CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 7 Virginia women's tennis team (21-5, 12-0 ACC) begins play in the 2026 NCAA Women’s Tennis Team Championship by hosting the Charlottesville Regional on Saturday and Sunday, May 2-3.
The matches are scheduled to be played outdoors at the Virginia Tennis Facility at the Boar’s Head Resort. Please monitor Virginia’s social media accounts for any weather-related changes.
Admission is free for the matches.
2026 NCAA TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP – CHARLOTTESVILLE REGIONAL
FRIDAY, MAY 1 (MEN)
12 p.m. Columbia vs. St. John's
3 p.m. (4) VIRGINIA vs. Rider
SATURDAY, MAY 2 (WOMEN)
11 a.m. Liberty vs. Washington
2 p.m. (7) VIRGINIA vs. Saint Francis
SATURDAY, MAY 2 (MEN)
5 p.m. Second Round Match
SUNDAY, MAY 3 (WOMEN)
1 p.m. Second Round Match
MATCH INFORMATION
- Admission is free.
- Live streaming and live scoring will be available for all matches.
- The winner of the Charlottesville Regional will take on the winner of the Baton Rouge Regional (LSU, Stephen F. Austin, Rice, TCU).
VIRGINIA IN THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP
- The Cavaliers are making their 25th appearance in the NCAA Women’s Tennis Championships and eighth straight under head coach Sara O’Leary.
- This is UVA’s 13th time hosting a regional.
- Virginia has advanced to the Round of 16 ten times, including each of the last five years.
- The Cavaliers have reached the quarterfinals four times (2014, 2016, 2022, and 2024).
- Virginia is the No. 7 seed in this year’s tournament.
CAVALIER NOTES
- The Cavaliers remain at No. 7 in the latest ITA Team Rankings.
- Virginia finished as the runner-up in the 2025 ACC Women’s Tennis Championship for the second straight season
- Virginia was crowned outright ACC regular-season champions for the first time in program history following a 12-0 run in conference play.
- Freshman Kaitlyn Rolls leads the Cavaliers with a 16-5 record in dual matches along with a 27-9 record overall. She was named the ACC Freshman of the Week for three consecutive weeks spanning from March 24-April 7.
- Fifth year Melodie Collard is 14-2 in dual matches in the spring and has won her last ten completed matches.
- Sophomore Isabelle Lacy is 12-3 playing on three and four this spring, part of her greater 22-7 sophomore campaign.
- Junior Vivian Yang, a transfer from Pepperdine, reached the 20-win mark in her first season with the Cavaliers. She enters the NCAA Championship with a 20-13 record after going 9-11 in dual matches.
- Senior Annabelle Xu enters the NCAA Championship with a 19-9 record, going 10-6 in dual matches on courts one and two.
- Sophomore Martina Genis Salas has also hit the 20-win mark, boasting a 20-12 mark with a 9-8 record in dual match play on courts two through six. After enduring a four match losing streak in late January and early February, Genis Salas has bounced back and won five of her last six completed matches, including a key win over No. 14 NC State's Victoria Osuigwe in the ACC regular-season championship clinching match.
- Senior Meggie Navarro has gone 3-3 in doubles matches in the spring season, playing with both Kaitlyn Rolls and Isabelle Lacy. In her last match, she and Rolls defeated Wake Forest's Krystal Blanch and Aubrey Nisbet on the third court.
- Junior Blanca Pico Navarro comes into the postseason with a perfect 5-0 mark playing on court six. She has completed and won all four of her appearances in ACC play.
- Freshman Blair Gill has a 12-1 overall record, going 2-0 in dual match play on courts five and six. She went 7-3 in doubles in the fall with Rolls and Collard.
- The Cavaliers have four players appearing in the latest ITA singles rankings: Annabelle Xu at. No. 25, Vivian Yang at No. 62, Kaitlyn Rolls at No. 83 and Isabelle Lacy at No. 121.
- Virginia also has two ranked doubles pairings: Collard and Yang at No. 9 and Xu and Genis Salas at No. 26.
- Collard and Yang lead the dual match doubles effort with an 18-7 mark on the top court while Genis Salas and Xu have gone 16-5 on two with wins in their last six completed matches. Lacy and Rolls are 9-6 on three.
SCOUTING SAINT FRANCIS, LIBERTY & WASHINGTON
- Virginia has never played Saint Francis, Liberty or Washington before.
- Saint Francis won the NEC Tournament for the first time in program history to earn its first-ever bid to the NCAA Championship.
- Liberty also secured an auto-bid after winning its first-ever CUSA Championship. This is the Flames' first NCAA Championship appearance.
- No. 23 Washington went 18-4 in the regular season to secure an at-large bid, their fifth consecutive bid into the NCAA Championship.
- Washington's Reece Carter, No. 52 in the ITA singles rankings and First Team All-Big Ten honoree, is 17-1 in the dual match season.