INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Subcommittee has selected the 64 singles players and 32 doubles teams that will compete in the 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships.
The singles and doubles competition will be conducted May 20-25 at the Hurd Tennis Center in Waco, Texas, following the conclusion of the team championship, which runs from May 15-19. Baylor University will serve as host.
All matches shall be the best-of-three sets. Regular scoring and a 12-point tiebreaker at six-games-all will be used for all matches.
Automatic qualification into the Division I singles championships is awarded to any conference with one or more eligible singles players ranked in the ITA Top 125 for eligible/entered singles players.
For conferences with more than one singles player within the ITA Top 125 eligible/entered singles players, the subcommittee applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which student-athlete is the automatic qualifier from those conferences.
All singles players must have a minimum of 13 completed singles matches, with six matches in the spring, in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.
Automatic qualification into the Division I doubles championships is awarded to any conference with one or more eligible doubles teams ranked in the ITA Top 60 for eligible/entered doubles teams.
For conferences with more than one doubles team within the ITA Top 60 eligible/entered doubles teams, the subcommittee applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which doubles team is the automatic qualifier from those conferences.
All doubles teams must have started a minimum of 10 doubles matches, eight must be completed, with four of the eight matches completed in the spring, in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.
| Automatic Qualifiers (15) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Conference | Name | School |
| American Athletic | Despoina Vogasari | Houston |
| ACC | Julia Elbaba | Virginia |
| Atlantic 10 | Cindy Chala | VCU |
| Atlantic Sun | Alizee Michaud | Stetson |
| Big 12 | Viktoriya Lushkova | Oklahoma State |
| Big Ten | Emina Bektas | Michigan |
| Big West | Cindy Nguyen | Hawaii |
| Conference USA | Natalie Beazant | Rice |
| Colonial | Leeza Nemchinov | William and Mary |
| Ivy | Taylor Ng | Dartmouth |
| Mountain West | Sophie Watts | Fresno State |
| Ohio Valley | Erin Patton | Murray State |
| Pac 12 | Robin Anderson | UCLA |
| SEC | Brooke Austin | Florida |
| West Coast | Lorriane Guillermo | Pepperdine |
| At-large Selections (49) | |
|---|---|
| Name | School |
| Breaunna Addison | Texas |
| Jennifer Brady | UCLA |
| Ema Burgic | Baylor |
| Sydney Campbell | Vanderbilt |
| Hayley Carter | North Carolina |
| Danielle Collins | Virginia |
| Taylor Davidson | Stanford |
| Caroline Doyle | Stanford |
| Joana Eidukonyte | Clemson |
| Francesca Fusinato | Virginia Tech |
| Klara Fabikova | California |
| Saska Gavrilovska | Texas A&M |
| Ester Goldfeld | Duke |
| Catherine Harrison | UCLA |
| Lauren Herring | Georgia |
| Paige Hourigan | Georgia Tech |
| Julia Jones | Ole Miss |
| Kourtney Keegan | Florida |
| Romy Kölzer | Clemson |
| Desirae Krawczyk | Arizona State |
| Josie Kuhlman | Florida |
| Elixane Lechemia | South Carolina |
| Jasmine Lee | Mississippi State |
| Jamie Loeb | North Carolina |
| Sinead Lohan | Miami (Florida) |
| Yuliya Lysa | Arkansas |
| Maegan Manasse | California |
| Lauren Marker | Arizona |
| Kyle McPhillips | UCLA |
| Brianna Morgan | Florida |
| Stephanie Nauta | Virginia |
| Giuliana Olmos | Southern California |
| Simona Parajova | TCU |
| Rachel Pierson | Texas A&M |
| Caroline Price | North Carolina |
| Erin Routliffe | Alabama |
| Sabrina Santamaria | Southern California |
| Zoë Scandalis | Southern California |
| Kennedy Shaffer | Georgia |
| Blair Shankle | Baylor |
| Astra Sharma | Vanderbilt |
| Zsofi Susanyi | California |
| Denise Starr | California |
| Joana Vale Costa | LSU |
| Chanelle Van Nguyen | UCLA |
| Stephanie Wagner | Miami (Florida) |
| Madison Westby | Southern California |
| Ronit Yurovsky | Michigan |
| Carol Zhao | Stanford |
| Alternates * | ||
|---|---|---|
| Order | Name | School |
| 1 | Belinda Woolcock | Florida |
| 2 | Beatrice Gumulya | Clemson |
| 3 | Courtney Colton | Vanderbilt |
| 4 | Tereza Bekerova | Utah |
| 5 | Ellen Perez | Georgia |
| 6 | Rutuja Bhosale | Texas A&M |
| 7 | Ilinca Stoica | Virginia Tech |
| 8 | Maya Jansen | Alabama |
| * If the withdrawing student-athlete was selected by automatic qualification, the next eligible singles player from that conference will be considered before substituting from the alternate list. | ||
| Top-eight Seeds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Seed | Name | School |
| 1 | Robin Anderson | UCLA |
| 2 | Carol Zhao | Stanford |
| 3 | Brooke Austin | Florida |
| 4 | Maegan Manasse | California |
| 5 | Lauren Herring | Georgia |
| 6 | Julia Elbaba | Virginia |
| 7 | Jamie Loeb | North Carolina |
| 8 | Sydney Campbell | Vanderbilt |
| Seeds 9-16 * | |
|---|---|
| Name | School |
| Hayley Carter | North Carolina |
| Danielle Collins | Virginia |
| Joana Eidukonyte | Clemson |
| Lorraine Guillermo | Pepperdine |
| Julia Jones | Ole Miss |
| Josie Kuhlman | Florida |
| Giuliana Olmos | Southern California |
| Stephanie Wagner | Miami (Florida) |
| * Listed alphabetically by last name. | |
| Automatic Qualifiers (10) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Conference | Pair | School |
| ACC | Beatrice Gumulya, Jessy Rompies | Clemson |
| American Athletic | Alyssa Hibberd, Anki Wind | Memphis |
| Big 12 | Ema Burgic, Blair Shankle | Baylor |
| Big Ten | Emina Bektas, Alex Najarian | Michigan |
| Colonial | Leeza Nemchinov, Jeltje Loomans | William and Mary |
| Mountain West | Blaga Delic, Sheila Morales-Hidalgo | Nevada |
| Pac-12 | Carol Zhao, Taylor Davidson | Stanford |
| SEC | Erin Routliffe, Maya Jansen | Alabama |
| Sun Belt | Angeles de los Rios, Elizabeth Thoms | Texas-Arlington |
| West Coast | Matea Cutura, Christine Maddox | Pepperdine |
| At-large Selections (22) | |
|---|---|
| Pair | School |
| Briar Preston, Shayne Austin | Arizona |
| Desirae Krawczyk, Stephanie Vlad | Arizona State |
| Emily Flickinger, Pleun Burgmans | Auburn |
| Maegan Manasse, Denise Starr | California |
| Zsofi Susanyi, Klara Fabikova | California |
| Brooke Austin, Kourtney Keegan | Florida |
| Ellen Perez, Lauren Herring | Georgia |
| Kendal Woodard, Paige Hourigan | Georgia Tech |
| Aldila Sutjiadi, Mami Adachi | Kentucky |
| Lina Lileikite, Stephanie Wagner | Miami (Florida) |
| Jamie Loeb, Caroline Price | North Carolina |
| Quinn Gleason, Monica Robinson | Notre Dame |
| Viktoriya Lushkova, Kelsey Laurente | Oklahoma State |
| Zoë Katz, Sabrina Santamaria | Southern California |
| Zoë Scandalis, Giuliana Olmos | Southern California |
| Caroline Doyle, Ellen Tsay | Stanford |
| Joanna Henderson, Caitlyn Williams | Tennessee |
| Eva Paalma, Rachel Pierson | Texas A&M |
| Jennifer Brady, Robin Anderson | UCLA |
| Catherine Harrison, Kyle McPhillips | UCLA |
| Ashleigh Antal, Astra Sharma | Vanderbilt |
| Courtney Colton, Sydney Campbell | Vanderbilt |
| Alternates * | ||
|---|---|---|
| Order | Pair | School |
| 1 | Stefanie Tan, Seda Arantekin | TCU |
| 2 | Yuliya Lysa, Shannon Hudson | Arkansas |
| 3 | Joana Vale Costa, Noel Scott | LSU |
| 4 | Kenna Kilgo, Gabriela Talaba | Texas Tech |
| 5 | Beatrice Capra, Samantha Harris | Duke |
| 6 | Whitney Kay, Hayley Carter | North Carolina |
| *If the withdrawing student-athlete was selected by automatic qualification, the next eligible doubles team from that conference will be considered before substituting from the alternate list. A student-athlete who meets the selection criteria for entered/ eligible doubles teams with two different partners may be selected in the doubles draw with the other partner as an alternate. This only comes into play if the student-athlete not listed on both teams is unable to participate. | ||
| Top-four Seeds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Seed | Pair | School |
| 1 | Erin Routliffe, Maya Jansen | Alabama |
| 2 | Carol Zhao, Taylor Davidson | Stanford |
| 3 | Catherine Harrison, Kyle McPhillips | UCLA |
| 4 | Beatrice Gumulya, Jessy Rompies | Clemson |
| Seeds 5-8 * | |
|---|---|
| Pair | School |
| Emily Flickinger, Pleun Burgmans | Auburn |
| Maegan Manasse, Denise Starr | California |
| Zsofi Susanyi, Klara Fabikova | California |
| Brooke Austin, Kourtney Keegan | Florida |
| * Listed alphabetically by school. | |
