Georgia and Texas A&M Meet Again for NCAA Women's Title; Wake Forest Reaches Men's Final; Kennedy Claims ITF J300 Singles and Doubles Championships in Italy; Penickovas Win Second Straight W15 Title; Akli Advances to Another USTA Pro Circuit Final

For the first time since Stanford and Florida met in 2010 and 2011, the same two women's teams have advanced to the NCAA Division I Championships in back-to-back years, with No. 2 seed Texas A&M set to defend the title they won last year over this year's top seed Georgia.

Georgia took the first step in their quest to do what Florida did in 2011 in denying Stanford back-to-back titles, when they breezed past No. 5 seed North Carolina 4-0 in the morning semifinal. The Bulldogs had lost to the Tar Heels back in February, at home, but a North Carolina team without its No. 1 Reese Brantmeier, who had clinched the 4-3 win in Athens, was a decided underdog.  With Brantmeier out due to an injury she suffered in the first set of UNC's win over LSU in the quarterfinals, every Tar Heel was playing out of position, and a healthy and remarkably stable Georgia singles lineup took full advantage.

Georgia took the doubles point, with wins at lines 1 and 2, with North Carolina's top team broken up due to Brantmeier's absence. Alanis Hamilton, Brantmeier's partner, moved down to line 3, to play with Lindsay Zink, who had competed in doubles in the first round of the NCAA tournament but not since. They did have a lead at the clinch, but Georgia's top two teams were too solid.

Georgia won five first sets in singles, and UNC's Carson Tanguilig had her storied career as a Tar Heel end before she could grab the second set to earn a point. Georgia got wins from Mell Reasco at line 3, Guillermina Grant at line 5 and Dasha Vidmanova at line 1 to close out the match in just over two hours after it began.

Georgia[1] d. North Carolina[5] 4-0

Doubles:

1. Dasha Vidmanova and Mell Reasco(UGA) d. Susanna Maltby and Carson Tanguilig(UND) 6-3

2. Guillermina Grant and Anastasiia Lopata(UGA) d. Theadora Rabman and Tatum Evans(UNC) 6-2

3. Alanis Hamilton and Lindsay Zink(UNC) v Aysegul Mert and Haydeb Mulberry(UGA) 5-3, unf.

Order of finish: 1,2

Singles:

1. Dasha Vidmanova(UGA) d Theadora Rabman(UNC) 6-0, 6-4

2. Anastasiia Lopata(UGA) v Tatum Evans(UNC) v 6-3, 5-1, unf.

3. Mell Reasco(UGA) d. Alanis Hamilton(UNC) 6-2, 6-3

4. Carson Tanguilig(UNC) v Aysegul Mert(UGA) 6-4, 4-4, unf.

5. Guillermina Grant(UGA) d. Claire Hill(UNC) 6-4, 6-1

6. Sofia Rojas(UGA) v Alana Boyce(UNC) 6-4, 3-5 unf.

Order of finish: 3,5,1

Texas A&M's 4-1 victory over No. 3 Michigan was not quite as dominant, with the Wolverines taking four first sets in singles. The Aggies had secured the doubles point after Michigan had been up 4-2 at lines 1 and line 3; Texas A&M did lose at 1, but took No. 2 and came back to take five of the last six games to clinch at line 3.

The Aggies slow start in singles gave Michigan a path, but protecting all four of those first sets seemed unlikely, especially with Texas A&M's Mary Stoiana and Nicole Khirin, the No. 1 and No. 13 players in the country, two of the players trailing by a set. Both forced third sets, as did Daria Smetannikov at line 5, while Emily Sartz-Lunde of Michigan got their only point at line 4. 

It took over three-and-a-half hours, but Texas A&M will get another shot at Georgia this year, after losing to them in the Team Indoor final in February, and splitting their two meetings at the end of the season.

As college tennis fans, we can only hope that Sunday's final, at 5 pm Eastern, is as exciting as that Florida win over Stanford at Stanford in 2011. Gator legend Lauren Embree came from 4-0 down in the final set against Mallory Burdette to clinch Florida's 4-3 victory, one of the most memorable finals I've witnessed in my years of covering college tennis.

Texas A&M[2] d. Michigan[3] 4-1

Doubles:

1. Lily Jones and Jessica Bernales(MICH) d. Mary Stoiana and Mia Kupres(TAMU) 6-4

2. Lexington Reed and Daria Smetannikov(TAMU) d. Reese Miller and Julia Fliegner 6-4

3. Nicole Khirin and Lucciana Perez(TAMU) d, Piper Charney and Emily Sartz-Lunde(MICH) 7-5

Order of finish: 1,2,3

Singles:

1. Mary Stoiana(TAMU) v Julia Fliegner(MICH) 4-6, 6-3, 5-1 unf.

2. Nicole Khirin(TAMU) d. Piper Charney(MICH) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1

3. Mia Kupres(TAMU) d. Lily Jones(MICH) 6-4, 7-6(3)

4. Emily Sartz-Lunde(MICH) d. Lucciana Perez(TAMU) 6-2, 6-4

5. Daria Smetannikov(TAMU) v Reese Miller(MICH) 3-6, 7-6(5), 2-1 unf.

6. Lexington Reed(TAMU) d. Jessica Bernales(MICH) 7-5, 6-0

Order of finish: 6,4,3,2

The women's final is scheduled for 5 p.m. Eastern time Sunday and will be available for streaming at ESPN+.

Shortly after the completion of the women's semifinals, lightning storms delayed the start of the first men's semifinal between top seed Wake Forest and No. 4 seed Stanford.  After it was clear the delays would push consecutive matches too late, the Wake-Stanford match was sent indoors, with the TCU-Texas match starting outdoors 80 minutes later, if the weather passed out of the area.

Wake Forest took the doubles point with their No. 3 team of Luca Pow and Luciano Tacchi and No. 2 team of Charlie Robertson and Stefan Dostanic getting wins, while Stanford's Hudson Rivera and Nicholas Godsick took the match at line 1.

Wake Forest took three first sets in singles and posted the first two singles points, with Tacchi beating Godsick at line 5 and Pow defeating Alexander Razeghi at line 6. But up 3-0, where the fourth point would come from wasn't clear, particularly when Stanford's Kyle Kang forced a third set against Suresh at line 2 after Henry von der Schulenburg had put the Cardinal on the board. Stanford's Max Basing, the hero of the 4-3 win over Mississippi State on Friday, made it 3-2, only to watch as Dostanic gave Wake Forest a backup plan when he forced a third set at line 1 against Samir Banerjee. Kang and Banerjee both needed to win for the Cardinal to advance, but Dostanic and Suresh built big leads in the third sets and began a race to the clinch. Kang and Banerjee hung tough, saving five match points between them, but Suresh finally finished the task to send Wake Forest to its third NCAA team final, after back-to-back appearances in 2018 and 2019. 

Wake Forest won the title in 2018, the same year they won the ITA National Team Indoor Championship, which they also did this year. The Demon Deacons lost in the 2019 final to Texas.

Wake Forest[1] d. Stanford[4] 4-2

Doubles:

1. Nicholas Godsick and Hudson Rivera(STAN) v DK Suresh and Ioannis Xilas(WAKE) 6-3

2. Stefan Dostanic and Charlie Robertson(WAKE) d. Kyle Kang and Henry von der Schulenburg(STAN) 6-3

3. Luca Pow and Luciano Tacchi(WAKE) d. Samir Banerjee and Alexander Razeghi(STAN) 6-4

Order of finish: 2,1,3

Singles:

1. Stefan Dostanic(WAKE) v Samir Banerjee(STAN) 4-6, 7-6(3), 5-4, unf.

2. DK Suresh(WAKE) d. Kyle Kang(STAN) 6-1, 5-7, 6-3

3. Max Basing(STAN) d. Ioannis Silas(WAKE) 7-6(2), 6-0

4. Henry von der Schulenburg(STAN) d. Charlie Robertson(WAKE) 6-2, 6-3

5. Luciano Tacchi(WAKE) d. Nicholas Godsick(STAN) 6-2, 6-4 

6. Luca Pow(WAKE) d. Alexander Razeghi(STAN) 6-1, 6-4

Order of finish: 5,6,4,3 2

TCU will defend their title Sunday, with the No. 2 seeds winning the rubber match of their in-state rivalry this year with Texas 4-2. 

TCU took the doubles point, and when the teams split first sets in singles, the prospect of another long night loomed. 

Lui Maxted, who has been the most reliable point for the Horned Frogs in the past several months, made it 2-0 with a shockingly easy 6-3, 6-0 win over Pierre-Yves Bailly of Texas, who had been the Longhorns most reliable point all season. Sebastian Eriksson got Texas on the board with a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Cooper Woestendick at line 4, but three of the remaining four matches were headed for third sets. TCU's Jack Pinnington Jones, the Most Outstanding Player of last year's NCAA championships, gave his team a huge boost by forcing a third set with the country's No. 1 player Timo Legout at line 1. 

Lucas Brown had buoyed the Longhorns' hopes by forcing a third set at line 6, taking eight straight games from Roger Pascual after dropping the first set for a 2-0 lead in the third.

At line 5, Albert Pedrico, who had saved four set points in the first set, put away Texas's Jonah Braswell 7-5, 6-2 to make it 3-1, meaning Texas needed to win the remaining three matches to advance to another final. Former Horned Frog Sebastian Gorzny closed the gap with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-0 win over Pedro Vives at line 2, but Pascual had suddenly come alive at line 6. Down 3-1 in the third, Pascual got back to even, while Pinnington Jones took a 4-1 lead over Legout at line 1. Jones, serving at 4-1, had his momentum stalled, with Legout breaking and holding, but Pascual never looked back, taking the final five games of the match with error-free tennis to clinch the match and another final for TCU.

TCU[2] d. Texas[3] 4-2

Doubles:

1. Pedro Vives and Lui Maxted(TCU) d. Timo Legout and Lucas Brown(TEX) 6-3

2. Sebastian Gorzny and Jonah Braswell(TEX) v Jack Pinnington Jones and Cooper Woestendick(TCU) 5-4, unf.

3. Duncan Chan and Albert Pedrico(TCU) d. Pierre-Yves Bailly and Sebastian Eriksson(TEX) 6-3

Order of finish: 3,1

Singles:

1. Jack Pinnington Jones(TCU) v Timo Legout(TEX) 4-6, 6-3, 4-3, unf.

2. Sebastian Gorzny(TEX) d. Pedro Vives(TCU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-0

3. Lui Maxted(TCU) d. Pierre-Yves Bailly(TEX) 6-3, 6-0

4. Sebastian Eriksson(TEX) d. Cooper Woestendick(TCU) 6-4, 6-0

5. Albert Pedrico(TCU) d. Jonah Braswell(TEX) 7-5, 6-2

6. Roger Pascual(TCU) d. Lucas Brown(TEX) 6-4, 0-6, 6-3

Order of finish: 3,4,5,2,6

As with Georgia and Texas A&M, Wake Forest and TCU met in the final of the ITA Team Indoor Championships in February, and that was an absolute barn burner, with Wake Forest taking it 4-3, when Dostanic beat Pinnington Jones in a third set at No. 1. 

The men's final is scheduled for 8 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, streaming on ESPN+, with Sam Gore and Luke Jensen providing the commentary.

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At the ITF J300 in Santa Croce Italy, Jack Kennedy swept the titles. Kennedy and Hance had won the doubles title on Friday, with the No. 2 seeds beating top seeds Oskari Paldanius of Finland and Alan Wazny of Poland 6-0, 7-6(4). Also the No. 2 seed in singles, Kennedy defeated unseeded Nikita Bilozertsev of Ukraine 6-2, 6-2 to capture his third J300 singles title.

The girls singles title went to unseeded Anastasija Cvetkovic of Serbia, who ended the run of 15-year-old Russian qualifier Mariia Makarova 6-4, 6-4 in the final.

Fifteen-year-old twins Annika and Kristina Penickova are not playing junior tournaments prior to Roland Garros, but are in Tunisia competing in W15 events. They earned their second straight doubles title today in Monastir, after winning last week's tournament, also unseeded. After beating the top seeds in the second round, the Penickovas defeated the No. 4 seeds in the semifinals and No. 3 seeds Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz of Egypt and Kateryna Lazarenko of Ukraine 7-5, 6-2 in the final. They have now won eight doubles matches in a row, all in straight sets.

At the USTA Pro Circuit W35 in Bethany Beach Delaware, former South Carolina All-American Ayana Akli is through to another final, her third in the last five weeks. Akli, playing in her fifth consecutive week, reached the quarterfinals in the first of those five, a W50, then has gone, in W35s, final, semifinal, final and now final again. The 23-year-old from Maryland, who has been unseeded throughout this run, defeated unseeded Fiona Crawley, the former North Carolina All-American, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-3 in today's semifinals and will face No. 3 seed Ana Sofia Sanchez of Mexico in the final, still looking for her first title in the midst of all this success. Sanchez defeated unseeded Jada Robinson 6-3, 6-3 to reach the final.

The doubles title was won by No. 3 seeds Ivana Corley (Oklahoma) and Jaeda Daniel(Auburn, NC State), who beat No. 4 seeds Haruna Arakawa of Japan and Haley Giavara(Cal) 6-4, 7-5 in today's final.

At the USTA Pro Circuit M25 in Pensacola Florida, top seed Andres Andrade(Florida) of Ecuador will play No. 4 seed Alex Rybakov(TCU) in Sunday's final after Andrade defeated No. 3 seed Tyler Zink(Georgia, Oklahoma State) 6-4, 6-2 and Rybakov beat No. 2 seed Garrett Johns(Duke) 6-3, 6-2. 

Top seeds Charles Barry(Tulane, Memphis) of Ireland and Joshua Charlton(Oregon) of Australia won the doubles title, beating No. 2 seeds Johns and William Woodall(Virginia) 7-6(3), 6-7(4), 10-8 in today's final.

Coco Gauff lost in the final of the Italian Open today in Rome, with Italy's Jasmine Paolini taking the WTA Masters 1000 title by a score of 6-4, 6-2.

Thrillers Extend D-I Men's Quarterfinals Deep into Night; Kennedy Wins All-USA Semifinal at ITF J300 in Italy; Chang Makes Semifinals at Orlando W15

The drama was unrelenting in the NCAA Division I men's quarterfinal matches Friday, with No. 1 seed Wake Forest and No. 4 seed Stanford both somehow managing to make their way to a semifinal meeting Saturday after nearly eight hours of tennis. Wake Forest was forced to six third sets before posting a misleading 4-1 victory over No. 8 Columbia, while Stanford's Max Basing saved seven match points in the last match on to give the Cardinal a 4-3 win over No. 12 seed Mississippi State.

Wake Forest and Columbia kicked off the festivities in steamy Waco with a tight doubles point, the norm throughout the men's quarterfinals. After splitting the first two matches at lines 1 and 2, the Demon Deacons' Luca Pow and Luciano Tacch defeated Hugo Hashimoto and Jayden Templeman 7-6(5) to take the early lead.

Wake Forest looked as if a comfortable victory might be available to them when they took four first sets in singles, another theme of the men's quarterfinals. But Columbia fought back, with the score still 1-0 three hours after the match had begun. Very few prognosticators would have envisioned the match at line 1 being the first to finish, but it was Stefan Dostanic of Wake Forest avenging his loss to Michael Zheng earlier this season to give Wake a 2-0 lead. Luca Pow made it 3-0 shortly thereafter, taking a three-set win over Thanaphat Boosarawangse at line 6, but a minute later Columbia got on the board with Nicolas Kotzen beating DK Suresh at line 2 6-7(0), 6-2, 6-3. Columbia's Max Westphal was up 4-1 in his third set with Ioannis Xilas at line 3 and the No. 4 and No. 5 lines were at 1-1 and 3-3 respectively.  It was finally Wake freshman Charlie Robertson who gave his team some breathing room, taking a 3-1 lead in his third set over Hugo Hashimoto at line 4, and extending it to 4-1, while Westphal could not convert his match point at line 3. Robertson took the last five games of the match to close it out, sending Wake Forest into the semifinals for the second straight year. 

Wake Forest[1] d. Columbia[8] 4-1
Doubles:
1. DK Suresh and Ioannis Xilas(WAKE) d. Michael Zheng and Nicolas Kotzen(COL) 6-3
2. Max Westphal and Sachin Palta(COL) d. Stefan Dostanic and Charlie Robertson(WAKE) 6-3
3. Luca Pow and Luciano Tacchi(WAKE) d. Hugo Hashimoto and Jayden Templeman(COL) 7-6(5)

Order of finish: 1,2,3

Singles:
1. Stefan Dostanic(WAKE) d. Michael Zheng(COL) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
2. Nicolas Kotzen(COL) d. DK Suresh(WAKE) 6-7(0), 6-2, 6-3
3. Max Westphal(COL) v Ioannis Xilas(WAKE) 3-6, 6-4, 5-2 unf.
4. Charlie Robertson(WAKE) d. Hugo Hashimoto(COL) 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-1
5. Luciano Tacchi(WAKE) v Sachin Palta(COL) 3-6, 6-3, 5-4, unf.
6. Luca Pow(WAKE) d. Thanaphat Boosarawangse(COL) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1

Order of finish: 1,6,2,4

When Stanford and Mississippi State took the court an hour later than their scheduled time, no one was expecting as much drama as the first quarterfinal. It wasn't as much; it was way more, although it unfolded in similar fashion.

Stanford took the doubles point, in a tiebreaker at line 2, after the teams had split lines 1 and 3, with Henry von der Schulenburg and Kyle Kang saving two match points at 5-4. 

Like Wake Forest, Stanford won four first sets in singles and looked poised for a relatively straightforward win, but Mississippi State's top two, Benito Sanchez Martinez and Petar Jovanovic, who had lost their first sets, began the Bulldogs' comeback. They forced third sets, leaving Stanford a point short after the Cardinal got straight-sets wins from Nicholas Godsick at line 5 and von der Schulenburg at line 4. 

Down 3-0, Mississippi State needed the remaining four matches, but had reason for optimism, with break leads in the third sets on all four. Stanford freshman Alexander Razeghi got his break back at line 6, and with no-ad, breaks are not that hard to come by, but Mississippi State kept theirs, frequently on deciding points. Jovanovic beat Kyle Kang 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 at line 2 to get the Bulldogs on the board, and Mario Martinez Serrano got a late break of Razeghi to make it 3-2.

Shortly after Martinez Serrano won, Mississippi State was up match points on the remaining two courts, with Stanford's Basing serving at 4-5, 0-40 against Niccolo Baroni, who had already had a match point with Basing serving at 2-5. While that was going on, Sanchez Martinez had match points on Samir Banerjee at 1 and he converted, making it 3-3. Basing saved all four match points for 5-all, failed to convert three break points with Baroni serving at 5-5, 15-40, then saved two more at 5-6, with two aggressive shots that forced errors from Baroni. 

The tiebreaker that would decide the semifinalist was 3-3, but Basing finally found a bit of space with a forehand volley forcing an error for 6-4. He sent a forehand a bit wide on his first match point, but converted the second to send the Cardinal to the semifinals for the first time since 2003.

Stanford[4] d. Mississippi State[12] 4-3

Doubles:

1. Petar Jovanovic and Benito Sanchez Martinez(MSU) d. Nicholas Godsick and Hudson Rivera(STAN) 6-3

2. Kyle Kang and Henry von der Schulenburg(STAN) d. Niccolo Baroni and Mario Martinez Serrano(MSU) 7-6(3)

3. Samir Banerjee and Alexander Razeghi(STAN) d. Dusan Milanovic and Michal Novansky(MSU) 6-4

Order of finish: 1,3,2

Singles:

1. Benito Sanchez Martinez(MSU) d. Samir Banerjee(STAN) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4

2. Petar Jovanovic(MSU) d. Kyle Kang(STAN) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 

3. Max Basing(STAN) d, Niccolo Baroni(MSU) 3-6, 6-2, 7-6(5)

4. Henry von der Schulenburg(STAN) d. Dusan Milanovic(MSU) 6-4, 7-5

5. Nicholas Godsick(STAN) d. Bryan Hernandez Cortes(MSU) 6-3, 6-4

6. Mario Martinez Serrano(MSU) d. Alexander Razeghi(STAN) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4

Order of finish: 5,4,2,6,1,3

In the third quarterfinal, which finished after 10:00 p.m. Eastern, defending champion TCU kept the suspense going, with the No. 2 seeds defeating No. 7 seeds Virginia 4-3.

Like the first two men's quarterfinals, the doubles point was decided in a third set tiebreaker, with TCU's Cooper Woestendick and Jack Pinnington Jones taking No. 2 doubles after Virginia took line 3 and TCU line 1.

Unlike the first two quarterfinals, the singles sets were evenly split and four were decided in straight sets. At 3-2 TCU, Virginia was up a break in the third on the two remaining courts, and James Hopper tied the score with a quick 6-1 third set over TCU freshman Cooper Woestendick at line 4. 

But just as the Cavaliers pulled even, TCU's Duncan Chan, down 4-2 to Jangjun Kim at line 6, got the break back and that was the spark he needed. Elevating his game, Chan hit winner after winner, taking the last four games of the match for a 7-6(1), 1-6, 6-4 win that put TCU in the semifinals against the winner of the last quarterfinal of the night between No. 3 Texas and unseeded UCLA. 

TCU[2] d. Virginia[7] 4-3

Doubles:

1. Lui Maxted and Pedro Vives(TCU) d. Keegan Rice and James Happer(UVA) 6-4

2. Cooper Woestendick and Jack Pinnington Jones(TCU) d. Mans Dahlberg and Dylan Dietrich(UVA) 7-6(4)

3, Rafael Jodar and Roy Horovitz(UVA) d. Duncan Chan and Albert Pedrico(TCU) 6-4

Order of finish: 3,1,2

Singles:

1. Rafael Jodar(UVA) d. Jack Pinnington Jones(TCU) 6-4, 6-3

2. Dylan Dietrich(UVA) d. Pedro Vives(TCU) 6-3, 6-3

3. Lui Maxted(TCU) d. Keegan Rice(UVA) 6-4, 7-5

4. James Hopper(UVA) d. Cooper Woestendick(TCU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1

5. Albert Pedrico(TCU) d. Mans Dahlberg(UVA) 6-3, 6-4

6. Duncan Chan(TCU) d. Jangjun Kim(UVA) 7-6(1), 1-6, 6-4

Order of finish: 2,1,5,3,4,6

After all the excitement of the first three men's quarterfinals, the last one, which finished after midnight Central time, was decidedly less compelling, with No. 3 seed Texas sweeping past unseeded UCLA 4-1.

UCLA, who was playing without their No. 4 singles player Alexander Hoogmartens, although he did play in doubles, pushed the Longhorns in doubles, which went to Texas in, what else but a third-set tiebreaker, this time on court 1. 

Texas won five first sets in singles and UCLA was not able to force any third sets until the very last minute on line 6, so the drama of the first three quaterfinals didn't come to fruition a fourth time.

Texas, into its fifth semifinal in the past six years, will now play TCU in a rematch of last year's 4-3 final, won, of course, by TCU. Sebastian Gorzny, who clinched for the Horned Frogs at line 5, is now playing No. 2 for Texas. TCU and Texas have played twice this year, splitting those two matches.

Texas[3] d. UCLA 4-1

Doubles:

1. Timo Legout and Lucas Brown(TEX) d. Alexander Hoogmartens and Giacomo Revelli(UCLA) 7-6(3)

2. Sebastian Gorzny and Jonah Braswell(TEX) d. Spencer Johnson and Aadarsh Tripathi(UCLA) 6-4

3. Gianluca Ballotta and Emon Van Loben Sels(UCLA) d. Pierre-Yves Bailly and Sebatian Eriksson(TEX) 7-5

Order of finish: 2,3,1

Singles:

1. Timo Legout(TEX) d. Rudy Quan(UCLA) 7-5, 6-2

2. Emon Van Loben Sels(UCLA) d. Sebastian Gorzny(TEX) 6-3, 7-6(2)

3. Pierre-Yves Bailly(TEX) d. Kaylan Bigun(UCLA) 6-4, 6-4

4. Sebastian Eriksson(TEX) d. Spencer Johnson(UCLA) 6-4, 6-4 

5. Jonah Braswell(TEX) v Aadarsh Tripathi(UCLA) 7-6(7), 2-1 unf.

6. Lucas Brown(TEX) v Giacomo Revelli(UCLA) 6-2, 5-7 unf.

Order of finish: 2,1,4,3

All four semifinals are Saturday, beginning with the women. Georgia[1] will face North Carolina[5] at 11 a.m. Eastern, followed by Michigan[3] and Texas A&M[2] at 2 p.m.

The men's semifinal between Wake Forest and Stanford is scheduled for 5 p.m. and the TCU-Texas match will follow at 8 p.m. Eastern.

Coverage will continue at ESPN+, with a different announcing crew.

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At the ITF J300 in Santa Croce Italy, No. 2 seed Jack Kennedy is through to Saturday's final after defeating fellow American Jack Satterfield 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 in today's semifinal. Kennedy will face unseeded Nikita Bilozertsev of Ukraine, who upset top seed Oskari Paldanius of Finland 3-6, 7-6(7), 6-1.

Kennedy and Keaton Hance won the doubles title today, with the No. 2 seeds beating top seeds Paldanius and Alan Wazny of Poland 6-0, 7-6(4) in the final.

At the USTA Pro Circuit W15 and M15 in Orlando, rain delayed the completion of the quarterfinals until late tonight, but 14-year-old wild card Lani Chang wasn't fazed by it, coming back to beat UCF rising sophomore Olivia Bergler of Poland 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Chang, who is making her USTA Pro Circuit debut this week, will play 18-year-old UCLA recruit Mayu Crossley of Japan, the top seed. No. 3 seed Monika Ekstrand continued her winning streak, with last week's W35 Boca Raton champion beating 14-year-old qualifier Carol Shao 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the semifinals against No. 2 seed Francesca Pace of Italy.

Jagger Leach had a long wait to complete his quarterfinal match with UCF No. 1 Yassine Dlimi of Morocco and it was Dlimi who advanced with a 6-3, 6-7(3), 7-6(2). He will play North Carolina rising sophomore Chris Xu of Canada, a qualifier, after Xu defeated top seed Dan Martin(Dartmouth, Miami) 6-2, 6-0.

Women's D-I Semifinals Feature Top Two Seeds; Men's Quarterfinals Friday; 14-Year-Olds Chang and Shao Reach Quarterfinals at W15, Leach Advances at M15 in Orlando; Gauff Reaches Rome Final, Paul Through to Semis

Due to the late nights that are inevitable this weekend with NCAA Division I Team Championships matches scheduled at 8 p.m. Eastern all four days in Waco, I'm going to post the results from the earlier matches and then add the final match, when that info becomes available, at least until Sunday. I apologize if the post headline won't convey the results, as that is difficult to correct, while I can just add the final results when they become available.

As of 8:30 pm Thursday, two of the women's semifinalists have been determined, with top seed Georgia beating No. 8 Duke 4-1 and No. 5 seed North Carolina defeating No. 13 LSU 4-2.

Georgia lost the doubles point for just the fourth time this season, but took six first sets in singles and closed out Duke without any drama, with the Blue Devils managing to win just one set in singles. Georgia, a finalist last year, has now reached the semifinals for the third straight year.

North Carolina took the doubles point and four first sets in singles giving them a straightforward path to four. The Tar Heels earned a 4-2 victory, with the 6-3, 6-1 win by LSU's Anita Sahdiieva over Alanis Hamilton the sole bump in the road, with one huge caveat.

North Carolina's No. 1 Reese Brantmeier, who had lost just one match, at the beginning of the season, after returning from a serious meniscus injury, went down with a injury against Cadence Brace at 3-2 in the first set, giving LSU its first point. Brantmeier is not likely to play in Saturday's semifinal against Georgia, which certainly puts a damper on the anticipated rematch between them. North Carolina went to Athens and beat Georgia back on February 1, handing the Bulldogs what turned out to be their only home loss of the year 4-3, with Brantmeier clinching it with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 win over 2024 NCAA fall singles champion Dasha Vidmanova. That match is scheduled for 11 a.m. Eastern Saturday.

NCAA D-I Women's Quarterfinals

May 15, 2025

Waco Texas

Georgia[1] d. Duke[8] 4-1

Doubles:

1, Dasha Vidmanova and Mell Reasco(UGA) d. Irina Balus and Ellie Coleman(DUKE) 6-2 

2. Shavit Kimchi and Eleana Yu(DUKE) d. Guillermina Grant and Anastasiia Lopata(UGA) 6-4

3. Emma Jackson and Liv Hovde(DUKE) d. Aysegul Mert and Hayden Mulberry(UGA) 6-4

Order of finish: 1,3,2

Singles:

1. Dasha Vidmanova(UGA) d. Liv Hovde(DUKE) 6-4, 6-2

2. Anastasiia Lopata(UGA) d. Irina Balus(DUKE) 6-1, 6-1

3. Mell Reasco(UGA) v Emma Jackson(DUKE) 6-4 2-6, unf.

4. Aysegyk Mert(UGA) d.  Eleana Yu(DUKE) 6-3, 6-1

5. Guillermina Grand(UGA) d. Shavit Kimchi(DUKE) 6-1, 6-3

6. Sofia Rojas(UGA) v Ellie Coleman(DUKE) 6-4, 4-3, unf.

Order of finish: 5,2,1,4

North Carolina[5] d. Louisana State[13] 4-2

Doubles:

1. Reese Brantmeier and Alanis Hamilton(UNC) d. Cadence Brace and Kayla Cross(LSU) 7-6(4)

2. Susanna Maltby and Carson Tanguilig(UNC) d. Kinaa Graham and Anita Sahdiieva(LSU) 6-3

3. Tilwith Di Girolami and Gaby Rivera(LSU) v Theadora Rabman and Tatum Evans(UNC) 7-5

Order of finish: 2,3,1

Singles:

1. Cadence Brace(LSU) d. Reese Brantmeier(UNC) 3-2, 0-30, ret. inj.

2. Theadora Rabman(UNC) v Kayla Cross(LSU) 6-3, 5-4, unfinished

3. Tatum Evans(UNC) d. Tilwith Di GIrolami(LSU) 6-1, 6-2

4. Anita Sahdiieva(LSU) d. Alanis Hamilton(UNC) 6-3, 6-1

5. Carson Tanguilig(UNC) d. Kinaa Graham(LSU) 6-1, 6-1

6. Claire Hill(UNC) v Gaby Rivera(LSU) 6-4, 6-3

Order of finish: 1,5,4,3,6

Defending champion Texas A&M, seeded No. 2, needed more than four hours, which included a lightning delay deep in third sets to get past a determined tenth-seeded Tennessee team 4-2.  The Volunteers took the doubles point and three first sets, but four matches went to three sets after the Aggies had taken a 2-1 lead with wins by Mary Stoiana and Nicole Khirin at the No. 1 and No. 2 lines. It was freshman Lexington Reed at line 6 who put Texas A&M on the verge, and junior Mia Kupres at line 3 who sealed the win, just as Vanesa Suarez of Tennessee had gotten a singles point for the Volunteers at line 4.

Texas A&M[2] d. Tennessee[10] 4-2

Doubles:

1. Mary Stoiana and Mia Kupres(TAMU) d. Catherine Aulia(TENN) 6-0

2. Elza Tomase and Saray Yli-Piipari(TENN) d. Lexington Reed and Daria Smetannikova(TAMU) 6-4

3. Maeve Thorton and Vanesa Suarez(TENN) d. Nicole Khirin and Lucciana Perez(TAMU) 6-1

Order of finish: 1,3,2

Singles:

1. Mary Stoiana(TAMU) d. Elza Tomase(TENN) 7-5, 6-2

2. Nicole Khirin(TAMU) d. Catherine Aulia(TENN) 6-2, 6-2

3. Mia Kupres(TAMU) d. Leyla Britez Risso(TENN) 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-4

4. Vanesa Suarez(TENN) d. Lucciana Perez(TAMU) 6-3, 5-7, 7-5

5. Francesca Mattioli(TENN) v Daria Smetannikov(TAMU) 7-6(6), 2-6, 2-3 unf.

6. Lexington Reed(TAMU) d. Saray Yli-Piipari(TENN) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4

Order of finish: 2,1,6,4,3

No. 3 Michigan ended the unexpected run of unseeded Oklahoma State in the night match, which was delayed over an hour by the previous quarterfinal match between Texas A&M and Tennessee. The Wolverines, who were stopped at the quarterfinal stage the last two years, advanced to the first semifinal in program history by winning the doubles point and earning straight-sets wins at lines 1 and 6. The other four matches all went to third sets, with each player who won the first set losing the second. It was Lily Jones who came from behind to clinch the victory for Michigan at line 3.

Michigan[3] d. Oklahoma State 4-0

Doubles:

1. Anastasiya Komar and Rose Marie Nijkamp(OSU) d. Lily Jones and Jessica Bernales(MICH) 6-2

2. Reese Miller and Julia Fliegner(MICH) d. Kylie Collins and Marcela Lopez(OSU) 6-3

3. Piper Charney and Emily Sartz-Lunde(MICH) d. Gracie Epps and Alian Zach(OSU) 6-4

Order of finish: 1,2,3

Singles:

1. Julia Fliegner(MICH) d. Melisa Ercan(OSU) 7-5, 6-1

2. Anastasiya Komar(OSU) v Piper Charney(MICH) 6-1, 3-6, 4-3, unf.

3. Lily Jones(MICH) d. Rose Marie Nijkamp(OSU) 4-6, 6-0, 6-1

4. Kylie Collins(OSU) v Emily Sartz-Lunde(MICH) 0-6, 6-3, 3-1, unf.

5. Gracie Epps(OSU) v Reese Miller(MICH) 4-6, 6-2, 4-3, unf.

6. Jessica Bernales(MICH) d. Marcela Lopez(OSU) 6-4, 6-2

Order of finish: 6,3,1

Michigan will face Texas A&M at 2 pm Eastern on Saturday.

The men's quarterfinal schedule for Friday, with all matches available at ESPN+:

Wake Forest[1] v Columbia[8] 11am
Mississippi State[12] v Stanford[4] 2pm
Texas[3] v UCLA 8pm
Virginia[7] v TCU[2] 5pm

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At the W15 in Orlando, two 14-year-olds earned their first Pro Circuit victories yesterday and followed those up with impressive wins today to reach the quarterfinals. Wild card Lani Chang, the daughter of Michael Chang and the former Amber Liu, a two-time NCAA singles champion at Stanford, defeated No. 4 seed Dasha Ivanova 7-6(8), 6-3. Qualifier Carol Shao defeated last year's Tennessee No. 1 Sofia Cabezas of Venezuela, the No. 6 seed, 6-4, 6-4. 

Chang plays UCF rising sophomore Olivia Bergler of Poland next, while Shao takes on No. 3 seed and last week's W35 Boca Raton champion Monika Ekstrand. Top seed Mayu Crossley of Japan has also advanced to the quarterfinals.

At the M15 in Orlando, 17-year-old Jagger Leach is through to the quarterfinals after defeating qualifier Reece Falck of New Zealand 6-1, 6-1. Leach, who will face Central Florida's No. 1 Yassine Dlimi of Morocco Friday, is still listed as competing in the ITF J500 in Milan, which begins on Monday. 

At the WTA 1000 in Rome, No. 4 seed Coco Gauff[4] beat No. 8 Qinwen Zheng of China 7-6(3), 4-6, 7-6(4) to reach the final. She will face Jasmine Paolini[6] of Italy, who beat Peyton Stearns(Texas) 7-5, 6-1.

Tommy Paul[11] has advanced to the semifinals at the ATP 1000 in Rome for the second consecutive year. He will face top seed Jannik Sinner of Italy in the semfinals Friday. 

Women Kick Off Quarterfinal Play at NCAA Division I Team Championships Thursday in Waco Texas; USTA Announces Dates for US Open Collegiate Wild Card Playoffs; Three US Boys Reach Quarterfinals at ITF J300 in Italy

Although I will not be in Waco, most of my next four days will be squarely focused on the NCAA Division I Team Championships, hosted by Baylor University. I'll be watching it all on ESPN+, with the Cracked Racquets crew providing quarterfinal coverage before ESPN takes over for the semifinals and finals. ESPN's involvement appears to have been responsible for the much improved schedule this year, with no matches being played simultaneously. That will make for a lengthy Saturday semifinal day, but it's certainly preferable for fans to be able to concentrate on one match at a time.

Play begins at 11 am Eastern Thursday, with the women's quarterfinals as follows:

ALL TIMES EASTERN

Georgia[1] v Duke[8] 11am
North Carolina[5] v LSU[13] 2pm
Michigan[3] v Oklahoma State 8pm
Tennessee[10] v Texas A&M[2] 5pm

The men's quarterfinal schedule for Friday, with the women having the day off this year:

Wake Forest[1] v Columbia[8] 11am

Mississippi State[12] v Stanford[4] 2pm

Texas[3] v UCLA 8pm

Virginia[7] v TCU[2] 5pm

The women's semifinals are scheduled for 11 am and 2 pm Saturday, with the men's semifinals scheduled for 5pm and 8 pm. 

The women's final will be at 5pm Sunday and the men's final is scheduled for 8 pm Sunday.

Links to live scoring, rosters and box scores can be found at host Baylor's tournament website.

For more on the Elite Eight, see this article at Tennis Recruiting Network.

The USTA announced the dates for the inaugural US Open Collegiate Wild Card playoff at the National Campus in Lake Nona Florida, which will feature four American singles players and four American doubles teams competing for main draw and qualifying wild cards to this year's US Open.

With the NCAA championships moving to the fall, the USTA determined that continuing the system which granted a main draw wild card to American champions crowned in May was no longer feasible given the nine-month gap between the events. The finalists from the fall NCAA championships, if American, are automatically given entry into the playoff, which will be held June 16-18 in Lake Nona. 

The release below does not provide any details on the scheduling, but I'm assuming that three days means that the winners of the singles semifinals will have a day off, with the doubles semifinals and finals played back-to-back. 

It also doesn't mention the players who have already qualified: NCAA champion Michael Zheng of Columbia and finalist Ozan Baris of Michigan State on the men's side, and NCAA finalist DJ Bennett on the women's side. There's no question that Arizona's Colton Smith will be invited, so the committee mentioned in the release will need to make just one more men's selection. Currently, the Americans with the highest ITA rankings are Stanford's Samir Banerjee[7], Ohio State's Aidan Kim[11] and Wake Forest's Stefan Dostanic[13], but with Banerjee and Dostanic still competing in the team event, (as is Zheng) those rankings can change, and ATP rankings and a World Tennis Number rating are also part of the criteria.

In addition to Bennett, who has an ITA ranking of No. 4, Texas A&M's Mary Stoiana[1] is, like Colton Smith, a certain invitee. North Carolina's Reese Brantmeier[3], Michigan's Julia Fliegner[6] and Stanford's Valerie Glozman[8] are the top Americans in the ITA rankings.

US OPEN WILD CARD PLAYOFFS FEATURING TOP AMERICAN COLLEGIATE PLAYERS TO BE HELD JUNE 16-18 AT THE USTA NATIONAL CAMPUS

 

USTA Increases Commitment to College Tennis with Expanded 

US Open Wild Card Pilot Program

 

ORLANDO, Fla., May 14, 2025 – The United States Tennis Association (USTA) today announced, in collaboration with the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), that the US Open Wild Card Playoffs will be held June 16-18 at the USTA National Campus.

 

The new event is part of an expanded NCAA-linked wild card pilot program that will more than double the average number of American collegiate players that earn US Open wild cards each year, with six guaranteed US Open wild card entries up for grabs.

 

The winners of a four-player men’s and women’s singles playoff and a four-team men’s and women’s doubles playoff will earn US Open main draw singles and doubles wild cards, respectively, while the men’s and women’s singles finalists will earn US Open qualifying wild cards.

 

Participation in the playoffs will be determined by a committee made up of USTA staff, college tennis coaches and an ITA representative. Any American player or American doubles team that wins the NCAA singles or doubles championship or reaches the singles or doubles final at the NCAA DI Individual Championships held in the fall will automatically qualify for the playoffs. The remaining slots will be awarded by the committee who will evaluate players on a number of factors including 2024-25 match record, ITA ranking, ATP/WTA ranking, professional results, WTN rating and head-to-head results.

 

This pilot program coincides with the NCAA DI Individual Championships shifting to the fall through at least the 2025-26 season.

 

Previously, the USTA awarded a US Open main draw wild card to American NCAA singles or doubles champions, while an American NCAA singles finalist received a qualifying wild card. Over the past 10 years,  an average of less than three NCAA-linked US Open wild cards per year were awarded, despite an increasing prevalence of former college tennis players having success on the professional circuit.

 

American NCAA champions that have previously benefited from the US Open wild card as way to jumpstart their professional careers include Danielle Collins (Virginia – 2014, ‘16); Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA – 2016); Emma Navarro (Virginia – 2021); Ben Shelton(Florida – 2022); and Peyton Stearns (Texas – 2022). 

Three American boys have advanced to the quarterfinals of this week's ITF J300 in Santa Croce Italy, the warmup tournament to the J500 in Milan next week.

No. 2 seed Jack Kennedy plays No. 7 seed Jamie Mackenzie of Germany, No. 6 seed Keaton Hance faces unseeded Nikita Bilozertsev of Ukraine and No. 8 seed Jack Satterfield meets unseeded Kuan-Shou Chen of Taiwan for a place in Friday's semifinals.

Teens Take Advantage of Four USTA Pro Circuit Tournaments This Week; Stearns Makes History in Reaching Rome Semifinals; Roland Garros Wild Cards Announced

It's a busy week for the USTA Pro Circuit, with three tournaments in Florida and one in Delaware.

The W35 in Bethany Beach Delaware had a surprisingly depleted qualifying draw, with only 23 players, leading to nine byes. Only five final round qualifying matches were actually played, with a walkover and two defaults, which is strange. 

Americans qualifying--Arkansas State incoming freshman Meghna Arun Kumar, Sumvruta Iyengar(Texas-Dallas) and 40-year-old Eva Frissora(Harvard)--are joined in the main draw by lucky loser by Kallista Liu(Maryland).

Wild cards were awarded to Texas incoming freshman Elizabeth Ionescu, 17-year-old Calla McGill and Maddy Zampardo, a rising junior at NC State. McGill and Zampardo both lost their matches today, with half of the first round played Tuesday and the other half Wednesday.  Despina Papamichail of Greece is the No. 1 seed, with Anna Rogers(NC State) the No. 2 seed.

Former South Carolina All-American Ayana Akli, a finalist Sunday at the W35 in Boca Raton, is competing for a fifth straight week. Today she advanced to the second round with a 6-3, 3-0 retired decision over No. 7 seed Kayla Day. Seventeen-year-old Alexis Nguyen defeated No. 5 seed Madison Sieg(USC) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1.

At the M25 in Pensacola, six American men advanced to the main draw by winning their final qualifying matches today: Pablo Paternostro(Florida Gulf Coast); Dakotah Bobo(LSU, Southern Miss); Lazar Markovic; Columbia incoming freshman Abhishek Thorat; Liam Krall(SMU) and Tygen Goldammer(BYU).

Wild cards were given to Carson Baker, a sophomore at Boise State; Justin Lyons, a sophomore at Florida State who is from Pensacola; Kian Vakili(Penn) and Clemson rising junior Marko Mesarovic. Mesarovic lost to No. 4 seed Alex Rybakov(TCU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 in first round play today. Vakili defeated No. 7 seed Quinn Vandecasteele(Oregon) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5. Baker and Lyons play their first round matches Wednesday.

Andres Andrade(Florida) of Ecuador is the top seed, with Garrett Johns(Duke) the No. 2 seed. 

The USTA National Campus in Lake Nona is hosting $15,000 tournaments for both genders this week, and both had full qualifying draws.

Americans qualifying for the men's main draw today: Matthew Segura; Ryan Dickerson(Duke, Baylor) and 14-year-old Teodor Davidov, who received a wild card into qualifying and beat UCF's No. 2 singles player Mehdi Benchakroun of Morocco 4-6, 6-0, 10-7 today.

Wild cards were given to Sunday's Plantation ITF J200 champion Gavin Goode; recent NC State graduate Braden Schick; 17-year-old Lachlan Gaskell and 16-year-old Agassi Rusher.  Goode and Gaskell both lost their first round matches today, Schick plays tomorrow, but Rusher earned his first ATP point with a 1-6, 6-4, 7-6(6) win over No. 2 seed Will Grant(Florida). Rusher retired leading 6-4, 4-5, in his semifinal match with Goode last week at the J200 in Plantation, but was able to withstand nearly three hours of competition today.

Rusher wasn't the only teen to take out a seed today, with Jagger Leach, using the ITF junior reserved program for entry, beating No. 3 seed Leo Vithoontien(Carleton) 7-5, 6-0. Ronit Karki received the other junior reserved entry; he faces qualifier Reece Falck of New Zealand in the first round. 

Top seed Dan Martin(Dartmouth, Miami) of Canada is one of only three seeds remaining after completion of just half of the first round.

Six of the eight qualifiers in the Orlando W15 are Americans: 15-year-old Anita Tu; 17-year-old Sydney Jara, who ended the winning streak of  ITF J100 Coral Gables and J200 Plantation champion Bella Payne; 14-year-old Caroline Shao; Duke incoming freshman Claire An; 19-year-old Shradha Grover and Samantha Alicea(Arizona State, Nebraska). 

UCLA incoming freshman Maya Crossley of Japan is the No. 1 seed, with the second seed Francesca Pace of Italy. 

Wild cards were given to four 14-year-olds; Scarlett Fagan, Emery Combs, Lani Chang and Olivia De Los Reyes. Chang plays Grover Wednesday, while the other three lost, although Combs came very close to an upset, falling to No. 7 seed Carolina Bohrer Martins of Brazil 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(5).

Selected for the ITF junior reserved spots were 17-year-old Maya Iyengar, who beat Fagan 6-3, 7-6(4) today; Capucine Jauffret, who plays W35 Boca Raton champion and No. 3 seed Monika Ekstrand Wednesday, and Ava Rodriguez, who won her first Pro Circuit match today over Meisha Kendall-Woseley(Toledo) 6-0, 6-2.

Three years ago, Peyton Stearns was beginning a fortnight that would see her lead the Texas Longhorns to the NCAA team title and then capture the NCAA singles title.

Today the 23-year-old from Ohio set a WTA record, winning her third consecutive match in a third-set tiebreaker, beating No. 16 seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(4) to advance to the semifinals of the Masters 1000 in Rome. Stearns had beaten Madison Keys and Naomi Osaka of Japan in tiebreakers in the previous two matches.

Roland Garros' wild card announcement was released today, with Iva Jovic and Emilio Nava officially into the main draw later this month after winning the reciprocal wild card the USTA and FFT exchange annually. 

No teenagers received main draw wild cards, but four qualifying wild cards went to French junior girls: Ksenia Efremova (Age 16/WTA No. 629), Eleejah Inisan (Age 16/No. 976), Cindy Langlais(Age 15/no WTA ranking) and Daphnée Mpetshi Perricard (Age 16 /No.1158).  Two French teens were given men's qualifying wild cards, 16-year-old Orange Bowl finalist Moises Kouame and 19-year-old Mae Malige.

Payne Sweeps, Goode Takes Boys Singles Title at ITF J200 in Plantation; Traynor Doubles Up at J100 in Costa Rica; Jacoby Named to Lead Ole Miss Men; Radford, Eastern Illinois Drop Tennis Programs

2024 Easter Bowl 16s champions Gavin Goode and Bella Payne once again shared the spotlight at the same event, winning their biggest ITF Junior Circuit titles last week at the J200 in Plantation Florida.

The unseeded Payne, who won the J100 title two weeks ago in Coral Gables, extended her winning streak to 12 matches, all of them in straight sets, with a 6-2, 6-2 victory in the final over top seed Aspen Schuman. The 17-year-old from Florida, who won the Easter Bowl 18s singles title at the end of March, also claimed the doubles title, partnering with Sara Shumate. The No. 7 seeds defeated No. 3 seeds Isabelle DeLuccia and Sabrina Lin 6-0, 1-6, 10-4 in the final. Payne, 20-3 on the year and now at 178 in the ITF junior rankings, has yet to play a third set in 2025.

No. 3 seed Goode, a 17-year-old from North Carolina, won his third ITF Junior Circuit title, all since last October, beating No. 8 seed Sasha Colleu of France 6-0, 6-1 in the final. Colleu had won the title in the first of the three green clay junior events in Florida, the J100 in Delray Beach, last month. With the title, Goode moves to a career-high of 60 in the ITF junior rankings.

The boys doubles champion are the fourth-seeded Colombian pair of Juan Miguel Bolivar Idarraga and Pablo Robledo Hoyos, who defeated No. 3 seeds Simon Caldwell and Mason Taube 6-7(4), 6-2, 12-10 in the final.

At the J100 in Costa Rica, Olivia Traynor, like Bella Payne, swept the titles, and has also crafted a winning streak of straight-sets matches. Although the 17-year-old New Yorker had a bye last week and needed only five victories to take the title at the J100 in Costa Rica two weeks ago, she has a nine-match streak. As she had done two weeks ago, Traynor defeated Brooke Wallman in the final, this time by a 6-1, 6-1 score. 

In doubles, Traynor and Lucia Gallegos of Costa Rica partnered for the title. The No. 4 seeds defeated No. 3 seeds Kaya Baker and Mexico's Abril Cardenas Olivares 6-2, 6-4, in the final.

Sklar Phillips, who won the first J100 in Costa Rica two weeks ago, fell just short in the second, losing 6-2, 6-4 in the final to Benjamin Azar of Canada, whom he had beaten in the previous final.

It was another sweep for an American at the J60 in Cote D'Ivoire, with top seed Koronayashe Rugara winning her second ITF Junior Circuit singles title and sixth doubles title last week. Rugara, a 17-year-old from Florida, beat unseeded Lara Faraj of Morocco 6-1, 1-0 retired in the final. For the doubles championship, top seeds Rugara and Saina Jayesh Vaidya of Singapore defeated Faraj and Virginia Comi of Italy, the No. 2 seeds, 6-2, 3-6, 10-6.

At the J30 in the US Virgin Islands, 15-year-old Texan Sebastian Godoy won his first ITF Junior Circuit singles title. The No. 2 seeds defeated unseeded Legan Thomas in the all-US final 6-2, 6-2. Sixteen-year-old Fox Rogers won his first ITF Junior Circuit title in doubles, with Brazilian partner Nicolas Brandao. The No. 4 seeds defeated No. 2 seeds Jake Weiss and France's Come Le Roch 6-3, 6-2 in the final.

London Evans, who reached the singles final, won the girls doubles title, with Catherine Cardona-Carballosa. The top seeds defeated No. 2 seeds Alexandra Ishemgulova of Russia and Camille Michel of Canada 6-2, 6-1 in the final.

There were two other doubles championships for top-seeded Americans last week, with Kori Montoya and Great Britain's Ruby Cooling taking the J200 in Austria and Sarah Stoyanov and Turkey's Lila Bodur winning the J60 in Nicaragua. 

Montoya and Cooling defeated No. 2 seeds Mariia Drobysheva of Ukraine and Anna Kmiecik of Poland 6-4, 6-3 in the final; Stoyanov and Bodur beat No. 2 seeds Avery Alexander of Canada and Ana Camila Celis Avila of Mexico 6-1, 3-6, 10-6 for the title.

Three weeks ago, Ole Miss announced the departure of men's head coach Toby Hansson; today his replacement was introduced, with Jake Jacoby taking over the program. Jacoby, who competed for Iowa from 2014-2018, had served as Mississippi State's men associate head coach since 2019. 

In less positive college tennis news, two Division I schools announced the cutting of their tennis programs: Eastern Illinois and Radford. 

From the Eastern Illinois announcement:

Unfortunately, this [House] settlement is expected to drastically reduce NCAA distributions to member schools, including EIU. For that reason, the University has been reviewing operating costs across all sports and recognizes that maintaining the current portfolio of teams and spending levels is a critical financial concern that requires attention.

Given these realities, I, in consultation with Athletic Director Tom Michael, have made the difficult decision that the University will cease competition in men's and women's tennis, effective immediately.

From the Radford announcement:

"As college athletics evolves, the costs of scholarships, dedicated facilities, travel expenses and overall operating budgets continue to escalate," said Robert Lineburg, Director of Athletics. "In this environment, the allocation of resources requires greater strategic focus."