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Ten spots have been claimed in the women’s NCAA singles championship draw after last week’s ITA All American Championships. What will decide the other 54 spots?
The NCAA men’s and women’s singles and doubles championships will take place in Athens, GA from November 17-22. This is the third season the event will take place in the fall as the NCAA introduced the change in 2024-25 via a pilot program, moving the singles and doubles championships from the spring. The NCAA announced earlier this year the change would be permanent.
During that pilot program, the NCAA also streamlined the selection process for the event. Prior to fall of 2024, conferences were awarded one automatic qualifier if they had a player in the ITA top 125, with the top-ranked player in the conference receiving the spot. The rest of the field was selected by a committee.
As of 2024, qualification is now given based on concrete results — reach one of the final stages of a significant ITA tournament to earn your spot. Those tournaments include the ITA All American Championships, one of 13 ITA Regionals, one of four ITA Sectionals, or the ITA Conference Masters.
ITA All American qualifiers:
Luciana Perry (Ohio State) – Champion
Mimi Xu (Duke) – Finalist
Rose Marie Nijkamp (Texas) – Semifinalist
Nao Nishino (Ohio State) – Semifinalist
Amelie Van Impe (SMU) -Quarterfinalist
Ekaterina Ivanova (Wisconsin) – Quarterfinalist
Aspen Schuman (Duke) – Quarterfinalist
Irina Balus (Duke) – Quarterfinalist
Mia Slama (NC State) – Consolation finalist
Sophia Cisse-Ignatiev (Ohio State) – Consolation finalist
Remaining spots:
Atlantic Regional Finalist
Atlantic Regional Finalist
Carolina Regional Finalist
Carolina Regional Finalist
Central Regional Finalist
Central Regional Finalist
Midwest Regional Finalist
Midwest Regional Finalist
Mountain Regional Finalist
Mountain Regional Finalist
New England Regional Finalist
New England Regional Finalist
Northeast Regional Finalist
Northeast Regional Finalist
Northwest Regional Finalist
Northwest Regional Finalist
Ohio Valley Regional Finalist
Ohio Valley Regional Finalist
Southeast Regional Finalist
Southeast Regional Finalist
Southern Regional Finalist
Southern Regional Finalist
Southwest Regional Finalist
Southwest Regional Finalist
Texas Regional Finalist
Texas Regional Finalist
Central Sectional Semifinalist
Central Sectional Semifinalist
Central Sectional Semifinalist
Central Sectional Semifinalist
Central Sectional Quarterfinal Playoff Winner
Central Sectional Quarterfinal Playoff Winner
East Sectional Semifinalist
East Sectional Semifinalist
East Sectional Semifinalist
East Sectional Semifinalist
East Sectional Quarterfinal Playoff Winner
East Sectional Quarterfinal Playoff Winner
South Sectional Semifinalist
South Sectional Semifinalist
South Sectional Semifinalist
South Sectional Semifinalist
South Sectional Quarterfinal Playoff Winner
South Sectional Quarterfinal Playoff Winner
West Sectional Semifinalist
West Sectional Semifinalist
West Sectional Semifinalist
West Sectional Semifinalist
West Sectional Quarterfinal Playoff Winner
West Sectional Quarterfinal Playoff Winner
ITA Conference Masters Semifinalist
ITA Conference Masters Semifinalist
ITA Conference Masters Semifinalist
ITA Conference Masters Semifinalist
Only three of the ITA top 10 players have qualified so far. Who are the big names that still have work to do?
- No. 1 Luccaina Perez (Texas A&M)
- No. 2 Carmen Herea (Texas)
- No. 4 Teah Chavez (Ohio State)
- No. 5 Aysegul Mert (Georgia)
- No. 6 Piper Charney (Michigan)
- No. 8 Cadence Brace (LSU)
- No. 9 Evialina Laskevich (Oklahoma)
The ITA regionals will take place over a five or six day period, depending on the region in the window of Oct. 8-20.
The ITA Sectionals and Conference Masters tournaments will take place Nov. 5-8 at the same time, so eligible athletes can only be entered into one or the other.
