Eight women's programs descend on Orlando for the 2019 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships. Get to know all of the teams right here.

 

Duke Quick Facts

Record: 26-3

Head Coach: Jamie Ashworth

Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Ranking: No. 5

NCAA Tournament Results: James Madison (4-0), Arizona State (4-0), NC State (4-0)

Individual(s) Qualified: Singles - Kelly Chen, Meible Chi, Maria Mateas. Doubles - Kaitlyn McCarthy and Ellyse Hamlin.

Location: Durham, N.C.

Founded: 1838

Enrollment: 15,192

Mascot: Blue Devils

Conference: ACC

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 31

NCAA Tournament Best Finish (Prior to 2019): National Champions (2009)

NCAA Singles Champions: 2 (1998, 2009)

NCAA Doubles Champions: 0

-Head coach Jamie Ashworth took over in 1997 and helped capture the 2009 NCAA team title.

-The Blue Devils have reached the NCAA semifinals nine times under Ashworth.

-Freshman Maria Mateas (Chapel Hill, N.C.) is ranked in the WTA Top 350 and sophomore Kelly Chen (Cerritos, Calif.) holds a spot inside the WTA Top 700.

 

Georgia Quick Facts

Record: 26-1

Head Coach: Jeff Wallace

Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Ranking: No. 2

NCAA Tournament Results: Alabama State (4-0), Wake Forest (4-0), Michigan (4-2)

Individual(s) Qualified: Singles - Marta Gonzalez, Katarina Jokic. Doubles - Katarina Jokic and Lourdes Carle.

Location: Athens, Ga.

Founded: 1785

Enrollment: 28,848

Mascot: Bulldogs

Conference: SEC

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 33

NCAA Tournament Best Finish (Prior to 2019): National Champions (1994, 2000)

NCAA Singles Champions: 3 (1984, 1994, 2010)

NCAA Doubles Champions: 0

-The Bulldogs were this year's SEC regular season and National Indoor champions, with their lone loss of the year coming in the SEC Tournament finals.

-Head coach Jeff Wallace has guided his program to two national titles, and is currently in his 34th season in Athens.

-Meg Kowalski (Chicago, Ill.) was named the 2019 SEC Freshman of the Year. 

 

North Carolina Quick Facts

Record: 32-1

Head Coach: Brian Kalbas

Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Ranking: No. 1

NCAA Tournament Results: South Carolina State (4-0), Oklahoma (4-0), Oklahoma State (4-2)

Individual(s) Qualified: Singles - Sara Daavettila, Alexa Graham, Makenna Jones, Cameron Morra. Doubles - Jessie Aney and Alexa Graham, Cameron Morra and Makenna Jones.

Location: Chapel Hill, N.C.

Founded: 1789

Enrollment: 29,469

Mascot: Tar Heels

Conference: ACC

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 21

NCAA Tournament Best Finish (Prior to 2019): Finals (2014)

NCAA Singles Champions: 1 (2015)

NCAA Doubles Champions: 1 (2007)

-Head coach Brian Kalbas is in his 16th year at UNC, and 27th as a collegiate head coach. He is the winningest coach in ACC women's tennis history.

-Junior Alexa Graham (Garden City, N.Y.) holds a professional ranking in the WTA Top 700, while senior Jessie Aney (Rochester, Minn.), junior Sara Daavettila (Williamston, Mich.), sophomore Alle Sanford (Westerville, Ohio) and freshman Cameron Morra (Rockville, Md.) have all been in the WTA rankings in the past.

-Junior Makenna Jones (Greenville, S.C.) has been a staple at the top of the lineup, while Morra won the 2019 ACC Freshman of the Year award.

-Freshman Anika Yarlagadda (West Bloomfield, Mich.) won the inaugural USTA All-American College Combine presented by adidas in 2017, held at the USTA National Campus. 

 

 

Pepperdine Quick Facts

Record: 24-3

Head Coach: Per Nilsson

Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Ranking: No. 6

NCAA Tournament Results: Fairfield (4-0), California (4-0), UCF (4-2)

Individual(s) Qualified: Singles - Jessica Failla, Ashley Lahey.

Location: Malibu, Calif.

Founded: 1937

Enrollment: 7,632

Mascot: Waves

Conference: WCC

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 36

NCAA Tournament Best Finish (Prior to 2019): Quarterfinals (1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2016, 2017)

NCAA Singles Champions: 0

NCAA Doubles Champions: 0

-The Waves were the 2019 WCC regular season and tournament champions.

-Head coach Per Nilsson has captured the WCC title all five years he's been in Malibu.

-Pepperdine lost three in a row from Feb. 10-22, but those were the only three losses of the season.

-Junior Ashley Lahey (Hawthorne, Calif.) is ranked in the WTA Top 550, while junior Jessica Failla (Ramona, Calif.) reached a career-high WTA ranking of No. 691 in 2016. 

 

South Carolina Quick Facts

Record: 23-3

Head Coach: Kevin Epley

Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Ranking: No. 4

NCAA Tournament Results: North Florida (4-0), Virginia (4-1), USC (4-0)

Individual(s) Qualified: Singles - Ingrid Gamarra Martins, Paige Cline. Doubles - Mia Horvit and Ingrid Gamarra Martins.

Location: Columbia, S.C.

Founded: 1801

Enrollment: 34,795

Mascot: Gamecocks

Conference: SEC

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 29

NCAA Tournament Best Finish (Prior to 2019): Round of 16 (1982, 1983, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2018)

NCAA Singles Champions: 0

NCAA Doubles Champions: 0

-Head coach Kevin Epley is in his seventh season with South Carolina, and this year is the furthest it has advanced in the NCAA Tournament. He was named the 2019 SEC Coach of the Year.

-In his 15 seasons as a head coach overall (Fresno State and William & Mary), Epley has marched his team to the NCAA Tournament every year.

-The Gamecocks claimed the 2019 SEC Tournament title, avenging a regular-season loss to Georgia by defeating the Bulldogs inthe finals.  

 

Stanford Quick Facts

Record: 25-1

Head Coach: Lele Forood

Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Ranking: No. 3

NCAA Tournament Results: New Mexico State (4-0), Syracuse (4-1), Kansas (4-3)

Individual(s) Qualified: Singles - Michaela Gordon, Emily Arbuthnott, Melissa Lord. Doubles - Emily Arbuthnott and Michaela Gordon, Kimberly Yee and Caroline Lampl.

Location: Palo Alto, Calif.

Founded: 1885

Enrollment: 16,424

Mascot: Cardinal

Conference: Pac-12

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 37

NCAA Tournament Best Finish (Prior to 2019): 20-Time National Champions (last in 2018)

NCAA Singles Champions: 14 (last in 2013)

NCAA Doubles Champions: 8 (last in 2012)

-Stanford is the only women's school with double-digit NCAA titles, winning 20 since the first year of the tournament in 1982.

-The Cardinal also leads all schools with 14 singles titles and eight doubles crowns.

-Head coach Lele Forood is in her 19th season with the Cardinal, and has won eight NCAA team titles.

-Sophomore Michaela Gordon (Saratoga, Calif.) is the 2019 Pac-12 Player of the Year, and is ranked in the WTA Top 800.

 

UCLA Quick Facts

Record: 21-7

Head Coach: Stella Sampras Webster

Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Ranking: No. 12

NCAA Tournament Results: Northern Arizona (4-0), LSU (4-0), Washington (4-0)

Individual(s) Qualified: Singles - Elysia Bolton, Jada Hart. Doubles - Gabby Andrews and Ayan Broomfield, Elysia Bolton and Jada Hart.

Location: Los Angeles, Calif.

Founded: 1919

Enrollment: 45,507

Mascot: Bruins

Conference: Pac-12

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 37

NCAA Tournament Best Finish (Prior to 2019): National Champions (2008, 2014)

NCAA Singles Champions: 1 (1995)

NCAA Doubles Champions: 6 (last in 2008) 

-Head coach Stella Sampras Webster is in her 23rd season with the Bruins, delivering two NCAA team championships. 

-Freshman Elysia Bolton (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) was selected as the 2019 Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year. She is ranked in the WTA Top 800. 

-The Bruins rank second among women's programs in NCAA doubles titles.

 

Vanderbilt Quick Facts

Record: 19-7

Head Coach: Geoff Macdonald

Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Ranking: No. 9

NCAA Tournament Results: Miami Ohio (4-0), Georgia Tech (4-0), Texas A&M (4-0)

Individual(s) Qualified: Singles - Fernanda Contreras, Christina Rosca.

Location: Nashville, Tenn.

Founded: 1873

Enrollment: 6,883

Mascot: Commodores

Conference: SEC

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 25

NCAA Tournament Best Finish (Prior to 2019): National Champions (2015)

NCAA Singles Champions: 0

NCAA Doubles Champions: 0 

-Vanderbilt had never been ranked higher than No. 28 in the nation before head coach Geoff Macdonald took over in 1994. Since then, it has earned a final ranking in the top 19 in 17 of the last 20 seasons.

-The program suffered a 4-2 loss at Texas A&M in the regular season, only to return the favor inthe NCAA Round of 16 when it defeated the Aggies on VU's home courts last weekend.

-The Commodores went 6-1 this year in matches decided by a 4-3 margin.