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Virginia Women’s Tennis | Adams and Collard Fall in the NCAA Doubles Semifinals

virginiasports.com — Fri, 26 May 2023 22:10:33 +0000

ORLANDO, Fla. – Virginia women’s tennis players Julia Adams and Mélodie Collard fell in the semifinals of the NCAA Doubles Championship on Friday (May 26) at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla.

Adams and Collard, who are ranked No. 10 in the ITA doubles rankings, were edged 6-4, 7-6 (3) by North Carolina’s No. 11 Fiona Crawley and Carson Tanguilig.

It will be an all-North Carolina final in doubles with Reese Brantmeier and Elizabeth Scotty advancing from the other side of the bracket.

This is the second time in program history that a Cavalier duo has advanced to the semifinals, matching the run of Rosie Johanson and Emma Navarro in 2021.

Adams and Collard earn All-America honors for doubles with their finish in the championship. They finish the season with a record of 24-6 as a doubles team.

Adams and Collard opened the tournament on Tuesday with a 6-4, 6-3 win against No. 23 Amelia Honer and Kira Reuter of UC Santa Barbara. On Wednesday, the Cavaliers won a pair of tiebreakers to take down No. 9 Nell Miller and Amelia Rajecki of NC State, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7) in the Round of 16. They topped No. 17 Katherine Duong and Megan Hesuer of Illinois 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday in the quarterfinals.

Adams earned at-large invitations to compete in both the singles and…

Virginia Women’s Tennis | Adams and Collard Advance to NCAA Doubles Semifinals

virginiasports.com — Thu, 25 May 2023 19:30:33 +0000

ORLANDO, Fla. – Virginia women’s tennis players Julia Adams and Mélodie Collard have advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Doubles Championship being held at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla.

Adams and Collard, who are ranked No. 10 in the ITA doubles rankings, will face North Carolina’s No. 11 Fiona Crawley and Carson Tanguilig on Friday, May 26 at 1 p.m. in the semifinals. The championship match will be held on Saturday.

On Tuesday evening, Adams and Collard opened the tournament with a 6-4, 6-3 win against No. 23 Amelia Honer and Kira Reuter of UC Santa Barbara. On Wednesday, the Cavaliers won a pair of tiebreakers to take down No. 9 Nell Miller and Amelia Rajecki of NC State, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7) in the Round of 16. They topped No. 17 Katherine Duong and Megan Hesuer of Illinois 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday in the quarterfinals.

Adams/Collard deafeated Crawley/Tanguilig 6-3 in a regular-season meeting on Feb. 24.

This is the second time in program history that a Cavalier duo has advanced to the semifinals, matching the run of Rosie Johanson and Emma Navarro in 2021.

Adams earned at-large invitations to compete in both the singles and doubles championships. Senior Natasha Subhash earned an at-large invitation to the singles championship.

Adams lost in the…

Virginia Women’s Tennis | NCAA Women’s Individual Championships

virginiasports.com — Mon, 22 May 2023 21:44:33 +0000

ORLANDO, Fla.– Three members of the Virginia women’s tennis team earned invitations to compete in the NCAA Individuals Championships, being held May 22-27 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida.

Grad student Julia Adams earned at-large invitations to compete in both the singles and doubles championships, partnering with sophomore Mélodie Collard in the latter. Senior Natasha Subhash earned an at-large invitation to the singles championship.

Monday, May 22
Subhash advanced to the second round of singles with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 win against No. 48 Daria Kuczer of Tennessee. She will face either No. 14 Fangran Tian of UCLA (a 9-16 seed in the championship) on Tuesday.

Adams fell 6-2, 6-3 against No. 50 Layne Sleeth of Oklahoma.

Tuesday, May 23
Subhash will face No. 14 Fangran Tian of UCLA (a 9-16 seed in the championship) at 10:30 a.m. Adams and Collard will face No. 23 Amelia Honer and Kira Reuter of UC Santa Barbara in their Round of 32 opening match at 4 p.m.