Virginia Faces Texas A&M in NCAA Quarterfinal on Friday

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –  The Virginia women’s tennis team (25-4) faces Texas A&M (25-7) in the quarterfinals of the 2024 NCAA Women’s Tennis Championship on Friday, May 17 at 5 pm ET. The match will be played at the Michael and Anne Greenwood Tennis Center on the campus of Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Okla.

HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG

• The NCAA Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Final will stream on ESPN+ (subscription required)
• Live scoring will be available for all of the matches through iOnCourt

MATCH NOTES

• Virginia is the No. 5 seed in the tournament is No. 6 in the ITA team rankings
• Texas A&M is the No. 13 seed and ranked No. 13 in the ITA team rankings
• The Aggies advanced to the quarterfinals with a 4-1 victory at 4-seed North Carolina in the Super Regional, one of two upsets in the women’s bracket
• The winner of the Virginia/ Texas A&M match will face either 8-seed UCLA or 16-seed Tennessee. The Volunteers upset top-seeded and previously undefeated Oklahoma State 4-2 in the Super Regional
• Virginia has eight victories this season against top 25 teams.
• Virginia’s four losses this season have come against two teams, falling twice against Michigan and twice against UNC. Those teams are currently ranked No. 3 and No. 4
• Virginia’s 25 victories this year is a program record
• Virginia has also set the program records this season for consecutive wins (10), consecutive ACC wins (9) and best start in conference play (9-0)
• The team were the ACC Regular Season Co-Champions for just the second time in program history
• Junior Mélodie Collard, who clinched the Cavaliers’ Super Regional victory against Vanderbilt, leads the team with a 31-9 singles record going 21-3 in dual matches
• Senior Sara Ziodato also crossed the 30-win threshold in the regional final against Princeton. She is 30-11 this season
• Grad student Natasha Subhash brings a six-match win streak in singles (in completed matches) into the tournament. She is 25-9 in singles this season. She leads the team in doubles victories with a 30-7 record
• Subhash ranks third in the UVA record book in career singles victories (117) and 4th in doubles wins (111)
• Subhash and senior Hibah Shaikh are 16-3 at No. 2 doubles this season
• Junior Elaine Chervinsky and Collard are 14-8 at No. 1 doubles. They are ranked No. 8 in the ITA doubles rankings
• Texas A&M’s Mary Stoiana is ranked No. 1 in the ITA Singles rankings. She is 31-3 in singles this season
• Stoiana and Mia Kupres are ranked No. 7 in doubles, setting up a top-10 showdown with Collard and Chervinsky
• Texas A&M leads the all-time series 3-2, but Virginia has won the last two meetings
• All three Aggie victories came during the 2013 season, including a meeting in the NCAA Round of 16
• The last meeting between the two teams was at ITA Indoors in 2016 with UVA winning 4-1

VIRGINIA & NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

• Virginia is the No. 5 seed in the championship, their third time being a top-5 seed
• Virginia is making its 23rd appearance in the NCAA Women’s Tennis Championships and sixth-consecutive under head coach Sara O’Leary
• This the the Cavaliers’ fourth time making the quarterfinals having also advanced to the final eight in 2014, 2016 and 2022
• Virginia is looking to advance to the semifinals for the first time in program history