Shao Beats Top Seed Lee; Malacek Defeats No. 2 Seed Massotte at Las Vegas J200; Secord Advances to Quarterfinals at J300 in Paraguay; Brewer Cup Champions; CMS Men and Women Top D-III Rankings; Barry and West Alabama No. 1 in Latest D-II Rankings

Fourteen-year-old Caroline Shao didn’t play either of the Florida tournaments in Bradenton and Ft. Lauderdale, but returned to the ITF Junior Circuit in January at the J300 in Costa Rica. Today she posted her best result of the year, with the No. 14 seed beating top seed Nancy Lee 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals of the ITF J200 in Las Vegas. Shao will play unseeded 2025 Easter Bowl 16s champion Armira Kockinis next.

Shao, No. 5 seed Riyo Yoshida of Japan and No. 2 seed Hollie Smart of Great Britain are the only seeded girls remaining.

No. 13 seed Daniel Malacek, the Orange Bowl 16s finalist, defeated No. 2 seed Xavier Massotte of Canada 6-4, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals, where he will face unseeded Justin Riley Anson. Anson defeated No. 6 seed Jerrid Gaines Jr. 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Boys top seed Ryan Cozad defeated Orange Bowl 16s champion Matias Reyniak, the No. 15 seed 6-4, 6-3 and will play No. 12 seed Kamil Stolarczyk in the quarterfinals.

The only non-American in the boys quarterfinals is No. 11 seed Felix Roussel of Canada, who will play unseeded Mason Vaughan in the quarterfinals.

At the J300 in Paraguay, top seed Jack Secord is the only American who advanced to the quarterfinals, with all five US girls, including No. 2 seed Welles Newman, falling in the second round.

The Brewer Cup, the USTA Level I National Spring Team Championships, ended Tuesday in Mobile and Tucson. Below are the teams that won the events, with two players from the 14s, 16s and 18s age groups combining to form a team in Mobile, while the 12s teams in Tucson consist only of players in that age group. I am not certain I have the correct champions for the 12s, with the USTA’s Playtennis site difficult to navigate for a tournament like this, so please correct me if I’ve read it wrong.

Boys

Vikings

Coach Matt Boughton

B18 James Quattro

B18 John Gentek

B16 Joshua Dolinsky

B16 Aryan Ponugoti

B14 Nathan Lee

B14 Bryan Parker

Girls

Stingrays

Coach Donald Widener

G18 Gabriella Davydov

G18 Jensen Diianni

G16 Alexa Mendoza

G16 Adelyn Gross

G14 Emma Li

G14 Harshitha Thirugnanam

Boys

Roadrunners

Keanu Agbulos

Jesse Goldman

Leonardo Bigan

Allen Hou

Doruk Comakci

Bence Leber

Girls

Rattlesnakes

Alara Buyukuncu

Eloise Forrest

Ghillian Harper

Nicole Zhang

Annie Jiang

Mia Lurigio

Click on the headings to see all 40 ranked teams.

ITA Division III team rankings, March 4, 2026

1. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

2. Chicago

3. Case Western

4. Denison

5. Tufts

6. Johns Hopkins

7. Bowdoin

8. Emory

9. Swarthmore

10. Middlebury

1. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

2. Washington-St. Louis

3. Chicago

4. Wesleyan

5. Emory

6. Middlebury

7. Pomona-Pitzer

8. MIT

9. Babson

10. Bowdoin

Although both Barry teams won the Division II National Team Indoor Championships, only the men are No. 1 in the new rankings. Although the undefeated Barry women were No. 1 last week and didn’t lose, they fell to No. 3, with West Alabama now No. 1.

Click on the headings to see all 50 ranked teams.

ITA Division II team rankings, March 4, 2026

1. Barry

2. West Florida

3. Lubbock Christian

4. UT Tyler

5. Flagler

6. Wayne State

7. North Georgia

8. Washburn

9. UI-Indy

10. Wingate

1. West Alabama

2. West Florida

3. Barry

4. North Georgia

5. Midwestern State

6. Washburn

7. Catawba

8. Mississippi College

9. Embry-Riddle

10. Augustana

The Division II singles and doubles rankings were also published today, with Natasha Sengphrachanh of Grand Valley State No. 1 in women’s singles and Yan Kodjoed of Barry No. 1 in men’s singles.

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