Shao Beats Top Seed Lee; Malacek Defeats No. 2 Seed Massotte at Las Vegas J200; Secord Advances to Quarterfinals at J300 in Paraguay; Brewer Cup Champions; CMS Men and Women Top D-III Rankings; Barry and West Alabama No. 1 in Latest D-II Rankings
Fourteen-year-old Caroline Shao didn't play either of the Florida tournaments in Bradenton and Ft. Lauderdale, but returned to the ITF Junior Circuit in January at the J300 in Costa Rica. Today she posted her best result of the year, with the No. 14 seed beating top seed Nancy Lee 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals of the ITF J200 in Las Vegas. Shao will play unseeded 2025 Easter Bowl 16s champion Armira Kockinis next.
Shao, No. 5 seed Riyo Yoshida of Japan and No. 2 seed Hollie Smart of Great Britain are the only seeded girls remaining.
No. 13 seed Daniel Malacek, the Orange Bowl 16s finalist, defeated No. 2 seed Xavier Massotte of Canada 6-4, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals, where he will face unseeded Justin Riley Anson. Anson defeated No. 6 seed Jerrid Gaines Jr. 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Boys tops seed Ryan Cozad defeated Orange Bowl 16s champion Matias Reyniak, the No. 15 seed 6-4, 6-3 and will play No. 12 seed Kamil Stolarczyk in the quarterfinals.
The only non-American in the boys quarterfinals is No. 11 seed Felix Roussel of Canada, who will play unseeded Mason Vaughan in the quarterfinals.
At the J300 in Paraguay, top seed Jack Secord is the only American who advanced to the quarterfinals, with all five US girls, including No. 2 seed Welles Newman, falling in the second round.
The Brewer Cup, the USTA Level I National Spring Team Championships, ended Tuesday in Mobile and Tucson. Below are the teams that won the events, with two players from the 14s, 16s and 18s age groups combining to form a team in Mobile, while the 12s teams in Tucson consist only of players in that age group. I am not certain I have the correct champions for the 12s, with the USTA's Playtennis site difficult to navigate for a tournament like this, so please correct me if I've read it wrong.
Boys
Vikings
Coach Matt Boughton
B18 James Quattro
B18 John Gentek
B16 Joshua Dolinsky
B16 Aryan Ponugoti
B14 Nathan Lee
B14 Bryan Parker
Girls
Stingrays
Coach Donald Widener
G18 Gabriella Davydov
G18 Jensen Diianni
G16 Alexa Mendoza
G16 Adelyn Gross
G14 Emma Li
G14 Harshitha Thirugnanam
Boys
Roadrunners
Keanu Agbulos
Jesse Goldman
Leonardo Bigan
Allen Hou
Doruk Comakci
Bence Leber
Girls
Rattlesnakes
Alara Buyukuncu
Eloise Forrest
Ghillian Harper
Nicole Zhang
Annie Jiang
Mia Lurigio
Now that the ITA Division III Team Indoor Championships are over, a new set of rankings has been published, the first thre weeks. Both the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men and women won the Team Indoor Championships and both are No. 1 in the rankings.
Click on the headings to see all 40 ranked teams.
ITA Division III team rankings, March 4, 2026
1. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2. Chicago
3. Case Western
4. Denison
5. Tufts
6. Johns Hopkins
7. Bowdoin
8. Emory
9. Swarthmore
10. Middlebury
1. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2. Washington-St. Louis
3. Chicago
4. Wesleyan
5. Emory
6. Middlebury
7. Pomona-Pitzer
8. MIT
9. Babson
10. Bowdoin
Although both Barry teams won the Division II National Team Indoor Championships, only the men are No. 1 in the new rankings. Although the undefeated Barry women were No. 1 last week and didn't lose, they fell to No. 3, with West Alabama now No. 1.
Click on the headings to see all 50 ranked teams.
ITA Division II team rankings, March 4, 2026
1. Barry
2. West Florida
3. Lubbock Christian
4. UT Tyler
5. Flagler
6. Wayne State
7. North Georgia
8. Washburn
9. UI-Indy
10. Wingate
1. West Alabama
2. West Florida
3. Barry
4. North Georgia
5. Midwestern State
6. Washburn
7. Catawba
8. Mississippi College
9. Embry-Riddle
10. Augustana
The Division II singles and doubles rankings were also published today, with Natasha Sengphrachanh of Grand Valley State No. 1 in women's singles and Yan Kodjoed of Barry No. 1 in men's singles.
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