Women's D-I Semifinals Set; D-III Team Championships Begins Monday; Georgia Gwinnett Sweeps NAIA Titles; 21 US Juniors in Milan Grade A; French Open Qualifying Features 11 US Men

Another day of disruptive rain at the NCAA Division I team championships in Athens Georgia, but the women's semifinalists have been determined, with two of the matches played indoors and the other two played outdoors.

At one time all four quarterfinals were in progress, with Stanford and North Carolina playing indoors at the four-court Dan Magill Tennis Complex, while Florida and Oklahoma State and Pepperdine and Vanderbilt competed on the outdoor courts.  Ohio State and Texas Tech were sent to Atlanta to play on the six indoor courts at Georgia Tech, and the No. 3 seeds were the first team to reach the semifinals, beating No. 6 seeds Texas Tech 4-0.

Ohio State, in the semifinals for the first time in program history, will face defending champion Stanford, who beat No. 2 seed North Carolina 4-2. Stanford cruised through the doubles point, but the singles matches were considerably closer, and in the four-court indoor facility, two matches had to finish before lines 5 and 6 could begin.  Emily Arbuthnott of Stanford won the battle of the freshmen at line 5, clinching the match for the Cardinal with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 win over Makenna Jones.

Vanderbilt's Sydney Campbell clinches 4-2 win over Pepperdine

In the outdoor matches, top seed Florida won the doubles point from No. 9 seed Oklahoma State with little difficulty and didn't need a third set in singles to close out the 2016 finalists 4-1.  The Gators will play No. 4 seed Vanderbilt, who came back from dropping the doubles point to beat No. 12 seed Pepperdine 4-2.  Vanderbilt has beaten Florida twice in the past five weeks in Nashville, both by 4-3 scores, so the Gators will be happy to have a neutral setting this time.

The men's semifinal matches on Monday have been moved up to 10 am, with more rain in the forecast.  No. 9 seed North Carolina will face No. 13 seed Georgia and No. 3 seed Ohio State will take on No. 2 seed and defending champion Virginia.

The women's semifinals will follow at 2 pm.  Live streaming is available here.

#6 STANFORD (25-2) 4, #4 NORTH CAROLINA (33-3) 2

Doubles
1. #39 Emily Arbuthnott/Taylor Davidson (STANFORD) def. #4 Jessie Aney/Hayley Carter (NORTH CAROLINA), 6-1
2. #46 Caroline Doyle/Melissa Lord (STANFORD) def. Cassandra Vazquez/Alexa Graham (NORTH CAROLIINA), 6-1
3. Sara Daavettila/Makenna Jones (NORTH CAROLINA) vs. Emma Higuchi/Caroline Lampl (STANFORD), 5-1, DNF

Singles
1. #2 Hayley Carter (NORTH CAROLINA) def. #38 Caroline Doyle (STANFORD), 6-1, 6-0
2. #28 Melissa Lord (STANFORD) def. #18 Sara Daavettila (NORTH CAROLINA), 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
3. #54 Taylor Davidson (STANFORD) def. #35 Jessie Aney (NORTH CAROLINA), 6-2, 7-5
4. #74 Alexa Graham (NORTH CAROLINA) def. #90 Caroline Lampl (STANFORD), 5-7, 6-2, 7-5
5. Emily Arbuthnott (STANFORD) def. #100 Makenna Jones (NORTH CAROLINA), 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
6. Chloe Ouellet-Pizer (NORTH CAROLINA) vs. #71 Emma Higuchi (STANFORD), 7-6(3), 2-6
Doubles (1,2) Singles (1,3,2,4,5)
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#2 OHIO STATE (32-2) 4, #7 TEXAS TECH (27-4) 0

Doubles
1. #18 Francesca Di Lorenzo/Miho Kowase (OHIO STATE) vs. #26 Sarah Dvorak/Sabrina Federici (TEXAS TECH), 4-4, DNF
2. Sandy Niehaus/Anna Sanford (OHIO STATE) def. #69 Felicity Maltby/Gabriela Talaba (TEXAS TECH), 6-4
3. Gabriella De Santis/Ferny Angeles Paz (OHIO STATE) def. Alex Valenstein/Alba Cortina-Pou (TEXAS TECH), 6-2

Singles
1. #1 Francesca Di Lorenzo (OHIO STATE) vs. #9 Gabriela Talaba (TEXAS TECH), 4-6, 4-2, DNF
2. #67 Anna Sanford (OHIO STATE) def. #58 Felicity Maltby (TEXAS TECH), 7-6(5), 6-4
3. #95 Gabriella De Santis (OHIO STATE) vs. Alex Valenstein (TEXAS TECH), 6-7(2), 2-0, DNF
4. #91 Miho Kowase (OHIO STATE) def. Sabrina Federici (TEXAS TECH), 6-4, 6-1
5. #112 Sandy Niehaus (OHIO STATE) vs. Sarah Dvorak (TEXAS TECH), 3-6, 5-5, DNF
6. Ferny Angeles Paz (OHIO STATE) def. Katelyn Jackson (TEXAS TECH), 6-2, 6-2
Doubles (2,3) Singles (6,4,2)
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#1 FLORIDA (27-3) 4, #9 OKLAHOMA STATE (25-6) 1

Doubles
1. #11 Anna Danilina/Ingrid Neel (FLORIDA) vs. #13 Vladica Babic/Carla Tur Mari (OKLAHOMA STATE), 5-6, DNF
2. #20 Brooke Austin/Kourtney Keegan (FLORIDA) def. #48 Aliona Bolsova/Katie Stresnakova (OKLAHOMA STATE), 6-2
3. #45 Josie Kuhlman/Belinda Woolcock (FLORIDA) def. #70 Katarina Adamovic/Viktoriya Lushkova (OKLAHOMA STATE), 6-4

Singles
1. #6 Belinda Woolcock (FLORIDA) vs. #8 Viktoriya Lushkova (OKLAHOMA STATE), 2-6, 5-2, DNF
2. #23 Josie Kuhlman (FLORIDA) def. Katarina Adamovic (OKLAHOMA STATE), 6-1, 6-1
3. #73 Aliona Bolsova (OKLAHOMA STATE) def. #31 Ingrid Neel (FLORIDA), 7-5, 6-3
4. #44 Anna Danilina (FLORIDA) def. #63 Vladica Babic (OKLAHOMA STATE), 6-4, 6-4
5. Brooke Austin (FLORIDA) def. Katarina Stresnakova (OKLAHOMA STATE), 6-2, 6-3
6. #59 Kourtney Keegan (FLORIDA) vs. Lena Ruppert (OKLAHOMA STATE), 6-2, 5-7, DNF
Doubles (2,3) Singles (5,2,3,4)
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#3 VANDERBILT (24-5) 4, #12 PEPPERDINE (24-5) 2

Doubles
1. #8 Christine Maddox/Mayar Sherif Ahmed (PEPPERDINE) def. #1 Astra Sharma/Emily Smith (VANDERBILT), 6-2
2. Sydney Campbell/Emma Kurtz (VANDERBILT) def. #53 Luisa Stefani/Jean Runglerdkriangkrai (PEPPERDINE), 6-2
3. Ashley Lahey/Dzina Milovanovic (PEPPERDINE) def. Christina Rosca/Fernanda Contreras (VANDERBILT), 6-3

Singles
1. #4 Astra Sharma (VANDERBILT) def. #14 Luisa Stefani (PEPPERDINE), 6-4, 6-4
2. #15 Sydney Campbell (VANDERBILT) def. #19 Ashley Lahey (PEPPERDINE), 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
3. #37 Mayar Sherif Ahmed (PEPPERDINE) def. #102 Christina Rosca (VANDERBILT), 6-2, 6-2
4. Emma Kurtz (VANDERBILT) vs. #97 Laura Gulbe (PEPPERDINE), 4-6, 5-6, DNF
5. Georgina Sellyn (VANDERBILT) def. Jean Runglerdkriangkrai (PEPPERDINE), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
6. Fernanda Contreras (VANDERBILT) def. Dzina Milovanovic (PEPPERDINE), 6-0, 6-2
Doubles (1,2,3) Singles (6,3,1,5,2)
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The Division III team championships quarterfinals begin Monday in Chattanooga Tennessee.

The women's quarterfinal matchups:

8:30 am:

Chicago vs Williams 

Johns Hopkins vs Middlebury

11:30 am:

Emory vs Bowdoin

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps vs Washington-St. Louis

The men's quarterfinal matchups:

2:00 pm:

Emory vs Williams

Bowdoin vs Washington-St. Louis

4:30 pm:

Wesleyan vs Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

Middlebury vs Gustavus Adolphus

The NAIA team finals were scheduled to be completed on Saturday, but only the men's final finished, pushing the women's final to today. Georgia Gwinnett took both championships, with the men defeating Xavier (Louisiana) 5-0 in the final for their fourth straight title and the women beating Lindsey Wilson 5-3 for their second straight title and third in the past four years.  Both teams finished the year undefeated, and the men have now won 55 consecutive matches.

The ITF Grade A Trofeo Bonfiglio begins Monday in Milan, with nine US girls and 12 US boys in the main draw.  Elli Mandlik qualified over the weekend to join Elysia Bolton, Whitney Osuigwe[6], Caty McNally, Ellie Douglas[12], Natasha Subhash, Taylor Johnson[4], Sofia Sewing[9] and Ann Li in the girls draw. Defending champion Oleysa Pervushina of Russia is the top seed.  Lukas Greif and Sangeet Sridhar qualified into the boys main draw, joining Alexandre Rotsaert, wild card Mark Mandlik, Sam Riffice, Trent Bryde[4], Gianni Ross, Sebastian Korda, Vasil Kirkov, Patrick Kypson, Danny Thomas and Oliver Crawford[13].

Riffice, who plays No. 7 seed Jurij Rodionov of Austria, is not on Monday's schedule, no doubt requesting a later start due to playing in the final of the $15,000 Romanian Futures today.  Riffice lost to No. 8 seed Nicolae Frunza of Romania 6-3, 6-3.

It was a disappointing finals day all around for US players on the ITF Pro Circuit, with Kristie Ahn falling in the final of the $60,000 tournament in France, Taylor Townsend losing to 17-year-old Sofya Zhuk of Russia in the final of the $25,000 Naples Florida tournament, and Marcos Giron dropping two tiebreakers in the final of the $25,000 tournament in Wuhan China.

There are no USTA Pro Circuit events this week or next, with all eyes on the red clay of Roland Garros. Qualifying begins Monday for the men, with 11 Americans hoping to make their way to the main draw. The only seeded player among them is No. 32 Bjorn Fratangelo.  The rest:  Reilly Opelka, Mitchell Krueger, Dennis Novikov, Tim Smyczek, Rajeev Ram, Mackenzie McDonald, Stefan Kozlov, Michael Mmoh, Bradley Klahn and Denis Kudla.  Noah Rubin, who has been having issues with his wrist, withdrew.  Monday's schedule is here.