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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Marie Scovron Championships and Alliances, Operations 317/917-6222 2015 NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS SINGLES AND DOUBLES SELECTIONS INDIANAPOLIS--The NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Subcommittee has selected the 64 singles players and 32 doubles teams that will compete in the 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships. The singles and doubles competition will be conducted May 20-25 at the Hurd Tennis Center in Waco, Texas, following the conclusion of the team championship, which runs from May 15-19. Baylor University will serve as host. All matches shall be the best-of-three sets. Regular scoring and a 12-point tiebreaker at six- games-all will be used for all matches. Automatic qualification into the Division I singles championships is awarded to any conference with one or more eligible singles players ranked in the ITA Top 125 for eligible/entered singles players. For conferences with more than one singles player within the ITA Top 125 eligible/entered singles players, the subcommittee applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which student- athlete is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All singles players must have a minimum of 13 completed singles matches, with six matches in the spring, in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection. Automatic qualification into the Division I doubles championships is awarded to any conference with one or more eligible doubles teams ranked in the ITA Top 60 for eligible/entered NCAA NEWS RELEASE April 29, 2015 Page No. 2 _________ doubles teams. For conferences with more than one doubles team within the ITA Top 60 eligible/entered doubles teams, the subcommittee applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which doubles team is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All doubles teams must have started a minimum of 10 doubles matches, eight must be completed, with four of the eight matches completed in the spring, in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection. SINGLES Automatic qualifications (15), listed alphabetically by conference: American Athletic Despoina Vogasari Houston ACC Julia Elbaba Virginia Atlantic 10 Cindy Chala VCU Atlantic Sun Alizee Michaud Stetson Big 12 Viktoriya Lushkova Oklahoma State Big Ten Emina Bektas Michigan Big West Cindy Nguyen Hawaii Conference USA Natalie Beazant Rice Colonial Leeza Nemchinov William and Mary Ivy Taylor Ng Dartmouth Mountain West Sophie Watts Fresno State Ohio Valley Erin Patton Murray State Pac-12 Robin Anderson UCLA SEC Brooke Austin Florida West Coast Lorraine Guillermo Pepperdine At-large selections (49), listed alphabetically by last name: Breaunna Addison Texas Jennifer Brady UCLA Ema Burgic Baylor Sydney Campbell Vanderbilt Hayley Carter North Carolina Danielle Collins Virginia Taylor Davidson Stanford Caroline Doyle Stanford Joana Eidukonyte Clemson Francesca Fusinato Virginia Tech Klara Fabikova California NCAA NEWS RELEASE April 29, 2015 Page No. 3 _________ Saska Gavrilovska Texas A&M Ester Goldfeld Duke Catherine Harrison UCLA Lauren Herring Georgia Paige Hourigan Georgia Tech Julia Jones Ole Miss Kourtney Keegan Florida Romy Kölzer Clemson Desirae Krawczyk Arizona State Josie Kuhlman Florida Elixane Lechemia South Carolina Jasmine Lee Mississippi State Jamie Loeb North Carolina Sinead Lohan Miami (Florida) Yuliya Lysa Arkansas Maegan Manasse California Lauren Marker Arizona Kyle McPhillips UCLA Brianna Morgan Florida Stephanie Nauta Virginia Giuliana Olmos Southern California Simona Parajova TCU Rachel Pierson Texas A&M Caroline Price North Carolina Erin Routliffe Alabama Sabrina Santamaria Southern California Zoë Scandalis Southern California Kennedy Shaffer Georgia Blair Shankle Baylor Astra Sharma Vanderbilt Zsofi Susanyi California Denise Starr California Joana Vale Costa LSU Chanelle Van Nguyen UCLA Stephanie Wagner Miami (Florida) Madison Westby Southern California Ronit Yurovsky Michigan Carol Zhao Stanford NCAA NEWS RELEASE April 29, 2015 Page No. 4 _________ ALTERNATES*: 1. Belinda Woolcock Florida 2. Beatrice Gumulya Clemson 3. Courtney Colton Vanderbilt 4. Tereza Bekerova Utah 5. Ellen Perez Georgia 6. Rutuja Bhosale Texas A&M 7. Ilinca Stoica Virginia Tech 8. Maya Jansen Alabama *If the withdrawing student-athlete was selected by automatic qualification, the next eligible singles player from that conference will be considered before substituting from the alternate list. Seeds 1-8: 1. Robin Anderson UCLA 2. Carol Zhao Stanford 3. Brooke Austin Florida 4. Maegan Manasse California 5. Lauren Herring Georgia 6. Julia Elbaba Virginia 7. Jamie Loeb North Carolina 8. Sydney Campbell Vanderbilt Seeds 9-16, listed alphabetically by last name: Hayley Carter North Carolina Danielle Collins Virginia Joana Eidukonyte Clemson Lorraine Guillermo Pepperdine Julia Jones Ole Miss Josie Kuhlman Florida Giuliana Olmos Southern California Stephanie Wagner Miami (Florida) DOUBLES Automatic qualifications (10), listed alphabetically by conference: ACC Beatrice Gumulya Jessy Rompies Clemson American Athletic Alyssa Hibberd Anki Wind Memphis Big 12 Ema Burgic Blair Shankle Baylor Big Ten Emina Bektas Alex Najarian Michigan Colonial Leeza Nemchinov Jeltje Loomans William and Mary Mountain West Blaga Delic Sheila Morales-Hidalgo Nevada NCAA NEWS RELEASE April 29, 2015 Page No. 5 _________ Pac-12 Carol Zhao Taylor Davidson Stanford SEC Erin Routliffe Maya Jansen Alabama Sun Belt Angeles de los Rios Elizabeth Thoms Texas-Arlington West Coast Matea Cutura Christine Maddox Pepperdine At-large selections (22), listed alphabetically by institution: Briar Preston Shayne Austin Arizona Desirae Krawczyk Stephanie Vlad Arizona State Emily Flickinger Pleun Burgmans Auburn Maegan Manasse Denise Starr California Zsofi Susanyi Klara Fabikova California Brooke Austin Kourtney Keegan Florida Ellen Perez Lauren Herring Georgia Kendal Woodard Paige Hourigan Georgia Tech Aldila Sutjiadi Mami Adachi Kentucky Lina Lileikite Stephanie Wagner Miami (Florida) Jamie Loeb Caroline Price North Carolina Quinn Gleason Monica Robinson Notre Dame Viktoriya Lushkova Kelsey Laurente Oklahoma State Zoë Katz Sabrina Santamaria Southern California Zoë Scandalis Giuliana Olmos Southern California Caroline Doyle Ellen Tsay Stanford Joanna Henderson Caitlyn Williams Tennessee Eva Paalma Rachel Pierson Texas A&M Jennifer Brady Robin Anderson UCLA Catherine Harrison Kyle McPhillips UCLA Ashleigh Antal Astra Sharma Vanderbilt Courtney Colton Sydney Campbell Vanderbilt ALTERNATES*: 1. Stefanie Tan Seda Arantekin TCU 2. Yuliya Lysa Shannon Hudson Arkansas 3. Joana Vale Costa Noel Scott LSU 4. Kenna Kilgo Gabriela Talaba Texas Tech 5. Beatrice Capra Samantha Harris Duke 6. Whitney Kay Hayley Carter North Carolina *If the withdrawing student-athlete was selected by automatic qualification, the next eligible doubles team from that conference will be considered before substituting from the alternate list. A student-athlete who meets the selection criteria for entered/eligible doubles teams with two different partners may be selected in the doubles draw with the other partner as an alternate. This only comes into play if the student-athlete not listed on both teams is unable to participate. NCAA NEWS RELEASE April 29, 2015 Page No. 6 _________ Seeds 1-4: 1. Erin Routliffe Maya Jansen Alabama 2. Carol Zhao Taylor Davidson Stanford 3. Catherine Harrison Kyle McPhillips UCLA 4. Beatrice Gumulya Jessy Rompies Clemson Seeds 5-8, listed alphabetically by institution: Emily Flickinger Pleun Burgmans Auburn Maegan Manasse Denise Starr California Zsofi Susanyi Klara Fabikova California Brooke Austin Kourtney Keegan Florida -30- .