CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia women’s tennis player Natasha Subhash is one of two student-athletes nominated by the ACC for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year award, the league office announced Wednesday (Aug. 7) by the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The NCAA Woman of the Year Award, established in 1991, honors graduating female student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in the areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, service and leadership.

Subhash emerged as one of the two ACC 2024 NCAA Woman of the Year candidates following a vote of the league’s member schools. Jala Wright of Duke softball was the conference’s other nominee.

“The ACC takes great pride in consistently recognizing our student-athletes, and specifically the exceptional women nominated by our member institutions for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year Award,” said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. “This year, Natasha and Jala were selected by the membership from an outstanding pool of talented women who embody the highest standards of achievement in collegiate athletics. The ACC applauds the incredible academic, athletic and community service accomplishments of Natasha, Jala, and all of this year’s league…

DANIELLE COLLINS QUOTES (7/29)

On the atmosphere of an Olympic Games

“It’s one of the coolest atmospheres that I’ve played in. I’ve played a lot of Billie Jean King Cup matches. I’ve never played in the Olympics [before], and then one of the things that’s so special about the Olympics is like, you’re walking around here and people aren’t necessarily here for a specific player, but they’re here for the country. I think that’s so special. It was really cool seeing the fan base, you know, that Caro has created over the course of her career, and so many Danish people here to support her, but also so many Americans, too, in the crowd that I’m sure traveled a long, long way to get here. So that really meant a lot. Thinking about COVID, in 2020 and 2021 when we didn’t have a lot of fans, that was a really challenging time for a lot of people, for the fans, for us as athletes. It’s one of the most special things you get to experience as an athlete is being able to have so many people here supporting you. It gives me chills when I get to play in that type of atmosphere. It’s so cool.”

On the experience of playing the Olympics in her farewell year

“I’ve experienced a lot, experienced most things on the tennis tour, and then today I experienced…

LONDON – Virginia women’s tennis alumne Emma Navarro ’22 and Danielle Collins ’16 are the last two American women remaining in the singles field at the Championships at the All England Club in Wimbledon, England.

Navarro defeated No. 2 seed Coco Gauff on Sunday (July 7) to advance to her first-ever quarterfinal of a Grand Slam event. Collins advanced to the Round of 16 on Saturday (July 6) with a straight-set win against 20-seed Beatriz Haddad Maia. Collins will take on No. 32 Barbora Krejcikova on Monday (July 8) as the third match on Court 1, looking to join Navarro in the final eight.

Navarro collected her first-ever win at Wimbledon with a dominant 6-0, 6-2 victory against China’s Qiang Wang in the opening round. Navarro then took Centre Court, facing four-time Grand Slam Champion Naomi Osaka in the second round, logging a 6-4, 6-1 victory. She won in three sets against NC State alumna Diana Shnaider in the third round. Shnaider and Navarro were doubles partners at the French Open, advancing to the quarterfinals, and had also faced one another a week earlier in the semifinals at Bad Hamburg and in the finals of a lead-up to the French Open in Paris in May with Shnaider winning both of those meetings.

With the win against Gauff, Navarro has two wins over…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia women’s tennis alumnae Emma Navarro and Danielle Collins have been selected to represent the United States of America at the Paris 2024 Olympic Tennis Event, as announced today (June 20) by the USTA.

Collins and Navarro are the first players in program history named to an Olympic team. Both players have previously represented the United States at the Billie Jean King Cup, with Collins playing in 2019 and Navarro earlier this year. This will be their first Olympic appearances.

The women’s team includes singles world No. 2 Coco Gauff, No. 5 Jessica Pegula, No. 11 Danielle Collins, No. 17 Emma Navarro, and doubles No. 11 Desirae Krawczyk. Coached by USTA Head of Women’s Tennis Kathy Rinaldi, the U.S. women’s team will feature four singles players in Paris–Gauff, Pegula, Collins and Navarro–and two doubles teams: Gauff and Pegula, Collins and Krawczyk.

The U.S. will also announce its one mixed doubles team that will compete in Paris–taken from the above-named players–at a later date.

Collins played three seasons at Virginia (2014-16), winning the NCAA Singles…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –  The Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced today (June 12) the recipients of the 2024 Division I Women’s Regional Awards, recognizing coaches and players for their excellence on the court and in their communities throughout the season.

The Cavaliers garnered five of the region’s six honors.

Hibah Shaikh was voted the ITA Atlantic Region Senior Player of the Year and the region’s Most Improved Player. Sophomore Annabelle Xu was tabbed as the region’s Player to Watch. Head coach Sara O’Leary was named the regional Coach of the Year, while associate head coach Gina Suarez-Malaguti was named the Assistant Coach of the Year.

Shaikh reached a career-best No. 18 ranking in singles this season after being ranked No. 85 in the preseason. She played exclusively in the top two positions in the Cavalier lineup, going 25-13, after playing positions 4-6 in her previous three seasons. She tallied three wins against opponents in the top 10 of the ITA singles rankings, including a top-five victory, and was voted to the All-ACC Second Team in singles and the third team in doubles. These are her first regional honors.

Xu advanced to the Round of 16 of the NCAA Singles Championship, finishing the season at a career-best No. 44 ranking in…