ARLINGTON, Texas – The top seeds in the round advanced out of the quarterfinals of the women’s draw on day one of the 2025 Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Tennis Tournament on Thursday at the Arlington Tennis Center. No. 4 Abilene Christian downed No. 5 Seattle U 4-2 and No. 3 UT Arlington shut out No. 6 Utah Tech 4-0 to kick off tournament play.

ACU advanced to the semifinal round, where it will face No. 1 Grand Canyon on Friday at 11 a.m. CT. UTA moved on to face No. 2 Tarleton State in the second quarterfinal match on Friday at 11 a.m. CT.

ACU captured the doubles point thanks to wins at the first court from Alice Klinteby and Masha Vrsalovic 7-6 (7-5) and at the third court from Maria Cascos and Olivia Sears (6-4). Sears (6-2, 4-6, 6-1 at court two), Angela Del Campo (7-5, 6-2 at court three) and Klinteby (6-3, 6-2 at court five) earned singles wins to clinch the match for the Wildcats. Seattle U’s Lamija Avdic (6-1, 6-1 at court one) and Lola Tavcar (7-5, 6-3 at court six) picked up singles points for the Redhawks.
 
UTA raced ahead with a win at first doubles from Valeriia Ivanovskaia and Mialy Ranaivo (6-1) and third doubles from Maria Lucia Araoz and Nika Novikova (6-3). Ioana Dumitrescu (6-4, 6-3 at court four), Novikova (6-1, 6-3 at court five) and Araoz (6-2, 6-2 at court six) completed the sweep in singles for the Mavericks.
 
2025 WAC Tennis Tournament
April 17-19
Arlington Tennis Center
Arlington, Texas
 
WOMEN'S SCHEDULE

Thursday, April 17
Match 1: No. 4 Abilene Christian 4, No. 5 Seattle U 2 (Box Score)

Doubles 1: Alice Klinteby, Masha Vrsalovic (ACU) def. Lamija Avdic, Natalia Michta (SU), 7-6 (7-5)
Doubles 2: Angela Del Campo, Hebe Toyos (ACU) vs. Daria Nazarenko, Jade Quintana (SU), UF
Doubles 3: Maria Cascos, Olivia Sears (ACU) def. Liliya Dimova, Lola Tavcar (SU), 6-4

Singles 1: Lamija Avdic (SU) def. Masha Vrsalovic (ACU), 6-1, 6-1
Singles 2: Olivia Sears (ACU) def. Natalia Michta (SU), 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
Singles 3: Angela Del Campo (ACU) def. Liliya Dimova (SU), 7-5, 6-2
Singles 4: Maria Cascos (ACU) vs. Daria Nazarenko (SU), UF
Singles 5: Alice Klinteby (ACU) def. Larissa Teramura (SU), 6-3, 6-2
Singles 6: Lola Tavcar (SU) def. Eva Arranz (ACU), 7-5, 6-3

Match 2: No. 3 UT Arlington 4, No. 6 Utah Tech 0 (Box Score)

Doubles 1: Valeriia Ivanovskaia, Mialy Ranaivo (UTA) def. Maya Inouye, Mariana Zurita (UTU), 6-1
Doubles 2: Ioana Dumitrescu, Ana Paula Jimenez (UTA) vs. Olivia Bustos, Ana Gutierrez Sampere (UTU), UF
Doubles 3: Maria Lu Araoz, Nika Novikova (UTA) def. Laura Coulome, Nutsa Tsintsadze (UTU), 6-3

Singles 1: Ana Paula Jimenez (UTA) vs. Mariana Zurita (UTU), UF
Singles 2: Valeriia Ivanovskaia (UTA) vs. Olivia Bustos (UTU), UF
Singles 3: Mialy Ranaivo (UTA) vs. Ana Gutierrez Sampere (UTU), UF
Singles 4: Ioana Dumitrescu (UTA) def. Nutsa Tsintsadze (UTU), 6-4, 6-3
Singles 5: Nika Novikova (UTA) def. Maya Inouye (UTU), 6-1, 6-3
Singles 6: Maria Lucia Araoz (UTA) def. Laura Coulome (UTU), 6-2, 6-2

Friday, April 18
Match 3: No. 1 Grand Canyon vs No. 4 Abilene Christian, 11 a.m.
Match 4: No. 2 Tarleton State vs No. 3 UT Arlington, 11 a.m.

Saturday, April 19
Match 5 (Championship): Match 3 Winner vs Match 4 Winner, 11 a.m.

MEN'S SCHEDULE

Friday, April 18
Match 1: No. 1 Grand Canyon vs No. 4 Seattle U, 2 p.m.
Match 2: No. 2 UT Arlington vs No. 3 Abilene Christian, 2 p.m.

Saturday, April 19
Match 3 (Championship): Match 1 Winner vs Match 2 Winner, 2 p.m.