One thing jumps out watching college pickleball: the players are swinging the same gear as the pros. At the 2026 NCPA Massachusetts Regional, the paddle brands on court read like the top of the pro rankings. What was on court…
If you’ve watched college pickleball, you’ve seen a format unlike anything on the pro tours. Here’s how an NCPA team match works — including the wild “sudden death” tiebreaker that decides the closest matches. The team match: best-of-7 Two schools…
College pickleball is the fastest-growing corner of the fastest-growing sport in America — and New England is right in the middle of it. The National Collegiate Pickleball Association has gone from about 30 schools in 2023 to more than 150…
The first-ever NCPA collegiate regional held in Massachusetts didn’t just crown a champion — it sent four New England programs to the NCPA National Championship. At the Massachusetts Regional, Harvard, UConn, Tufts and Boston University all reached the semifinals —…
New England’s college pickleball scene just got its biggest stage yet. Over September 26–27, more than 20 college programs and roughly 300 athletes packed RT.12 Pickle in West Boylston for the first-ever NCPA collegiate regional held in Massachusetts — the…
