TEMPE, Ariz. – Some of the top Division I men’s and women’s student-athletes in the country recently battled at the ITA Division I Regional Championships across various host sites, all vying for qualification to the upcoming NCAA Division I Individual Championships.
Across more than a dozen regional sites, 26 men’s and women’s singles qualifiers and 13 men’s and women’s doubles teams punched their tickets to the NCAA Individual Championships held from November 18-23 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando.
A number of unseeded student-athletes used standout performances to propel themselves to the NCAA Division I Individual Championships next month.
In the Men’s Mountain Region, the unseeded UNLV senior in Illia Maksymchuk took down three top-15 seeds to reach the final, beating No. 7 Jean-Baptiste Badon of Utah State in the semifinal in three sets. An all-UNLV final with No. 1 seed Ilia Snitari ensured both Rebels clinched a spot at the NCAA Singles Championships.
In Gainesville for Southeast Region play, Florida State’s Luis Felipe Miguel emerged as both the singles co-champion and doubles champion alongside teammate Erik Schiessl. Miguel and Schiessl battled in the singles semifinal, with the winner Miguel advancing to Orlando, before joining forces again in doubles play. The two were crowned champions against Florida Atlantic’s Marek Pazdera/Mark Havlicke in the doubles final.
UCLA Men’s Tennis teamed up for a fantastic showing in the Southwest Regional. Junior Spencer Johnson earned qualifications to both the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships, while sophomore Rudy Quan beat fellow Bruin and No. 70 in the nation Aadarsh Tripathi to reach his first national championship.
In the Women’s Midwest Region, Notre Dame’s Bianca Molnar is NCAA Championship bound in both singles and doubles. Molnar downed the No. 1 singles seed in Michigan’s Lily Jones to reach the final, while winning the doubles crown with partner Bojana Pozder in a three-sit fight against Northwestern’s Neena Feldman/Mika Dagan Fruchtman.
Over to the Northwest Region, Cal’s Naomi Xu beat her top-seeded teammate Mao Mushika in three sets to qualify for NCAAs. It capped a truly impressive regionals run for Xu, who also beat No. 4-seeded Monika Ekstrand (Stanford), No. 9-seeded Maxine Murphy (Washington State) and No. 6-seeded Erika Matsuda (Washington). The Cal Women will be represented at the NCAA Championships in doubles, as well, courtesy of Mushika and Greta Greco Iucchina.
Continue reading below to see the full list of men’s and women’s singles and doubles qualifiers from the DI Regional Championships.
NCAA Men’s Singles Qualifiers from the Regional Championships
| Player | School | Region | Finish |
| Luis Alvarez | Oklahoma | Central | Co-Champion |
| Oscar Lacides | Oklahoma | Central | Co-Champion |
| Max Dahlin | Michigan | Midwest | Co-Champion |
| Preston Stearns | Ohio State | Midwest | Co-Champion |
| Vignesh Gogineni | Yale | New England | Co-Champion |
| Peter Benjamin Privara | Harvard | New England | Co-Champion |
| Pablo Martinez Gomez | Vanderbilt | Ohio Valley | Co-Champion |
| Sam Landau | Indiana | Ohio Valley | Co-Champion |
| Trevor Svajda | SMU | Texas | Co-Champion |
| Sebastian Eriksson | Texas | Texas | Co-Champion |
| Soham Purohit | Washington | Northwest | Champion |
| Fryderyk Lechno Wasiutynski | California | Northwest | Finalist |
| Paul Inchauspe | Princeton | Northeast | Co-Champion |
| Top Nidunjianzan | Princeton | Northeast | Co-Champion |
| Benito Sanchez Martinez | Mississippi State | Southern | Co-Champion |
| Petar Jovanovic | Mississippi State | Southern | Co-Champion |
| Keegan Rice | Virginia | Atlantic | Champion |
| Jangjun Kim | Virginia | Atlantic | Finalist |
| Luis Felipe Miguel | Florida State | Southeast | Co-Champion |
| Hugo Car | USF | Southeast | Co-Champion |
| Spencer Johnson | UCLA | Southwest | Co-Champion |
| Rudy Quan | UCLA | Southwest | Co-Champion |
| Romain Gails | Clemson | Carolina | Champion |
| Luca Pow | Wake Forest | Carolina | Finalist |
| Ilia Snitari | UNLV | Mountain | Co-Champion |
| Illia Maksymchuk | UNLV | Mountain | Co-Champion |
NCAA Women’s Singles Qualifiers from the Regional Championships
| Player | School | Region | Finish |
| Julia Garcia Ruiz | Oklahoma | Central | Co-Champion |
| Carolina Gomez Alonso | Arkansas | Central | Co-Champion |
| Nao Nishino | Ohio State | Midwest | Champion |
| Bianca Molnar | Notre Dame | Midwest | Finalist |
| Stephanie Yakoff | Harvard | New England | Champion |
| Serafima Shastova | Syracuse | New England | Finalist |
| Bridget Stammel | Vanderbilt | Ohio Valley | Co-Champion |
| Mia Yamakita | Vanderbilt | Ohio Valley | Co-Champion |
| Mia Kupres | Texas A&M | Texas | Champion |
| Darya Schwartzman | Rice | Texas | Finalist |
| Alyssa Ahn | Stanford | Northwest | Champion |
| Naomi Xu | California | Northwest | Finalist |
| Esha Velaga | Penn | Northeast | Champion |
| Alice Ferlito | Princeton | Northeast | Finalist |
| Ashton Bowers | Auburn | Southern | Co-Champion |
| Kristina Paskauskas | Alabama | Southern | Co-Champion |
| Annabelle Xu | Virginia | Atlantic | Finalist |
| Vivian Yang | Virginia | Atlantic | Finalist |
| Anastasiia Lopata | Georgia | Southeast | Co-Champion |
| Anastasiia Gureva | Georgia | Southeast | Co-Champion |
| Anastasiia Grechkina | Pepperdine | Southwest | Champion |
| Jana Hossam Salah | USC | Southwest | Finalist |
| Ange Oby Kajuru | North Carolina | Carolina | Co-Champion |
| Anna Zyryanova | NC State | Carolina | Third Place |
| Louise Wikander | Denver | Mountain | Champion |
| Emma Kamper | Utah | Mountain | Finalist |
NCAA Men’s Doubles Qualifiers from the Regional Championships
| Player | Player | School | Region | Finish |
| Orel Kimhi | Johan Rodriguez | Oklahoma | Central | Champion |
| Aidan Kim | Bryce Nakashima | Ohio State | Midwest | Champion |
| Felipe Pinzon | Petar Teodorovic | Cornell | New England | Champion |
| Aleksa Krivokapic | Maj Premzl | Purdue | Ohio Valley | Champion |
| Connor Henry Van Schalkwyk | Zsombor Velcz | Baylor | Texas | Champion |
| Tiago Silva | Timofey Stepanov | California | Northwest | Champion |
| Tobey Lock | Euan Mackenzie | Delaware | Northeast | Champion |
| Kai Milburn | Isac Stromberg | Ole Miss | Southern | Champion |
| Mans Dahlberg | Dylan Dietrich | Virginia | Atlantic | Champion |
| Luis Felipe Miguel | Erik Schiessl | Florida State | Southeast | Champion |
| Spencer Johnson | Emon van Loben Sels | UCLA | Southwest | Champion |
| Niels Ratiu | Chris Xu | North Carolina | Carolina | Champion |
| Adam Chodur | Otto Schreiner | BYU | Mountain | Champion |
NCAA Women’s Doubles Qualifiers from the Regional Championships
| Player | Player | School | Region | Finish |
| Carolina Gomez Alonso | Anet Koskel | Arkansas | Central | Champion |
| Bianca Molnar | Bojana Pozder | Notre Dame | Midwest | Champion |
| Leena Friedman | Orly Ogilvy | Yale | New England | Champion |
| Celia-Belle Mohr | Sophia Webster | Vanderbilt | Ohio Valley | Champion |
| Na Dong | Zuzanna Kubacha | Baylor | Texas | Champion |
| Greta Greco lucchina | Mao Mushika | California | Northwest | Champion |
| Nevena Kolarevic | Julianne Nguyen | Fordham | Northeast | Champion |
| Andrea Nova | Emily Welker | Ole Miss | Southern | Champion |
| Martina Genis Salas | Annabelle Xu | Virginia | Atlantic | Champion |
| Anastasiia Gureva | Aysegul Mert | Georgia | Southeast | Champion |
| Daniela Borruel | Lily Fairclough | USC | Southwest | Champion |
| Ange Oby Kajuru | Susanna Maltby | North Carolina | Carolina | Champion |
| Kendall Kovick | Grace Levelston | BYU | Mountain | Champion |
Pathway to the Division I Individual Championships
In January of 2023, the NCAA Division I Competition Oversight Committee approved a two-year pilot program to hold the NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Individual Championships in the fall of 2024 and 2025. The ITA office, along with the NCAA Singles & Doubles Pathway Task Force (consisting of ITA member coaches), has worked diligently over the past several years to create a clearly defined and accessible pathway for student-athletes to earn entry into the fall 2024 and fall 2025 NCAA Individual Championships.
