USATT brings Northeast regional championships back to Westchester with 150 players

Westchester Table Tennis Center is again the sport’s Northeast checkpoint, with more than 150 registered players headed to Pleasantville, New York, for a two-day regional championship that could reshape the domestic pecking order. The USATT Northeast Regional Championships are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, May 16-17, with play set to start at 9:30 a.m. ET and more than 20 events spread across youth, ratings and championship brackets.

The weekend matters because it is about far more than a single regional trophy. USATT lists the Northeast Regional Championships among five regional events on its 2026 calendar, and the results will count toward USATT rankings. The stakes are especially high for juniors, because USATT’s 2025 selection procedures name Best Single Regional Championship Performance in Age Group as a factor for several junior national teams. For players trying to climb into national relevance without waiting for the U.S. Nationals or U.S. Open, this is one of the most valuable weekends on the calendar.

Westchester gives the event a familiar stage. The club opened in 2011 under founder Will Shortz and sits about 30 miles north of New York City. USATT honored it as its 2025 Club of the Year for the fourth straight year, an award determined by first place on the USATT Club Leaderboard, which weighs prize money, sanctioned events hosted and event star level. The venue also has a proven pull: the 2025 Northeast Regional Championships drew 188 players from 14 states and served as the third stop in that year’s regional series.

The top end of the draw looks strong enough to produce national-level pressure matches all weekend. On the men’s side, Aryan Jha of Westford Table Tennis Club and Ryan Lin of Maryland Table Tennis Center headline the field, with Lucas Wu and a group of players from Lily Yip Table Tennis Center also in the mix. The women’s side is equally loaded, with Mendy Wang listed as the top-ranked national entrant, while Emma Yang and Evelyn Ma bring local weight to the bracket.

Yang’s profile makes her one of the most watchable names in the building. She tops the U13, U15 and U17 rankings and is making her first regional appearance in 2026, a detail that adds another layer to a weekend already shaped by title races and ranking pressure. In Westchester, the goal is not just to win a regional crown. It is to leave with points, momentum and a clearer place in the U.S. table tennis hierarchy.