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+:
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.
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