INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Skidmore College women's tennis pair of Konika Dhull and Grace Truong have been selected to compete in the NCAA Division III Women's Doubles Championship as announced on Wednesday. Additionally, Dhull was selected to compete in the 32-player Singles Championship to take place later this month.
The individual championships shall consist of 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams. The selection of teams and individuals for the championships is based on won-lost record, strength of schedule and eligibility and availability of student-athletes.
The team championship will take place May 20-23, while the individual championships will be May 24-27, both at Biszantz Family Tennis Center, Claremont, California; hosted by Claremont McKenna Mudd Scripps Colleges.
SINGLES QUALIFIERS (Alphabetical by school):
- Matia Cristiani, Babson
- Olivia Soffer, Babson
- Rebecca Suarze, Brandeis
- Mari Bufkin, Cal Lutheran
- Sarah Yang, Carnegie Mellon
- Shelly Zincheko, Carnegie Mellon
- Lilly McClosey, Case Western
- Raine Weis, Christopher Newport
- Lindsay Eisenman, Claremont-M-S
- Izabele Antanavius, Emory
- Emily Kantrovitz, Emory
- Karina Elvesrrom, Gustavus Adolphus
- Rachel Fitzgerlad, Haverford
- Jay Xiao, Johns Hopkins
- Eleni Lazaridou, Kenyon
- Sahana Raman, Middlebury
- Elise Van Warren, Middlebury
- Fiona Lee, MIT
- Jimena Menendez, NYU
- Cassidy Binder, Pacific (OR)
- Angie Zhou, Pomona-Pitzer
- Maegan Deng, Redlands
- Konika Dhull, Skidmore
- Kelsey Dorr, St. Catherine
- Ruth Hill, Trinity (TX)
- Erika Eckstrand, UChicago
- Sylwia Mikos, UChicago
- Lauren Long, Washington & Lee
- Eleanor Archer, Wash U
- Caitlyn Bui, Wash U
- Lane Durkin, Wesleyan
- Jacqueline Soloveyick, Wesleyan
SINGLES ALTERNATES
- First alternate: Abigail Penados, North Central
- Second alternate: Addison Felts, Mary Washington
- Third alternate: Chloe Zeng, MIT
- Fourth alternate: Marissa Markey, Pomona -Pitzer
- Fifth alternate: Erin Li, Swarthmore
- Sixth alternate: Ella Brissett, Claremont-M-S
- Seventh alternate: Kylie Schaefer, Christopher Newport
- Eighth alternate: Laurel Utterback, Case Western Reserve
DOUBLES QUALIFIERS (Alphabetical by school):
- Matia Cristiani/Olivia Soffer - Babson
- Bhakti Parwani/Rebecca Suarez - Brandeis
- Lily McCloskey/Katalina Wang - Case Western Reserve
- Kylie Schaefer/Raine Weis - Christopher Newport
- Alisha Chulani/Rebecca Kong - Claremont-M-S
- Izabele Antanavicius/Iris Berman- Emory
- Kaya De Bruijn / Karina Elvestrom - Gustavus Adolphus
- Ava Li / Kamila Wong - Johns Hopkins
- Eleni Lazaridou / Hana Nouaime - Kenyon
- Nina Farhat/Shana Raman - Middlebury
- Marissa Markey/Angie Zhou – Pomona-Pitzer
- Brooke Despriet/Ashley Carpenter - Sewanee
- Konika Dhull/ Grace Truong - Skidmore
- Oliwia Mikos/ Sylwia Mikos - UChicago
- Erica Archer/ Caitlyn Bui - Wash U
- Lane Durkin/Sarah Youngberg - Wesleyan
DOUBLES ALTERNATES
- First alternate: Yuu Ishikawa/Jane Ladaga - Williams
- Second alternate: Emily Kantrovitz/Dakota Fordham - Emory
- Third alternate: Rosabella Andrade/Trinity Levy - Trinity (TX)
- Fourth alternate: Zoe Angell /Anna Chow - Carnegie Mellon
- Fifth alternate: Lindsay Eisenman/Emily Ing - Claremont-M-S
- Sixth alternate: Lia Melvin /Jay Xiao - Johns Hopkins
Any singles player or doubles team that scratches from the tournament will be replaced in sequential order by the published list of alternates.
The draw for the individual championship will be done by the women's tennis committee and will be released on May 23 not before 1 p.m. Eastern time.
The 2024 singles title went to Rena Lin of the University of Chicago, while Babson's Matia Cristiani and Olivia Soffer claimed the 2024 doubles title at the Dwight Davis Tennis Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The University of Chicago is the defending national champion, having defeated Wesleyan (CT) 5-3 to take the team title in 2024. For more information about the championships, including the championships bracket, log on to
www.ncaa.com.