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2015 NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S 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 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 UCLA SEC Brooke Austin Florida West Coast Lorraine Guillermo Pepperdine

At-large selections (49), listed alphabetically by last name:

Breaunna Addison Texas UCLA Ema Burgic Baylor Sydney Campbell Vanderbilt North Carolina 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 Georgia Tech Julia Jones Ole Miss Kourtney Keegan Florida Romy Kölzer Clemson Arizona State Josie Kuhlman Florida Elixane Lechemia South Carolina Jasmine Lee Mississippi State North Carolina Sinead Lohan Miami (Florida) Yuliya Lysa Arkansas California Lauren Marker Arizona Kyle McPhillips UCLA Brianna Morgan Florida Stephanie Nauta Virginia Southern California Simona Parajova TCU Rachel Pierson Texas A&M Caroline Price North Carolina Alabama Southern California Zoë Scandalis Southern California Kennedy Shaffer Georgia Blair Shankle Baylor 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 Stanford

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ALTERNATES*: 1. Florida 2. Clemson 3. Courtney Colton Vanderbilt 4. Tereza Bekerova Utah 5. 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 Mami Adachi Kentucky Lina Lileikite Stephanie Wagner Miami (Florida) Jamie Loeb Caroline Price North Carolina 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

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