Stanford Men Take out Texas A&M, All Eight Women's Seeds in Action Advance in Final Day of NCAA D-I Regionals; Super Regional Schedule Released; Honer Earns Second Straight W35 Title; Townsend Claims Third Straight 1000 Doubles Title in Madrid

In an NCAA Division I Regional weekend short on surprises, one upset was recorded today, with the Stanford men taking out No. 11 seed Texas A&M 4-2 in College Station. The Cardinal, No. 18 in the most recent ITA rankings, lost the doubles point, but got a quick 6-1, 6-1 win from Samir Banerjee, who is down to No. 2 in the lineup after a series of injuries this season, to pull even. Two more straight-sets wins, from Hudson Rivera at line 4 and Nico Godsick at line 3 were sandwiched around the Aggies victory at line 5, for a 3-2 Stanford lead.

By that time Stanford's Alex Razeghi, who started the year at the No. 5 position but has moved up to the No. 1 spot, was serving with a 6-4, 5-2 lead over Theo Papamalamis, as Alex Chang of Stanford had forced a third set at line 6. Razeghi didn't get to match point on his first attempt to serve it out, with a flurry of errors, and on his second attempt at 5-4, he also fell behind in that game with more errors. He did get to a deciding point/match point however, only to net a passing shot after a long rally featuring several net cords. Chang, who had played in the 1-5 positions during in the year, had lost his 4-2 lead in the third set, but Razeghi broke Papamalamis to give himself a third chance to serve it out, and this time he played a much more solid game to close out Stanford's win.

It's the fifth straight year that Stanford has advanced to the Super Regionals and in four of those, they have won their second round match on the road over the seeded host. Last year, as the No. 4 seed, Stanford hosted all three regional matches and went on to reach the semifinals at the final site in Waco. This year they will travel to TCU for the Super Regional.

Men's Regional Finals
(Sunday's result in italics)
*Wake Forest[1] d. Old Dominion[2] 4-0

UCF[1] d. Florida[2] 4-3
Oklahoma[1] d. Southern Cal[2] 4-0

*Arizona[1] d. Clemson[3] 4-2

*Mississippi State[1] d. Wisconsin[2] 4-0
Georgia[1] d. NC State[2] 4-0
South Carolina[1] d. Michigan State[2] 4-1
*Virginia[1] d. Columbia[2] 4-2
*Ohio State[1] d. Cal[3] 4-0
Illinois[1] d. Vanderbilt[3] 4-0
Stanford[2] d. Texas A&M[1] 4-2
*TCU[1] d. Cornell[2] 4-0
Pepperdine[2] d. LSU[1] 4-3
Baylor[1] d. Auburn[2] 4-1
San Diego[1] d. UCLA[2] 4-0
*Texas[1] d. SMU[2] 4-0

*Super Regional Host

Men's Super Regionals (all times Eastern)

Wake Forest[1] v UCF[16] 

Friday May 8th, 5 p.m. Winston-Salem NC

Oklahoma[9] v Arizona[8]

Saturday May 9th, 4 p.m. Tucson AZ

Mississippi State[5] v Georgia[12]

Saturday May 9th, 1 p.m. Starkville MS

South Carolina[13] v Virginia[4]

Friday, May 8th, 5 p.m. Charlottesville VA

Ohio State[3] v Illinois[14]

Friday May 8th, 5 p.m. Columbus OH

Stanford v TCU[6]

Saturday May 9th, 2 p.m. Fort Worth TX

Pepperdine v Baylor[10]

Friday May 8th, 7 p.m. Waco TX

San Diego[15] v Texas[2]

Friday May 8th, 7 p.m. Austin TX

The women's eight regional finals all went to the No. 1 seeds, although there were several close matches, with Michigan, Oklahoma and Texas earning 4-2 wins over Florida, SMU and Texas Tech respectively.

Women's Regional Finals

(Sunday's results in italics)

*Georgia[1] d. Charlotte[2] 4-0

UCLA[2] d. Arizona State[1] 4-3

Texas[1] d. Texas Tech[2] 4-2

*NC State[1] d. UCF[2] 4-0

*North Carolina[1] d. South Carolina 4-0

Michigan[1] d. Florida[2] 4-2

Southern Cal[1] d. Cal[2] 4-1

*Texas A&M[1] d. Baylor[3] 4-1

Vanderbilt[1] d. Clemson[2] 4-1

*Ohio State[1] d. Notre Dame[3] 4-0

Pepperdine[1] d. Stanford[2] 4-0

*Oklahoma[1] d. SMU[2] 4-2

*Virginia[1] d. Washington[2] 4-0

LSU[1] d. Rice[3] 4-1

*Auburn[1] d. Miami[2] 4-0

Duke[1] d. Tennessee[2] 4-1

*Host Super Regional

Women's Super Regionals (all times Eastern)

Georgia[1] v UCLA

Friday, May 8th, 4 p.m. Athens GA

Texas[9] v NC State[8]

Friday May 8th, 5 p.m. Raleigh NC

North Carolina[5] v Michigan[12]

Friday May 8th, 5 p.m. Chapel Hill NC

Southern California[3] v Texas A&M[4]

Friday May 8th, 3 p.m. College Station TX

Ohio State[3] v Vanderbilt[14]

Saturday May 9th, 1 p.m. Columbus OH

Pepperdine[11] v Oklahoma[6]

Friday May 8th, 6 p.m. Norman OK

Virginia[7] v LSU[10]

Saturday May 9th, 1 p.m. Charlottesville VA

Auburn[2] v Duke[15]

Friday May 8th, 6 p.m. Auburn AL

The men's draw is here; the women's draw is here.

Recent UC-Santa Barbara star Amelia Honer won her second consecutive W35 title today in Boca Raton, coming back from a lengthy rain delay in the third set to beat top seed Julia Riera of Argentina 7-5, 5-7, 7-5. Honer, an All-American at UCSB in 2024 and 2025, led 4-1 in the final set when rain interrupted play but Riera got back on serve at 3-4 only to be broken. Honer couldn't serve out the match, but held for 6-5 then broke for the title. The unseeded 23-year-old had also beaten the top seed in the final of the W35 in Charlotte NC last week. She now has four USTA Pro Circuit W35 titles and will move close to the WTA Top 400 when these points are added.

After clinching the USTA's Roland Garros wild card yesterday, a no doubt exhausted Akasha Urhobo lost in the final of the W100 in Bonita Springs Florida today to Angela Fita Boluda of Spain 6-3, 6-1. The 19-year-old from Florida was playing for a fifth consecutive week, picking up her first WTA main draw victory in Charleston in the first week and never going out before the quarterfinals in the next four tournaments. Not only has this run secured her a main draw wild card at Roland Garros, but she is now up to 183 in the WTA live rankings, meaning she will have no trouble getting into Wimbledon qualifying. 

In the Bonita Springs doubles final today, former Georgia teammates Dasha Vidmanova of Czechia and Mell Reasco of Ecuador won their first pro doubles title together. The unseeded pair defeated No. 2 seeds Anna Rogers(NC State) and Lia Karatancheva of Bulgaria 7-5, 6-3 in the final.

At the M15 in Orange Park Florida, No. 3 seed Nick Hardt of the Dominican Republic defeated No. 7 seed Andreja Petrovic(North Dakota, Florida State, Duke) of Norway 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 for his first title of the year.

Taylor Townsend partner Katarina Siniakova of Czechia added the Madrid women's doubles title to the Indian Wells and Miami titles they won earlier this spring with a 7-6(2), 6-2 win today over Diana Shnaider(NC State) and Mirra Andreeva of Russia. They will return to No. 1 and No. 2 in the WTA doubles rankings with their fourth 1000 title as a pair; they have also won the Australian Open and Wimbledon women's doubles titles. For more on their win in Madrid, see this article from the WTA website.