Texas wins 2022 NCAA DI Women's Tennis Championship

NC State's top-seeded doubles pairing of Jaeda Daniel and Nell Miller won the 2022 NCAA DI women's tennis doubles national championship Saturday at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex in Champaign, Ill., over Miami's Daevenia Achong and Eden Richardson, 6-2, 7-5.

CHAMPS. and Nell claim our program’s first-ever national title with their NCAA Doubles Championships victory!

— #6 NC State Women's Tennis (@PackWTennis)

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Texas' Peyton Stearns, the No. 2 seed in the 64-player 2022 NCAA DI women's tennis singles championship bracket, won the singles title Saturday afternoon against Stanford's Connie Ma, 6-3, 6-2. Stearns' singles championship came six days after the Longhorns won the 2022 team championship against Oklahoma, 4-1. It was Texas' second team national championship in a row.

Stearns won the first set in every match she played in the DI women's tennis singles bracket and it was the fifth time that she allowed her opponent to win three games or fewer.

ALL PEYTON STEARNS DOES IS WIN; 6-3, 6-2 over Ma (Stanford)

WHAT A 10 DAYS IT’S BEEN

Individual Championship
Team Championship | | | | | | |

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Today marked the penultimate day of the 2022 NCAA DI Women's Tennis Championships with pairs of semifinal matches in both the DI women's singles and doubles brackets.

No. 2 Peyton Stearns (Texas) will face Connie Ma (Stanford) in the singles championship after both won in straight sets on Friday. Jaeda Daniel/Nell Miller (NC State) will take on Daevenia Achong/Eden Richardson (Miami (FL)) in the doubles championship. Just like the singles, both doubles matches were decided in straight sets.

Here are the results from Friday's singles semifinals at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex in Champaign, Ill.:

• No. 2 Peyton Stearns (Texas) def. Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado (VCU) 6-3, 6-4
• Connie Ma (Stanford) def. Fiona Crawley (North Carolina) 6-4, 6-4

Click or tap here to view the latest singles bracket through the quarterfinals.

Here's the results from the doubles matches:

• Jaeda Daniel/Nell Miller (NC State) def. Janice Tjen/Savannah Broadus (Pepperdine) 7-5, 6-4
• Daevenia Achong/Eden Richardson (Miami (FL)) def. Ayumi Miyamoto/Lisa Marie Rioux (Oklahoma State) 7-6, 6-2

Click or tap here to view the latest doubles bracket.

The national championship matches in both the singles and doubles brackets will take place on Saturday.

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Quarterfinal action for singles and doubles wrapped Thursday evening. All winners from Thursday's action advance to the semifinals on Friday. Below you can find Thursday's results.

Here's the full slate of singles matchups: 

• Connie Ma (Stanford) def. Abigail Rencheli (NC State), 6-2, 7-6 (6)
• Fiona Crawley (North Carolina) def. Lisa Zaar (Pepperdine), 6-3, 6-1
• Peyton Stearns (Texas) def. Erin Cayetano (Southern California), 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
• Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado (VCU) def. (Michaela Bayerlova (Washington St.), 6-1, 7-6 (8)

Click here to view the full singles bracket. 

Here's the full slate of doubles matchups: 

• Tjen/Broadus, Pepperdine def. Hraster/Bilchev, Georgia Tech, 6-1, 6-1
• Daniel/Miller, NC State def. Ross/Staff, Vanderbilt, 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6)
• Miyamoto/Rioux, Oklahoma St. def. Goldsmith/Makarova, Texas A&M, 6-3, 7-6
• Achong/Richardson, Miami (FL) def. Zamarripa/Stearns, Texas,  7-6, 5-7, 1-0 (10-5) 

Click here to view the full doubles bracket. 

The 2022 DI women's tennis doubles round of 32 has concluded.

The round of 16 will begin Wednesday

• Janna Ross/Holly Staff, Vanderbilt def. Maria Olivia Castedo/Page Freeman, Notre Dame 6-3, 6-3
• Tatsiana Sasnouskaya/Yuliia Starodubtseva, Old Dominion def. Ana Paula Melila/Kit Giluhur, North Florida 6-3, 7-5
• Jaeda Daniel/Nell Miller, NC State def. Elysia Bolton/Elise Wagle, UCLA 6-2, 7-6
• Emma Navarro/Hibah Shaikh, Virginia def. Domenika Turkovic/Patricija Spaka, Arizona St. 6-4, 7-5
• Alicia Herrero Linana/Melany Krywoj, Baylor def. Casie Wooten/Samantha Martinelli, Wake Forest 6-4, 9-6, 1-0
• Ava Hraster/Kylie Bilchev, Georgia Tech def. Carly Briggs/Marlee Zein, Florida 7-6, 6-4
• Charlotte Russell/Lahari Yelamachili, Tulane def. Amelia Rajecki/Abigail Rencheli, NC State 6-4, 6-2
• Carmen Corley/Ivana Corley, Oklahoma def. Ali DeSpain/Samantha Buyckx, Clemson 6-3, 6-1
• Jayci Goldsmith/Tatiana Makarova, Texas A&M def. Miyuka Kimoto/Polina Kozyreva, Syracuse 6-2, 6-1
• Ayumi Miyamoto/Lisa Marie Rioux, Oklahoma St. def. Carol Lee/KAte Sharabura Georgia Tech 6-0, 6-1
• Georgia Drummy/Karolina Berankova, Duke def. Diae El Jardi/Maria Budin, Rice 6-1, 5-7, 1-0
• Janice Tjen/Savannah Broadus, Pepperdine def. Anna Arkadianou/Petra Hule, Florida St. 6-2, 6-3
• Allura Zamarripa/Peyton Stearns, Texas def. Angelica Blake/Connie Ma, Stanford 6-4, 6-2
• Daria Kuczer/Tenika McGiffin, Tennessee def. Anna Brylin/Brooke Killingsworth, Wake Forest 6-4, 4-6, 1-0
• Daevenia Achong/Eden Richardson, Miami (FL) def. Ellie Schoppe/Julia Adams, Furman 6-2, 7-5
• Elizabeth Scotty/Fiona Crawley, North Carolina def. Irina Cantos Siemers/Sydni Ratliff, Ohio St. 7-5, 4-6, 1-0

Click or tap here for the full bracket.

The 2022 DI women's tennis singles round of 32 will begin at 10 a.m. CT on Tuesday, May 24 2022.

• Emma Navarro, Virginia def. Carol Lee, Georgia Tech 6-4, 7-6
• Fiona Crawley, North Carolina def. Tatiana Makarova, Texas A&M 6-2, 6-4
• Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado, VCU def. Elysia Bolton, UCLA 6-4, 6-3
• Carson Tanguilig, North Carolina def. Sabina Machalova, Ole Miss 6-4, 6-1
• Elizabeth Scotty, North Carolina def. Jaeda Daniel NC State 6-1, 6-3
• Connie Ma, Stanford, def. McCartney Kessler, Florida 7-5, 6-4
• Michaela Bayerlova, Washington St. def. Chloe Beck, Duke 7-5, 6-2
• Abigail Rencheli, NC State def. Thasaporn Naklo, Iowa St. 6-7, 7-5, 6-0 
• Kylie Collins, Texas def. Carolyn Campana Wake Forest 6-2, 6-3
• Mariia Kozyreva, Saint Mary’s (CA) def. Mananchaya Sawangkaew, Oklahoma St. 6-4, 7-6
• Erin Cayetano, Southern California def. Bunyawi Thamchaiwat, San Diego St. 6-2, 7-5
• Salma Ewing, Southern California def. Veronika Miroshnichenko, LMU (CA) 7-5, 6-4
• Lisa Zaar, Pepperdine def. Sarah Hamner, South Carolina 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
• Natasha Subhash, Virginia def. Carmen Corley, Oklahoma 6-3, 7-5
• Haley Giavara, California def. Layne Sleeth, Oklahoma 6-4, 1-0
• Peyton Stearns, Texas def. Alexandra Yepifanova, Stanford 7-5, 7-6

Click or tap here for the full bracket.

Texas won the 2022 DI women's tennis title, defeating Oklahoma 4-1. The Longhorns have won back-to-back tennis titles.

Texas began the evening winning the doubles to take the first point of the match. The Longhorns swept the doubles field.

How ‘bout the 💪 forehand winner from Sabina on court 3 to clinch doubles 🤘 |

— Texas Women's Tennis (@TexasWTN)

In the singles competition, Oklahoma responded, tying the score at 1-1. Texas then won the next two courts, pushing the score to 3-1.

So good from Sabina 🤘

— Texas Women's Tennis (@TexasWTN)

With one set separating Texas from repeating as champions, Longhorn Allura Zamarripa battled Sooner Alexandra Pisareva. Zamarripa won the first set, but Pisareva forced a tiebreaker in set two. Zamarripa won the tiebreaker 7-4, giving her the 7-5, 7-6 match-clinching victory.

TOWER STAYS LIT!!

— Texas Women's Tennis (@TexasWTN)

The 2022 DI women's tennis national championship is underway as Texas battles Oklahoma for the title. Oklahoma is playing in its first title game in program history, while Texas is looking to repeat as champions after winning the title in 2021.

Follow Sunday's championship game below (all times ET):

• No. 4 Texas 4, No. 2 Oklahoma 1 |

Click or tap here to see the full championship bracket. 

No. 4 Texas will face No. 2 Oklahoma for the 2022 DI women's tennis championship after each team won its semifinal matchup on Saturday.

Here are the results from the semifinal round:

• No. 4 Texas 4, No. 1 North Carolina 2

Texas won the first semifinal, taking down the No. 1 seed. The Longhorns won the doubles before overcoming a weather delay to secure the victory.

TEXAS!!!

— Texas Women's Tennis (@TexasWTN)

Oklahoma held off Duke in a tightly contested match.  The Sooners struck first winning a point in doubles, but the Blue Devils rallied back to even the score 3-3. In the deciding match between Oklahoma's Emma Staker and Duke's Eliza Omirou, Oklahoma prevailed 6-0, bouncing back from a loss in the second singles set. The Sooners will play in the NCAA championship for the first time in program history.

WOW 🤩 gets back in the lead with a 6-1, 6-4 W at #5 singles from Pisareva

Oklahoma 3, Duke 2

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Texas and Oklahoma will battle for the championship match tomorrow May 22 at 8 p.m. ET.

Click or tap here to see the full championship bracket. 

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Just four teams remain in the 2022 DI women's tennis tournament — North Carolina, Oklahoma, Duke and Texas. By tonight, we will know which two will compete for the national championship.

Here are Saturday's semifinal matchups (all times ET):

• No. 4 Texas 4, No. 1 North Carolina 2 |

UPDATE: Rain led to a pause in play in Game 1, delaying the start of Game 2 until 9:10 p.m.

• No. 2 Oklahoma 4, No. 3 Duke 3|

The winners will advance to the championship match Sunday at 8 p.m. ET.

Click or tap here to see the full championship bracket.