The second and final day of the NCAA Division I Super Regionals wasn’t dramatic until the last match of the day, when No. 8 Arizona rallied from 3-1 down to earn a 4-3 victory over No. 9 Oklahoma and the first NCAA team quarterfinal in program history.
The other two men’s matches had little suspense, with No. 5 seed Mississippi State defeating No. 12 seed Georgia 4-1, and No. 6 seed TCU rolling past unseeded Stanford 4-0 in less than two hours.
With those matches earlier in the day, the focus was solely on Tucson, with a large and loud crowd eager to see the Wildcats avenge their 4-2 loss to the Sooners in January in Norman.
After Oklahoma took the doubles point, Arizona had a steep hill to climb, but eventually they took four first sets, to give themselves a path. The Sooners needed to take a second set somewhere and they got two of them, forcing a third set at both lines 6 and 1. Freshman Alejandro Arcila went up a break early in the third set at line 6, but lost it, only to come up with a break at 4-all. He served a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 decision at love, making it 3-3, and by that time Arizona senior Jay Friend had taken a 3-0 lead over Luis Alvarez at line 1. The reigning All-American champion ran away with it, grabbing a 7-6(6), 5-7, 6-0 win to make history for the Arizona program.
The two women’s matches were not particularly close either, although there was one minor upset, with No. 10 LSU going to Charlottesville and taking out No. 7 Virginia 4-1. The third-seeded Ohio State women will join the Ohio State men in Athens after a 4-1 win over No. 14 Vanderbilt.
Today’s box scores are below; the box scores from the 11 matches on Friday can be found here.
Women’s Super Regionals Saturday May 9:
Ohio State[3] 4 Vanderbilt[14] 1
Doubles:
1. Luciana Perry and Flora Johnson(OSU) d. Celia-Belle Mohr and Sophia Webster(VAND) 6-3
2. Hephzibah Oluwadare and Teah Chavez(OSU) v. Bridget Stammel and Valeria Ray[VAND) 4-3, unf.
3. Sophia Cisse-Ignatiev and Audrey Spencer(OSU) d. Erin Pearce and Mia Yamakita(VAND) 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 1
Singles:
1. Teah Chavez(OSU) d Celia-Belle Mohr(VAND) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
2. Luciana Perry(OSU) v Bridget Stammel(VAND) 7-5, 1-6, 5-0, unf.
3. Sophia Cisse-Ignatiev(OSU) d. Valeria Ray(VAND) 7-6, 6-1
4. Nao Nishino(OSU) d. Mia Yamakita(VAND) 6-2, 6-2
5. Erin Pearce(VAND) v Audrey Spencer(OSU)2-6, 7-5, 3-1, unf.
6. Sophia Webster(VAND) d. Hephzibah Oluwadare(OSU) 7-5, 6-4
Order of finish: 4, 6, 3, 1
LSU[10] 4 Virginia[7] 1
Doubles:
1. Melodie Collard and Vivian Yang(UVA) d. Cadence Brace and Kayla Cross(LSU) 6-3
2. Kenna Erickson and Ella McDonald(LSU) d. Annabelle Xu and Martina Genis Salas(UVA) 7-5
3. Addison Lanton and Carolina Kuhl(LSU) d. Katie Rolls and Isabelle Lacy(UVA) 7-5
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
Singles:
1. Cadence Brace(LSU) d. Vivian Yang(UVA) 6-3, 6-4
2. Annabelle Xu(UVA) d. Kayla Cross(LSU) 6-3, 6-3
3. Ella McDonald(LSU) d. Katie Rolls(UVA) 7-5, 6-1
4. Addison Lanton(LSU) d. Isabelle Lacy(UVA) 6-4, 6-3
5. Melodie Collard(UVA) v Carolina Kuhl(LSU) 7-5, 4-5, unf.
6. Kenna Erickson(LSU) v Martina Genis Salas(UVA) 6-4, 1-6, 1-0, unf.
Order of finish: 3, 4, 2, 1
Men’s Super Regionals Saturday May 9:
Mississippi State[5] 4 Georgia[12] 1
Doubles:
1. Arda Azkara and Santiago Giamichelle(UGA) d. Mical Novansky and Benito Sanchez Martinez(MSST) 6-1
2. Niccolo Baroni and Mario Martinez Serrano(MSST) d. Gabriele Vulpitta and Will Jansen(UGA) 6-4
3. Bryan Hernandez Cortes and Petar Jovanovic(MSST) d. Derrick Chen and Noah Johnston(UGA) 6-2
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2
Singles:
1. Benito Sanchez Martinez(MSST) d. Arda Azkara(UGA) 6-4, 6-4
2. Will Jansen(UGA) d. Petar Jovanovic(MSST) 6-4, 6-4
3. Niccola Baroni(MSST) v Santiago Giamichelle(UGA) 6-3, 6-6, unf.
4. Noah Johnston(UGA) v Mario Martinez Serrano(MSST) 7-6(4), 5-3, unf.
5. Raphael Vaksmann(MSST) d. Derrick Chen(UGA) 6-4, 6-2
6. Bryan Hernandez Cortes(MSST) d. Gabriele Vulpitta(UGA) 6-2, 6-3
Order of finish: 6, 2, 5, 1
TCU[6] 4 Stanford 0
Doubles:
1. Duncan Chan and Cosme Rolland De Ravel(TCU) d. Nico Godsick and Alex Razeghi(STAN) 6-2
2. Cooper Woestendick and Albert Pedrico(TCU) d. Samir Banerjee and Hudson Rivera(STAN) 6-3
3. Oliver Bonding and Maximus Dussault(TCU) v Alex Chang and Jagger Leach(STAN) 5-4, unf.
Order of finish: 2, 1
Singles:
1. Duncan Chan(TCU) v Samir Banerjee(STAN) 6-4, 5-1, unf.
2. Cosme Rolland De Ravel(TCU) d. Alex Razeghi(STAN) 6-0, 6-3
3. Cooper Woestendick(TCU) v Nico Godsick(STAN) 7-5, 1-2, unf.
4. Oliver Bonding(TCU) d. Hudson Rivera(STAN) 6-1, 6-1
5. Albert Pedrico(TCU) d. Jagger Leach(STAN) 6-3, 6-4
6. Roger Pascual(TCU) v Alex Chang(STAN) 6-3, 3-1, unf.
Order of finish: 4, 5, 2
Arizona[8] 4 Oklahoma[9] 3
Doubles:
1. Bruno Nhavene and Luis Alvarez(OU) d. Glib Sekachov and Filip Gustafsson(UA) 6-4
2. Oscar Lacides and Alejandro Melero(OU) d. Jay Friend and Alexander Rozin(UA) 6-4
3. Cole Stelse and Alejandro Arcila(UA) v Asahi Harazaki and Johan Rodriguez(OU) 5-2, unf.
Order of finish: 1, 2
Singles:
1. Jay Friend(UA) d. Luis Alvarez(OU) 7-6(6), 5-7, 6-0
2. Oscar Lacides(OU) d. Filip Gustafsson(UA) 7-6(1), 6-2
3. Sasha Rozin(UA) d. Orel Kimhi(OU) 7-6(4), 7-6(4)
4. Johan Rodriguez(OU) d. Zoran Ludoski(UA) 6-2, 6-1
5. Glib Sekachov(UA) d. Alejandro Melero(OU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Alejandra Arcila(UA) d. Asahi Harazaki(OU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Order of finish: 3, 5, 2, 3, 6, 1
No. 3 seeds Anna Rogers(NC State) and Allura Zamarippa(Texas) won the doubles title, defeating No. 4 seeds Ingrid Neel(Florida) and Abigail Rencheli(NC State) 6-3, 6-0 in this evening’s final.
Former North Carolina All-American Carson Tanguilig has reached her third USTA Pro Circuit final and the first at the W35 level, with the 22-year-old qualifier beating 17-year-old Luna Cinalli of Argentina 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 today in Boca Raton. She will face unseeded Justina Gonzalez Daniele of Argentina, who beat Dasha Ivanova 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Former Illinois teammates Hunter Heck and Great Britain’s Oliver Okonkwo won their second straight doubles title today. The M15 Orange Park champions, the top seeds, defeated unseeded Preston Brown and Chile’s Diego Jarry Fillol 6-2, 6-2 in the final.
Tyler Lee defeated Colter Amey 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 in today’s semifinals, and will face Gurjot Singh, who beat No. 3 seed Izyan Ahmad 6-3, 1-6, 7-5. Lee and Singh met in the second round of last week’s J200 in Sumter SC, with Lee winning 6-3, 1-6, 6-4.
No. 5 seed Kennedy Drenser-Hagmann defeated doubles partner Clemence Mercier of Canada, and the 17-year-old from Michigan will go for a sweep of the titles against No. 4 seed Carlota Moreno. Moreno, who beat Audrey Kao of Taiwan 6-2, 6-3, defeated Drenser-Hagmann 6-4, 6-3 in the second round of the ITF J300 in San Diego in March.