INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Subcommittee has selected the 64 singles players and 32 doubles teams that will compete in the 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships.
The singles and doubles competition will be conducted May 25-30 at the Case Tennis Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, following the conclusion of the team championship, which runs from May 19-24. The University of Tulsa will serve as host.
All matches shall be the best-of-three sets. No-ad scoring and a seven-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) at six-games-all will be used for all matches. In doubles, a 10-point match tiebreaker will be played in lieu of a third set.
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.
SINGLES
Automatic qualifications (15), listed alphabetically by conference:
| CONFERENCE | QUALIFIER | SCHOOL |
|---|---|---|
| American Athletic | Saana Saarteinen | Tulsa |
| ACC | Hayley Carter | North Carolina |
| Big 12 | Breaunna Addison | Texas |
| Big East | Yulia Shupenia | DePaul |
| Big Ten | Francesca Di Lorenzo | Ohio State |
| Big West | Maeva Razakasoa | Long Beach State |
| Conference USA | Katherine Ip | Rice |
| Colonial | Elizaveta Nemchinov | William and Mary |
| Ivy | Kanika Vaidya | Columbia |
| Missouri Valley | Gabriela Porubin | Wichita State |
| Mountain West | Mayar Sherif Ahmed | Fresno State |
| Pac-12 | Maegan Manasse | California |
| SEC | Brooke Austin | Florida |
| Sun Belt | Alexandria Stiteler | South Alabama |
| West Coast | Luisa Stefani | Pepperdine |
At-large selections (49), listed alphabetically by last name:
|
Katarina Adamovic |
Oklahoma State |
|
Frances Altick |
Vanderbilt |
|
Jessie Aney |
North Carolina |
|
Vladica Babic |
Oklahoma State |
|
Daneika Borthwick |
Florida State |
|
Caroline Brinson |
Georgia |
|
Ayan Broomfield |
Clemson |
|
Sydney Campbell |
Vanderbilt |
|
Beatrice Capra |
Duke |
|
Lauren Chypyha |
Wisconsin |
|
Danielle Collins |
Virginia |
|
Caroline Dailey |
South Carolina |
|
Andie Daniell |
Alabama |
|
Taylor Davidson |
Stanford |
|
Andie Dikosavljevic |
Auburn |
|
Joana Eidukonyte |
Clemson |
|
Julia Elbaba |
Virginia |
|
Klara Fabikova |
California |
|
Martina Frantova |
North Carolina State |
|
Saska Gavrilovska |
Texas A&M |
|
Quinn Gleason |
Notre Dame |
|
Sadie Hammond |
Tennessee |
|
Catherine Harrison |
UCLA |
|
Arianne Hartono |
Ole Miss |
|
Paige Hourigan |
Georgia Tech |
|
Whitney Kay |
North Carolina |
|
Kourtney Keegan |
Florida |
|
Desirae Krawczyk |
Arizona State |
|
Jasmine Lee |
Mississippi State |
|
Maddie Lipp |
Northwestern |
|
Sinead Lohan |
Miami (Florida) |
|
Yuliya Lysa |
Arkansas |
|
Beatriz Machado Santos |
Missouri |
|
Lauren Marker |
Arizona |
|
Kaitlyn McCarthy |
Duke |
|
Alizee Michaud |
Auburn |
|
Brienne Minor |
Michigan |
|
Giuliana Olmos |
Southern California |
|
Georgiana Patrasc |
Mississippi State |
|
Ellen Perez |
Georgia |
|
Johnnise Renaud |
Georgia Tech |
|
Erin Routliffe |
Alabama |
|
Kennedy Shaffer |
Georgia |
|
Astra Sharma |
Vanderbilt |
|
Aldila Sutjiadi |
Kentucky |
|
Joana Vale Costa |
LSU |
|
Stephanie Wagner |
Miami (Florida) |
|
Belinda Woolcock |
Florida |
|
Ronit Yurovsky |
Michigan |
ALTERNATES*:
| 1. | Jessica Golovin | LSU |
| 2. | Kimmy Guerin | Wake Forest |
| 3. | Anna Shkudun | Syracuse |
| 4. | Francesca Fusinato | Virginia Tech |
| 5. | Anna Danilina | Florida |
| 6. | Chalena Scholl | Duke |
| 7. | Viktoriya Lushkova | Oklahoma State |
| 8. | Caroline Doyle | Stanford |
| *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. | ||
Seeds 1-8
| 1. | Hayley Carter | North Carolina |
| 2. | Danielle Collins | Virginia |
| 3. | Francesca Di Lorenzo | Ohio State |
| 4. | Brooke Austin | Florida |
| 5. | Ellen Perez | Georgia |
| 6. | Maegan Manasse | California |
| 7. | Luisa Stefani | Pepperdine |
| 8. | Sinead Lohan | Miami (Florida) |
Seeds 9-16, listed alphabetically by last name:
| Breaunna Addison | Texas |
| Frances Altick | Vanderbilt |
| Julia Elbaba | Virginia |
| Klara Fabikova | California |
| Jasmine Lee | Mississippi State |
| Stephanie Wagner | Miami (Florida) |
| Belinda Woolcock | Florida |
| Ronit Yurovsky | Michigan |
DOUBLES
Automatic qualifications (11), listed alphabetically by conference:
| ACC | Whitney Kay | Hayley Carter | North Carolina |
| Big 12 | Breaunna Addison | Danielle Wagland | Texas |
| Big East | Yulia Shupenia | Rebeca Mitrea | DePaul |
| Big Ten | Brienne Minor | Mira Ruder-Hook | Michigan |
| Big West | Palina Dubavets | Stefani Stojic | UC Santa Barbara |
| Conference USA | Emily Smith | Katherine Ip | Rice |
| Ivy | Taylor Ng | Kristina Mathis | Dartmouth |
| Mountain West | Mayar Sherif Ahmed | Rana Sherif Ahmed | Fresno State |
| Pac-12 | Maegan Manasse | Denise Starr | California |
| SEC | Aldila Sutjiadi | Mami Adachi | Kentucky |
| West Coast | Matea Cutura | Christine Maddox | Pepperdine |
At-large selections (21), listed alphabetically by institution:
|
Shayne Austin |
Lauren Marker |
Arizona |
|
Alexandra Osborne |
Ebony Panoho |
Arizona State |
|
Alizee Michaud |
Pleun Burgmans |
Auburn |
|
Blair Shankle |
Kiah Generette |
Baylor |
|
Beatrice Capra |
Ellyse Hamlin |
Duke |
|
Brooke Austin |
Kourtney Keegan |
Florida |
|
Ellen Perez |
Mariana Gould |
Georgia |
|
Kendal Woodard |
Paige Hourigan |
Georgia Tech |
|
Stephanie Wagner |
Wendy Zhang |
Miami (Florida) |
|
Maddie Lipp |
Alex Chatt |
Northwestern |
|
Anna Sanford |
Miho Kowase |
Ohio State |
|
Arianne Hartono |
Mai El Kamash |
Ole Miss |
|
Luisa Stefani |
Apichaya Runglerdkriangkrai |
Pepperdine |
|
Hadley Berg |
Paige Cline |
South Carolina |
|
Giuliana Olmos |
Gabby Smith |
Southern California |
|
Taylor Davidson |
Caroline Doyle |
Stanford |
|
Gabriela Knutson |
Valeria Salazar Garza |
Syracuse |
|
Catherine Harrison |
Kyle McPhillips |
UCLA |
|
Courtney Colton |
Sydney Campbell |
Vanderbilt |
|
Danielle Collins |
Meghan Kelley |
Virginia |
|
Miki Kobayashi |
Nour Abbes |
Washington |
ALTERNATES*:
| 1. | Kristina Vozniak | Madison Harrison | Mississippi State |
| 2. | Melissa Lord | Carol Zhao | Stanford |
| 3. | Yulia Lysa | Shannon Hudson | Arkansas |
| 4. | Caroline Wegner | Seda Arantekin | TCU |
| 5. | Eva Paalma | Rachel Pierson | Texas A&M |
| 6. | Laura Eales | Hayley Thompson | Long Beach State |
| *If the withdrawing doubles team 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. | |||
Seeds 1-4:
| 1. | Whitney Kay | Hayley Carter | North Carolina |
| 2. | Aldila Sutjiadi | Mami Adachi | Kentucky |
| 3. | Brooke Austin | Kourtney Keegan | Florida |
| 4. | Maegan Manasse | Denise Starr | California |
Seeds 5-8, listed alphabetically by institution:
| Alizee Michaud | Pleun Burgmans | Auburn |
| Giuliana Olmos | Gabby Smith | Southern California |
| Taylor Davidson | Caroline Doyle | Stanford |
| Catherine Harrison | Kyle McPhillips | UCLA |