Women's Tennis

WCU Advances To NAIA Women's Tennis Semifinals

MOBILE, Ala. – William Carey’s women advanced to the semifinals, while the Crusaders’ men and Loyola’s women fell in Thursday’s quarterfinal action at the 2026 NAIA M&W Tennis National Championships. 
 
The Crusaders will face top-seeded Keiser Friday at 1 p.m. at the Mobile Tennis Center.
 
Women: #4 William Carey def. #5 Xavier 4-2
Doubles
1. McKenna Wheatley/Maja Brnic (XULA) def. Isabella Lechuga/Victoria Vieten (WCU) 7-5
2. Tiffany Chang/JiAn Kang (WCU) def. Makai Sales/Ana Sabikova (XULA) 6-2
3. Asadah Ma'at/Valeria Ortega (XULA) def. Malak Abarkane/Li-Hsien Lin (WCU) 6-3
 
Singles
1. Victoria Vieten (WCU) def. Maja Brnic (XULA) 6-2, 6-2
2. JiAn Kang (WCU) def. McKenna Wheatley (XULA) 6-2, 6-2
3. Isabella Lechuga (WCU) def. Ana Sabikova (XULA) 6-3, 6-4
4. Valeria Ortega (XULA) def. Malak Abarkane (WCU) 6-3, 6-3
5. Tiffany Chang (WCU) def. Anais Yakan (XULA) 6-2, 6-0
6. Asadah Ma'at (XULA) vs. Li-Hsien Lin (WCU) 2-6, 6-3, 3-2, unfinished
 
Women: #3 Tennessee Wesleyan def. #11 Loyola 4-0
Doubles
1. Olivia Alcala/Ana Serrano (TWU) def. Presha Shanthamoorthi/Micaela Ponce (LOYNO) 6-0
2. Ivet Prat/Ruslana Kovalenko (TWU) def. Avery Frierson/Adele Fereres (LOYNO) 6-2
3. Avrora Volkova/Sofia Amodu (LOYNO) vs. Honoka Tsuji/Laia Berne (TWU) 4-4, unfinished
 
Singles
1. Micaela Ponce (LOYNO) vs. Ruslana Kovalenko (TWU) 7-5, 2-4, unfinished
2. Olivia Alcala (TWU) def. Avery Frierson (LOYNO) 6-2, 6-2
3. Laia Berne (TWU) def. Adele Fereres (LOYNO) 6-2, 6-3
4. Honoka Tsuji (TWU) def. Presha Shanthamoorthi (LOYNO) 6-2, 6-2
5. Sofia Amodu (LOYNO) vs. Ana Serrano (TWU) 2-6, 4-5, unfinished
6. Avrora Volkova (LOYNO) vs. Margarita Tatur (TWU) 5-7, 1-4, unfinished
 
Men: #5 Southeastern def. #4 William Carey 4-0
Doubles
1. Javier Gallego/Piero Fernandez (SEU) vs. Jean Nicolas Leblanc/Vinh Nguyen (WCU) 5-4, unfinished
2. Pedro De La Riva/Gustavo Rubio (SEU) def. Islam Orynbassar/Phil Louis Steinbichler (WCU) 6-3
3. Aristeidis Lafazanos/Gonzalo Fernandez (SEU) def. William Crowe/Artur Ibragimov (WCU) 6-2
 
Singles
1. Piero Fernandez (SEU) vs. Vinh Nguyen (WCU) 4-6, 4-3, unfinished
2. Javier Gallego (SEU) vs. Islam Orynbassar (WCU) 4-6, 6-5, unfinished
3. Pedro De La Riva (SEU) def. Jean Nicolas Leblanc (WCU) 6-2, 6-1
4. Gonzalo Fernandez (SEU) def. Artur Ibragimov (WCU) 6-0, 6-4
5. Aristeidis Lafazanos (SEU) def. Phil Louis Steinbichler (WCU) 6-1, 6-1
6. Nikolas Kumria (SEU) vs. Leo Phijidvijan (WCU) 3-6, 5-5, unfinished