The rubber hit the road on Tuesday with only one seeded team advancing to the women’s quarterfinals while the men’s top seed and No. 4 seed were sent packing.
The women’s doubles draw saw 5 of the 6 remaining seeds fall with UCLA’s Jada Hart and Elysia Bolton ousting the top seed Kentucky’s Akvilė Paražinskaitė and Fiona Arrese 6-3, 6-2. Texas’s Kylie Collins and Lulu Sun blew out the No. 2 seed UNC’s Sara Daavettila and Cameron Morra 6-0, 6-1 in just 46 minutes. The only seed still alive is UNC’s Makenna Jones and Elizabeth Scotty after the Tar Heels duo fought off a match point to win a third set supertiebreak over Furman’s Katarina Kozarov and Julia Adams.
Minnesota’s Siim Troost and Vlad Lobak knocked out the men’s top seed Ole Miss’s Tim Sandkaulen and Finn Reynolds 6-4, 3-6, 10-4. The No. 2 and No. 3 seeds both advanced to the quarterfinals with UNC’s William Blumberg and Brian Cernoch winning a third set supertiebreak over USF’s Rithvik Bollipalli and Jacob Wojcik while Tennessee’s Adam Walton and Pat Harper won in straight sets against Georgia Tech’s Marcus McDaniel and Andres Martin.
All the quarterfinal matches start at 6:00 pm ET on Wednesday with live scoring available and streaming available through the TennisOne app.
NCAA Women’s Doubles – Round of 16
Elysia Bolton/Jada Hart, UCLA def. [1] Akvilė Paražinskaitė/Fiona Arrese, Kentucky 6-3, 6-2
Alana Smith/Anna Rogers, NC State def. [5-8] Chloe Beck/Karolina Berankova, Duke 6-7(5), 6-4, 10-7
[4] Makenna Jones/Elizabeth Scotty, North Carolina def. Katarina Kozarov/Julia Adams, Furman 2-6, 7-6(2), 11-9
Sofia Munera/Natasha Subhash, Virginia def. [5-8] Marlee Zein/McCartney Kessler, Florida 6-2, 6-4
Jayci Goldsmith/Tatiana Makarova, Texas A&M def. [5-8] Jaeda Daniel/Adriana Reami, NC State 6-2, 6-3
Rosie Johanson/Emma Navarro, Virginia def. Carmen Corley/Ivana Corley, Oklahoma 6-4, 6-3
Andrea Garcia/Nandini Das, Florida St. def. Carolyn Campana/Eliza Omirou, Wake Forest 6-4, 7-6(2)
Kylie Collins/Lulu Sun, Texas def. [2] Sara Daavettila/Cameron Morra, North Carolina 6-0, 6-1
- Doubles Notes
- UCLA’s Bolton/Hart only faced 2 break points – held on the deciding point
- NCST’s Smith/Rogers trailed 6-2 in the third set supertiebreak
- UNC’s Jones/Scotty trailed *8-6 in the third set STB and fought off a match point at *9-8
- UVA’s Munera/Subhash won 3 of the 4 games that came down to a deciding point
- TAMU’s Goldsmith/Makarova won 3 of the 4 games that came down to a deciding point (2 on NCST’s serve)
- UVA’s Johanson/Navarro won 4 of the 5 games that came down to a deciding point (2 on OU’s serve)
- FSU’s Garcia/Das won 3 of the 4 games that came down to a deciding point (1 on WF’s serve)
- UT’s Collins/Sun didn’t face a break point in the match and won 1 of the 2 games that came down to a deciding point – fastest match of the day at 46 minutes –
NCAA Women’s Doubles – Quarterfinal Schedule:
Elysia Bolton/Jada Hart, UCLA vs. Alana Smith/Anna Rogers, NC State (6:00 pm)
[4] Makenna Jones/Elizabeth Scotty, North Carolina vs. Sofia Munera/Natasha Subhash, Virginia (6:00 pm)
Jayci Goldsmith/Tatiana Makarova, Texas A&M vs. Rosie Johanson/Emma Navarro, Virginia (6:00 pm)
Kylie Collins/Lulu Sun, Texas vs. Andrea Garcia/Nandini Das, Florida St. (6:00 pm)
NCAA Men’s Doubles – Round of 16:
Siim Troost/Vlad Lobak, Minnesota def. [1] Tim Sandkaulen/Finn Reynolds, Ole Miss 6-4, 3-6, 10-4
Guy Den Ouden/Adrian Oetzbach, Pepperdine def. [5-8] Trent Bryde/Tyler Zink, Georgia 6-4, 5-7, 10-4
Riley Smith/Daniel Cukierman, Southern California def. [4] Alastair Gray/Luc Fomba, TCU 6-3, 6-4
Finn Murgett/Tad Maclean, Auburn def. Tristan McCormick/Axel Nefve, Notre Dame 6-4, 1-6, 10-7
Loïc Cloes/Clément Marzol, South Alabama def. [5-8] Trey Hilderbrand/Bogdan Pavel, UCF 7-5, 6-4
[3] Adam Walton/Pat Harper, Tennessee, def. Marcus McDaniel/Andres Martin, Georgia Tech 7-6(3), 6-2
[5-8] Sven Lah/Constantin Frantzen, Baylor def. Emile Hudd/Matej Vocel, Oklahoma St. 1-6, 6-4, 10-8
[2] William Blumberg/Brian Cernoch, North Carolina def. Rithvik Bollipalli/Jacob Wojcik, South Fla. 7-5, 6-7(3), 10-6
- Doubles Notes
- UM’s Troost/Lobak won 2 of the 3 games that came down to a deciding point; came back from 1-3* down in the first set
- PU’s Den Ouden/Oetzbach won the first 4 points in the third set supertiebreak and the never led by less than 2 points after that; UGA’s Bryde/Zink won 4 of the 7 games that came down to a deciding point
- USC’s Smith/Cukierman only faced 2 break points with both coming when Smith served for the match – held on the deciding point which was the only one in the match
- AU’s Murgett/Maclean trailed 3-1 in the third set STB then won 5 straight points; ND’s McCormick/Nefve won the next 3 to tie it at 6-6; Murgett/Maclean won 4 of the last 5 points
- USA’s Cloes/Marzol didn’t face any break points; in the first set broke UCF’s 5-5 service game on the deciding point after UCF led 40/15; in the second set broke UCF’s 3-3 service game from 15/40
- UT’s Walton/Harper were only broke once (on a deciding pt); won 4 for the 6 games that came down to a deciding point
- BU’s Lah/Frantzen won the first 3 points in the third set STB then OSU won 5 of the next 6 to go ahead 5-4*; the server won the next 6 points to make it 8-7* BU; Lah/Frantzen got the mini-break, via a double fault, to go up 9-7 then won it two points later
- UNC’s Blumberg/Cernoch trailed *4-2 in the third set STB then they won 4 straight to go ahead 6-4*; extended the lead to 8-5* and then after USF got a point on serve Blumberg/Cernoch won the final two
NCAA Men’s Doubles – Quarterfinal Schedule:
Siim Troost/Vlad Lobak, Minnesota vs. Guy Den Ouden/AdrianOetzbach, Pepperdine (6:00 pm)
Riley Smith/Daniel Cukierman, Southern California vs. Finn Murgett/Tad Maclean, Auburn (6:00 pm)
[3] Adam Walton/Pat Harper, Tennessee, vs. Loïc Cloes/Clément Marzol, South Alabama (6:00 pm)
[2] William Blumberg/Brian Cernoch, North Carolina vs. [5-8] Sven Lah/Constantin Frantzen, Baylor (6:00 pm)
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