saw expected wins and curious upsets. The top two seeds eased into the semifinals with relative ease. Texas Wesleyan men ended Virginia Tech's run, 3-0, while Princeton won by the same score over Ohio State University. The 5th ranked team in the nation USC, rolled out somewhat of an upset by defeating the 4th ranked team in the nation, The University of Toronto, 3-2. Completing the day of upsets was 27th ranked school in the nation, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), defeating the 3th ranked University of California-Sandiego squad 3-2 to advance to the semifinals. RPI would win NCTTA's Superlative Award as most improved team of the year.

The semifinals represented a cross section of the College Table Tennis map, featuring the two top powerhouses of College Table TEnnis, the small "Cinderella" school and of course the colorful Ping Pong Posse of USC. In semifinal #1, Texas Wesleyan University faced favorite underdog school RPI, and promptly ended their run at the nationals 3-0. A vicious dogfight emerged in the other semifinal, between the powerhouse of Princeton led by Adam Hugh and the Ping Pong Posse of USC -- with the Princeton doubles team outlasting USC's doubles team.

NCTTA Men's Team Championships

Final Standings:
1. Texas Wesleyan
2. Princeton
3. University of Southern California
4. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
5. University of Toronto
6. UC San Diego
7. Virginia Tech
8. Ohio State University
9. Illinois Institute of Technology
10. University of Southern Mississippi
11. UC Davis
12. Florida State University
13. Columbia University
14. Univeresity of Virginia
15. Rutgers
16. University of Washington
17. University of Nebraska-Lincoln
18. Duke University
19. Auburn University
20. University of Kentucky
21. Tarleton State University
22. Boston University
23. Harvard University