Virginia Hosts NCAA Regionals Friday and Saturday

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –  The Virginia women’s tennis team (18-6) opens play at the 2023 NCAA Women’s Tennis Team Championship by hosting the Charlottesville Regional May 5-6 at the Virginia Tennis Facility at the Boar’s Head Resort.

The matches are scheduled to be played outdoors. Please monitor Virginia’s social media accounts for any weather-related changes.

TICKET INFORMATION

• $5 for general admission and $3 for students with a valid ID per day
• Ages 2 and up are required to have a ticket
• Tickets will be available for purchase online, over the phone, or at the Bryant Hall ticket office and can be picked up at the courts

2023 CHARLOTTESVILLE REGIONAL SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, MAY 5 (WOMEN)
1 p.m.       Princeton vs. Fordham
4 p.m.       (12) VIRGINIA vs LIU

SATURDAY, MAY 6 (MEN)
10 a.m.     Ole Miss vs. VCU
1 p.m.       (5) VIRGINIA vs. Navy

SATURDAY, MAY 6 (WOMEN)
4 p.m.       Second Round Match

SUNDAY, MAY 7 (MEN)
1 p.m.       Second Round Match

MATCH INFORMATION

• The matches will be covered in the Cracked Racquets Cross Court Cast on their YouTube Channel
• Individual court streams will also be available on VirginiaSports.com
• Live scoring will be available

 NOTING THE CAVALIERS

• The Cavaliers are the No. 12 seed in the tournament but are No. 11 in the latest ITA team rankings
• Virginia is 11-1 at home this season and has not dropped a home match since Feb. 24 against No. 1 North Carolina
• Virginia has won the doubles point in 13 of its last 17 matches
• Sara Ziodato brings a seven-match win streak in singles into the tournament. She leads the team with 26 singles victories this season including 15 in dual matches. She has a 26-10 overall record in singles
• Annabelle Xu suffered her first loss in a dual match in the semifinals of the ACC Championship, falling against No. 21 Carson Tanguilig of UNC. Xu missed two months with an injury but went 8-0 in dual matches during the regular season
• Natasha Subhash is 8-1 this season on the No. 2 court with six wins against ranked opponents. She is 20-9 this season in singles, the third 20-win season of her career
• Julia Adams is 29-10 in doubles this season. Both Adams and her partner Mélodie Collard are 18-3 on the No. 1 court and 19-4 overall in dual matches
• Adams and Collard are No. 10 in the latest ITA Doubles rankings with a 22-5 record together
• Subhash is 27-8 in doubles. Her partner Elaine Chervinsky is 23-10
• The Cavaliers are 19-4 at No. 1 doubles with a .826 win percentage on the court
• The Cavaliers were 44-18 combined on all three doubles courts in dual matches, posting a .710 win percentage

VIRGINIA & NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

• Virginia is the No. 12 seed in the championship
• Virginia is making its 22nd appearance in the NCAA Women’s Tennis Championships and fifth-consecutive under head coach Sara O’Leary
• This is Virginia’s 10th time hosting a regional
• Virginia has advanced to the Round of 16 seven times
• The Cavaliers have reached the quarterfinals three times, including last season (2014, 2016 and 2023)

VIRGINIA & NCAA SINGLES AND DOUBLES

• The Cavaliers have at least three student-athletes competing in the NCAA Individual Championships
• Julia Adams has earned an invitation to compete in both singles and doubles. It is her second straight year playing in both and her third time garnering a doubles invite
• Mélodie Collard will play in doubles alongside Adams
• Natasha Subhash earned her third straight singles invitation
• Subhash and Elaine Chervinsky are the first alternates for the doubles championship

SCOUTING PRINCETON, LIU & FORDHAM

• Princeton (16-6) is No. 56 in this week’s ITA team rankings
• The Ivy League champions are making their 11^th overall and fourth consecutive NCAA Championship appearance
• The Tigers have won their last eight matches
• Daria Frayman is ranked No. 10 in singles. The 2023 Ivy League Player of the Year has been ranked as high as No. 1 in singles. She is 30-6 this season and a 16-1 record in dual matches
• Frayman and Grace Joyce are No. 26 in doubles and will be competing at the NCAA Doubles Championship
• Princeton played in the Charlottesville Regional last season, falling 4-0 to the Cavaliers in the second round
• The Tigers also played in Charlottesville in the fall, competing as individuals at the Wahoowa Invitational
• Fordham (14-7) won its first-ever Atlantic 10 Championship, topping VCU 4-1 in the final. It was the first championship for the Rams since they won the 1990 Patriot League title
• Valeriya Deminova has a 9-4 record on the top court. Carlota Casampere has a team-best 21-9 record in singles, playing on courts four and five
• LIU (12-10) are the Northeast Conference champions
• This is the second time in three years that the Sharks will face the Cavaliers in the opening round of the tournament. Virginia won the 2021 NCAA opener 4-0
• Four current LIU student-athletes competed in singles in that NCAA match: Victoria Erechtchenko, Elinor Storkaas, Bianca Compuesto and Kate Jorjoliani
• Leo Bossieau is the NEC Player of the Year. She is 16-7 this season with an 11-4 record on Court 2