Collard, Yang Qualify for NCAA Doubles Championship

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Members of the Virginia women’s tennis team will be competing in two tournaments this week, both of which serve as qualifiers for the 2025 NCAA Singles and Doubles Championship.

Melodie Collard and Vivian Yang will compete in the doubles draw of the ITA Conference Masters Championship being held Nov. 6-9 at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, Calif.

Each NCAA Division I conference designates one singles player and one doubles team from each gender to participate in the ITA Conference Masters Championship, with Collard and Yang representing the ACC. Three doubles teams (champion, finalist and third place) will qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championship.

Collard and Yang are the No. 1 seed in the draw and have a first-round bye. They open play on Friday in the Round of 16.

Martina Genis Salas, Katie Rolls, Isabelle Lacy, Blair Gill and Meggie Navarro will be competing at the ITA East Sectional Championship, being held Nov. 6-9 in Chapel Hill, N.C. Genis Salas, Rolls and Lacy will compete in singles with Rolls and Gill and Lacy and Navarro playing in the doubles draw.

Quick Recap

The Cavaliers went 3-0 in singles on Thursday, with Genis Salas, Lacy and Rolls all advancing to the Round of 16. On Friday, Genis Salas earned a spot in the quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-1 win. No. 12 Theadora Rabman won a three-setter against Genis Salas on Saturday in the quarterfinals. Genis Salas will still have one more chance to qualify in the semifinal playoffs on Sunday, where the winner of her match against Liv Hovde of Duke will earn a singles qualification.

Melodie Collard and Vivian Yang began play at ITA Conference Masters with a victory in the doubles round of 16. They added a straight-set win against the No. 6 seeds from Xavier to advance to Saturday’s semifinals. They won their semifinal match 6-3, 6-2 to earn an invitation to the NCAA Doubles Championship and advance to Sunday’s final.

Results
Singles
R32 Martina Genis Salas (VA) def Eva Elbaz (PRIN) 6-4, 7-6 (4)
R16 Martina Genis Salas (VA) def. Oliwia Orlinska (UMD) 6-2, 6-1
QF [8] #12 Theodora Rabman (UNC) def. Martina Genis Salas (VA) 7-6, 2-6, 6-1
QF Playoff Martina Genis Salas (VA) vs [6] #49 Liv Hovde (Duke), Sunday 11 am

R32 Katie Rolls (VA) def. Orly Ogilvy (Yale) 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
R16 [6] Ria Bhakta (CLEM) def. Katie Rolls (VA) 6-4, 6-2

R32 Isabelle Lacy (VA) def. Malak El Allami (Columbia) 6-1, 6-4
R16 [7] Mia Slama (NCST) def. Isabelle Lacy (VA) 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
R32 [1] #9 Melodie Collard/Vivian Yang (VA) Bye
R16 [1] #9 Melodie Collard/Vivian Yang (VA) def. Isabella Brilliant/Madison Smith (ARMY) 6-7 (4), 6-2, 10-4
QF [1] #9 Melodie Collard/Vivian Yang (VA) def. [6] #40 Clara Owen/Abby Nugent (Xavier) 6-3, 6-4
SF [1] #9 Melodie Collard/Vivian Yang (VA) def. [5] #31 Wang/Roselli (WICH ST) 6-3, 6-2
F [1] #9 Melodie Collard/Vivian Yang (VA) vs. Jo-Yee Chan and Vessa Turley (SDSU), Sunday 1pm ET

R16 Alana Boyce/Tatum Evans (UNC) def. Katie Rolls/Blair Gill (VA) 6-1, 6-1
Conso SF Katie Rolls/Blair Gill (VA) def. Olivia Dorner/Maiko Uchijima (PSU) 7-5, 6-1
Conso Final Katie Rolls/Blair Gill (VA) vs. Meggie Navarro/Isabelle Lacy (VA), Sunday 12 pm

R16 Seren Agar/Alexandra Torre (BC) def. Meggie Navarro/Isabelle Lacy (VA) 6-3, 7-6 (3)
Conso Meggie Navarro/Isabelle Lacy (VA) def. Madeline Jessup/Anna Maria Fedotova (PRIN) 6-1, 6-2
Conso SF Meggie Navarro/Isabelle Lacy (VA) vs Theadora Rabman/Claire Hill (UNC), w/o
Conso Final Meggie Navarro/Isabelle Lacy (VA) vs Katie Rolls/Blair Gill (VA) Sunday 12 pm