Favorites Tested, All but One Prevail on Opening Day of D-I Super Regionals; Virginia Tech Men, Arkansas State Women Win NIT Titles; Liutova Advances to W100 Semifinals; ITF J200 College Grove Semifinals Saturday Feature Six Americans

Although all four of them dropped a point as hosts of Friday’s Super Regionals, the top two seeds in the men’s and women’s NCAA Division I draws have booked their spots at the finals site in Athens Georgia.

Top seed Georgia has the opportunity to win a second straight women’s team title, but this time at home, after the Bulldogs got by UCLA 4-1. No. 2 seed Auburn will make its first appearance in the NCAA quarterfinals in program history after defeating No. 15 seed Duke 4-2 in Auburn this evening. Georgia’s opponent in the quarterfinals next Friday will be No. 8 seed NC State, who unexpectedly dropped the doubles point to No. 9 Texas, but fought back to beat the Longhorns 4-2. Auburn will await the winner of Saturday’s match between No. 10 LSU and No. 7 Virginia.

Defending men’s champion Wake Forest was dominant in its 4-1 win over No. 16 seed UCF, needing less than two hours to post the victory, although they lost at No. 1 singles before Luca Pow clinched at line 3. No. 2 Texas was kept out on its courts for nearly an hour longer, but the National Team Indoor Champions secured a 4-1 win over No. 15 seed San Diego.

Wake Forest will play the winner of Saturday’s match between No. 8 Arizona and No. 9 Oklahoma, with Texas facing No. 10 seed Baylor, who posted the day’s most dramatic victory.

Although Pepperdine dropped the doubles point in front of a large crowd in Waco, the Waves took four first sets in singles, requiring the Bears to force a third set somewhere. The only three-set match of the night was a line 1, with Devin Badenhorst forcing that third set by winning a deciding point on a passing shot winner with Edward Winter serving at 5-6.

When Pepperdine’s Aleksa Pisaric, the hero of his team’s 4-3 win over LSU in last weekend’s second round, closed out Connor van Schalkwyk in two tiebreakers, Badenhorst and Winter were midway through their final set. But Badenhorst was cramping, receiving treatment at every changeover, and relying on his big serve and his ability to shorten points was his primary strategy.

Badenhorst took a lead early in the seemingly inevitable tiebreaker and went up 6-3, but Winter held both of his serves to put the pressure back on the junior from South Africa. To the delight of the crowd and his teammates, Badenhorst chose to serve and volley at that key moment and was rewarded for his bravery, with a first serve and forehand volley winner sending Baylor to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2022 with a 2-6, 7-5, 7-6(5) victory.

Baylor’s secured their victory around 10:30 p.m. Eastern, but due to lightning delays at the women’s Super Regional in Norman, the singles between No. 6 seed Oklahoma and No. 11 seed Pepperdine had just started. Pepperdine had taken the doubles point before the nearly three-hour delay, but Oklahoma fought back to tie it up with the match decided at No. 2 singles. Edda Mamedova of Oklahoma was up 4-2 in the third set against Pepperdine freshman Sonja Zhiyenbayeva, but the former ITF junior No. 15 from Kazakhstan swung freely and took the final four games to clinch the 5-7, 7-6, 6-4 win shortly after midnight local time. Oklahoma was sole higher seed and host to fall in Friday’s 11 matches.

The box scores from the Super Regionals Friday, May 8th:

WOMEN:

Texas A&M[4] 5 Southern California[13] 1
Doubles
1. Lily Fairclough and Krisha Mahendran(USC) d. Lucciana Perez and Mia Kupres(TAMU) 6-2
2. Violeta Martinez and Ilinca Amariei(TAMU v Emma Charney and Immi Haddad(USC) 5-5, unf.
3. Dani Borruel and Eugenia Zozaya(USC) d. Daria Smetannikov and Lexington Reed(TAMU) 6-4

Order of finish: 1, 3

Singles

1. Lucciana Perez(TAMU) d. Jana Hossam(USC) 6-1, 6-1

2. Mia Kupres(TAMU) d. Eugenia Zozaya(USC) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4

3. Ilinca Amariei(TAMU) d. Emma Charney(USC) 6-4, 7-5

4. Lexington Reed(TAMU) d. Krisha Mahendran(USC) 3-6, 6-1, 7-5

5. Violeta Martinez(TAMU) d. Lily Fairclough(USC) 6-1, 6-2

6. Daria Smetannikov(TAMU) v Dani Borruel(USC) 6-4, 5-7, 4-2 unf

Order of finish: 1, 5, 3, 2 and 4

Georgia[1] 4 UCLA 1

Doubles:

1. Anastasiia Lopata and Patrcija Paukstyte(UGA) d. Kate Fakih and Olivia Center(UCLA) 6-3

2. Mayu Crossley and Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer(UCLA) v Deniz Dilek and Aysegul Mert(UGA) 5-3, unf.

3. Emma Dong and Anastasiia Gureva(UGA) d. Kayla Chung and Ahmani Guichard(UCLA) 6-2

Order of finish: 3, 1

Singles:

1. Anastasiia Lopata(UGA) v Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer(UCLA) 6-3, 6-6(1-5), unf.

2. Mayu Crossley(UCLA) v Aysegul Mert(UGA) 6-4, 5-4, unf.

3. Denis Dilek(UGA) d. Kate Fakih(UCLA) 6-4, 6-3

4. Bianca Fernandez(UCLA) d. Anastasiia Gureva(UGA) 7-5, 6-4

5. Emma Dong(UGA) d. Olivia Center(UCLA) 7-5, 6-2

6. Sofia Rojas(UGA) d. Ahmani Guichard(UCLA) 6-0, 7-5

Order of finish: 6, 3, 4, 5

NC State[8] 4 Texas[9] 2

Doubles

1. Anastasia Abbagnato and Elizabeth Ionescu(TEX) d. Gabriella Broadfoot and Victoria Osuigwe(NCST) 6-2

2. Christasha McNeil and Carmen Herea(TEX) d. Anna Zyryanova and Jasmine Conway(NCST) 7-5

3. Mia Slama and Lavinia Tanasie(NCST) d. Salma Drugdova and Eszter Meri(TEX) 6-1

Order of finish: 1, 3, 2

Singles

1. Mia Slama(NCST) d. Carmen Herea(TEX) 7-6, 6-0

2. Anna Zyryanova(NCST) v Anasatasia Abbagnato(

3. Gabriella Broadfoot(NCST) v Eszter Meri(TEX) 2-6, 7-5, 4-0 unf.

4. Lavinia Tanasie(NCST) d. Christasha McNeil(TEX) 6-3, 6-2

5. Victoria Osuigwe(NCST) d. Elizabeth Ionescu(TEX) 2-6, 6-4, 7-5

6. Kate Mansfield(TEX) d. Jasmine Conway(NCST) 6-3, 6-4

Order of finish: 4, 1, 6, 2, 5

North Carolina[5] 4 Michigan[12] 2

1. Reese Brantmeier and Alanis Hamilton(UNC) d. Lily Jones and Jessica Bernales(MICH) 6-2

2. Laura Rahnel and Reese Miller(MICH) d. Susanna Maltby and Maddy Zampardo(UNC) 6-3

3. Tatum Evans and Ange Oby Karjuru(UNC) v Piper Charney and Emily Sartz-Lunde(MICH) 6-4

Order of finish: 1, 2, 3

Singles:

1. Piper Charney(MICH) d. Reese Brantmeier(UNC) 6-3, 6-2

2. Ange Oby Kajuru(UNC) d. Lily Jones(MICH) 6-2, 6-2

3. Tatum Evans(UNC) d. Reese Miller(MICH) 5-7, 7-5, 7-5

4. d. Emily Sartz-Lunde(MICH) d. Maddy Zampardo(UNC) 6-3, 6-1

5. Anna Frey(UNC) d. Jessica Bernales(MICH) 6-3, 1-6, 6-1

6. Thea Rabman(UNC) v Laura Rahnel(MICH) 4-6, 6-4, 6-5, unf.

Order of finish: 2, 4, 1, 5, 3

Auburn[2] 4 Duke[15] 2

Doubles:

1. Irina Balus and Shavit Kimchi(DUKE) v DJ Bennett and Ava Esposito(AUB) 5-3, unf.

2. Angella Okutoyi and Merna Refaat(AUB) d. Claire An and Eleana Yu(DUKE) 6-1

3. Ashton Bowers and Ekaterina Khayrutdinova(AUB) d. Liv Hovde and Aspen Schuman(DUKE) 6-1

Order of finish: 3, 2

Singles:

1. Irina Balus(DUKE) d. DJ Bennett(AUB) 7-5, 6-3

2. Ekaterina Khayrutdinova(AUB) d. Aspen Schuman(DUKE) 6-2, 6-1

3. Angella Okutoyi(AUB) d. Liv Hovde(DUKE) 5-7, 7-5, 6-0

4. Claire An(DUKE) d. Merna Refaat(AUB) 6-2, 6-4

5. Shavit Kimchi(DUKE) v Ashton Bowers(AUB) 5-7, 7-6, 1-0

6. Ava Esposito(AUB) d. Eleana YU(DUKE) 6-2, 7-6(3)

Order of finish: 2, 1, 4, 6, 3

Oklahoma[6] v Pepperdine[11]

Doubles:

1. Ziva Falkner and Sonja Zhiyenbayeva(PEPP) d. Gloriana Nahum and Roisin Gilheany(OU) 7-5

2. Chantal Sauvant and Anastasia Grechkina(PEPP) d. Evialina Laskevich and Edda Mamedova(OU) 6-3

3. Julia Garcia Ruiz and Salakthip Ounmuang d. Duru Soke and Shihomi Leong(PEPP) 6-1

Order of finish: 3, 2, 1

Singles:

1. Evialina Laskevich(OU) d. Ziva Falkner(PEPP) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2

2. Sonja Zhiyenbayeva(PEPP) v Edda Mamedova(OU)

3. Julia Garcia Ruiz(OU) d. Anastasia Grechkina(PEPP) 6-1, 6-2

4. Chantal Sauvant(PEPP) d. Salakthip Ounmuang(OU) 6-1, 6-4

5. Chloe Noel(OU) d. Duru Soke(PEPP) 6-3, 6-1

6. Alexis Harmon(PEPP) d. Gloriana Nahum(OU) 6-2, 7-5

Order of finish: 3, 5, 4, 6, 1

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MEN:

Ohio State[3] 4 Illinois[14] 0

Doubles:

1. Nikita Filin and Brandon Carpico(OSU) d. Gabriel Debru and Kenta Miyoshi(ILL) 7-6(4)

2. Tyler Bowers and Will Mroz(ILL) v Alex Kim and Bryce Nakashima(OSU) 6-6, unf.

3. Alex Bernard and Alex Okonkwo(OSU) d. David Bakonyi and Zach Viiala(ILL) 6-2

Order of finish: 3, 1

Singles:

1. Aidan Kim(OSU) v Gabriel Debru(ILL) 6-3, 3-6, 3-0, unf.

2. Jack Anthrop(OSU) d. Kenta Miyoshi(ILL) 6-4, 6-3

3. Preston Stearns(OSU) v William Mroz(ILL) 7-5, 2-4, unf.

4. Nikita Filin(OSU) d. Adam Jilly(ILL) 6-1, 6-4

5. Zach Viiala(ILL) v Bryce Nakashima(OSU) 6-1, 3-6, 1-0, unf.

6. Alex Bernard(OSU) d. Hayden Jones(ILL) 6-2, 6-2

Order of finish: 4, 6, 2

Virginia[4] 4 South Carolina[13] 1

Doubles:

1. Mans Dahlberg and Dylan Dietrich(UVA) v. Lucas da Silva and Paul Barbier Gazeu(SCAR) 5-3, unf.

2. Andres Santamarta and Jangjun Kim(UVA) d. Max Stenzer and Sean Daryabeigi(SCAR) 6-2

3. Stiles Brockett(UVA) and Keegan Rice(UVA) d. Gabe Avram and Charlie Swaine(SCAR) 6-3

Order of finish: 2, 3

Singles:

1. Lucas da Silva(SCAR) v Dylan Dietrich(UVA) 7-5, 6-7, 1-0 unf.

2. Keegan Rice(UVA) d. Paul Barbier Gazeu(SCAR) 6-2, 6-3

3. Jangjun Kim(UVA) d. Sean Daryabeigi(SCAR) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2

4. Max Stenzer(SCAR) d. Andres Santamarta(UVA) 7-5, 2-6, 6-1

5. Stiles Brockett(UVA) d. Atakan Karahan(SCAR) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1

6. Mans Dahlberg(UVA) v. Gabe Avram(SCAR) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1

Order of finish: 2, 5, 4, 3

Wake Forest[1] 4 UCF[16] 1

Doubles:

1. DK Suresh and Andrew Delgado(WAKE) v Yassine Dlimi and Paul Colin(UCF) 5-4, unf.

2. Meese Rottgering and Kacper Szymkowiak(WAKE) d. Luca Hotze and Nicolas Oliveira(UCF) 6-2

3. Luca Pow and Aryan Shah(WAKE) d. Wissam Abderrahman and Clement Lemire(UCF) 6-0

Order of finish: 3, 2

Singles:

1. Yassine Dlimi(UCF) d. DK Suresh(WAKE) 6-3, 6-4

2. Mees Rottgering(WAKE) d. Wissam Abderrahman(UCF) 6-4, 6-1

3. Luca Pow(WAKE) d. Pedro Rodrigues(UCF) 6-2, 6-3

4. Charline Robertson(WAKE) v Paul Colin(UCF) 7-4, 1-4, unf.

5. Aryan Shah(WAKE) d. Nicolas Oliveira(UCF) 6-0, 6-3

6. Clement Lemire(UCF) v Joaquin Guilleme(WAKE) 7-5, 3-1, unf.

Order of finish: 5, 1, 2, 3

Baylor[11] 4 Pepperdine 3

Doubles:

1. Alexandru Chirita and Zsombor Velcz(BAY) d. Edward Winter and David Fix(PEPP) 6-3

2. Luc Koenig and Connor Van Schalkwyk(BAY) d. Lasse Poertner and Gustavo Almeida(PEPP) 6-4

3. Aleksa Pisaric and Maxi Homberg v Devin Badenhorst and Calvin Baierl(BAY) 5-4, unf.

Order of finish: 2, 1

Singles:

1. Devin Badenhorst(BAY) d. Edward Winter(PEPP) 2-6, 7-5, 7-6(5)

2. Zsombor Velcz(BAY) d. Lasse Poertner(PEPP) 6-1, 6-1

3. Aleksa Pisaric(PEPP) d. Connor van Schalkwyk(BAY) 7-6(6), 7-6(6)

4. Gustavo Almeida(PEPP) d. Alexandru Chirita(BAY) 6-1, 6-3

5. Luc Koenig(BAY) d. Maxi Homberg(PEPP) 6-1, 6-4

6. David Fix(PEPP) d. Louis Bowden(BAY) 6-1, 6-2

Order of finish: 2, 4, 5, 6, 3, 1

Texas[2] 4 San Diego[15] 1

Doubles:

1. Kalin Ivanovski and Abel Forger(TEX) d. Adrien Berrut and Lambert Ruland(USD) 6-0

2. Sebastian Gorzny and Lucas Marionneau(TEX) v Stian Klaassen and Oliver Tarvet(USD) 4-2, unf.

3. Oliver Ojakaar and Sebastian Eriksson(TEX) d. Manvy Balciunas and Vincent Marysko(USD) 6-2.

Order of finish: 1, 3

Singles:

1. Oliver Tarvet(USD) d. Sebastian Gorzny(TEX) 6-4, 6-3

2. Manvy Balciunas(USD) v Kalin Ivanovski(TEX) 6-7, 6-2, 2-1

3. Sebastian Eriksson(TEX) v Stian Klaassen(USD) 7-6, 6-4

4. Oliver Ojakaar(TEX) d. Vincent Marysko(USD) 6-3, 6-3

5. Abel Forger(TEX) v Adrien Berrut(USD) 7-6, 6-6, unf.

6. Lucas Marionneau(TEX) d Lambert Ruland(USD) 6-4, 6-2

Order of finish: 6, 4, 1, 3

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Women’s Super Regionals Saturday May 9:

Ohio State[3] v Vanderbilt[14]

Saturday May 9th, 1 p.m. Columbus OH

Virginia[7] v LSU[10]

Saturday May 9th, 1 p.m. Charlottesville VA

Men’s Super Regionals Saturday May 9:

Mississippi State[5] v Georgia[12]

Saturday May 9th, 1 p.m. Starkville MS

Stanford v TCU[6]

Saturday May 9th, 2 p.m. Fort Worth TX

Oklahoma[9] v Arizona[8]

Saturday May 9th, 4 p.m. Tucson AZ

Links to live scoring and live streams can be found at the ITA’s Super Regional pages, with the men’s page here and the women’s page here.

Cracked Racquets will again be providing multiple streams on their YouTube Channel.

The men’s draw is here; the women’s draw is here.

The UTR Sports NIT Championships concluded today in Rome Georgia, with Virginia Tech beating North Alabama 4-2 for the men’s title. Arkansas State claimed the women’s title Thursday, beating North Alabama 4-2. For results and photos of the event, see the UTR Sports NIT page.

Sixteen-year-old wild card Kristina Liutova, originally from Russia, but a longtime resident of Washington state, reached her first W100 semifinal with a 6-4, 6-3 win over No. 3 seed and WTA No. 145 Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands today in Indian Harbour Beach Florida. It’s Liutova’s first WTA Top 200 win, although she had reached the quarterfinals of the W100 in San Diego earlier this year. She will face No. 5 seed Jazmin Ortenzi of Argentina Saturday, after Ortenzi defeated No. 2 seed Elvina Kalieva 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.

Top seed Dasha Vidmanova(Georgia) will play No. 8 seed Julia Riera of Argentina in the other semifinal.

At the W35 in Boca Raton Florida, Luna Cinalli, the 17-year-old from Argentina, ended the run of 18-year-old wild card Capucine Jauffret with a 6-1, 6-3 win in today’s quarterfinals. Cinalli will face Carson Tanguilig, who beat fellow qualifier Sofia Rocchetti of Italy 6-3, 6-4 today. The top half semifinal will also feature two unseeded players: Dasha Ivanova, a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 winner over No. 5 seed Fernanda Labrana of Chile, and Justina Gonzalez Daniele of Argentina, who beat 17-year-old Hannah Klugman of Great Britain 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.

At the M15 in Vero Beach, wild card JJ Wolf(Ohio State) retired from his quarterfinal match with qualifier Joaquim Almeida(VCU, Liberty) of Brazil 0-6, 7-6(7), 1-0. Almeida will face No. 4 seed Quinn Vandecasteele(Oregon), who beat No. 5 seed Tristan McCormick(Notre Dame Georgia) 6-3, 6-2. The other semifinal has top seed Alex Rybakov(TCU) against unseeded Liam Krall(SMU). Rybakov defeated No. 8 seed Ryan Colby(USC, Georgia) 6-3, 6-4 and Krall beat 18-year-old Gavin Goode 6-4, 6-3.

At the ITF J200 in College Grove Tennessee, the doubles finals were played, but only the singles quarterfinals, so the tournament will not be ending on Saturday, as is customary for 48 and 32 player draws across most of the ITF junior circuit.

The girls semifinals will have unseeded Clemence Mercier of Canada facing doubles partner Kennedy Drenser-Hagmann, the No. 5 seed, while No. 4 seed Carlota Morena is playing unseeded Audrey Cao of Taiwan.

The boys semifinals will feature unseeded Tyler Lee and Colter Amey in the top half, and No. 3 seed Izyan Ahmad and Gurjot Singh in the bottom half.

No. 4 seeds Drenser-Hagmann and Mercier won the doubles title today, beating last week’s J200 Sumter SC champions Olivia De Los Reyes and Emery Combs, the No. 3 seeds, 7-5, 6-4.

No. 3 seeds Theo Hegarty and Erik Schinnerer won the boys doubles, beating the unseeded pair of Lee and Justin Riley Anson 7-6(8), 6-7(5), 12-10 in this afternoon’s final.

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