Razorbacks Open NCAA Tournament Against Washington
NORMAN, Okla. – The No. 42 Arkansas women’s tennis team is set to take on the No. 21 Washington Huskies in the NCAA Tournament Round of 64 at the Norman Regional. The Razorbacks and Huskies will face off on Friday, May 5 at Noon CT at the Headington Family Tennis Center to earn their spot in the regional final.
Arkansas will make its third-straight trip to the NCAA Tournament and its first under Head Coach Tucker Clary. The Razorbacks will play their first regional in Norman, Okla., and its first against Washington. The Hogs and Huskies have faced off twice before, with the Razorbacks coming out on top both times. The two last met in the 2011 ITA National Indoor Championships where the Hogs defeated the Huskies in a 4-0 decision.
The Razorbacks finished the regular season 12-11 overall and 6-7 in conference play, including ranked wins over No. 12 Auburn, No. 28 Vanderbilt, No. 50 Alabama and No. 60 Ole Miss. Arkansas has two nationally-ranked singles players in No. 41 Carolina Gomez Alonso and No. 56 Kelly Keller. The duo of Indianna Spink and Morgan Cross are ranked No. 46 in the latest ITA rankings as well.
No. 21 Washington brings a 17-8 record into the tournament, with three of those wins coming against top-25 teams. The Huskies are searching for their first tournament win since 2019 when they reached the Round of 16. In their last match, Washington fell to Stanford, 0-4, in the Pac-12 Championships. Leading the Huskies is No. 112 Hikaru Sato, posting a 11-11 record on court one through the dual season. In doubles, Jennifer Kerr and Astrid Olsen lead the team with eight wins on court two.
The winner of Arkansas-Washington will face the winner of Oklahoma-Hawaii on Saturday, May 6 at 1 p.m. CT to determine who advances to the Super Regional.
First- and second-round competition takes place May 5-6 and features four teams playing in a single-elimination format. The winner of each site advances to the 16-team Super Regional to advance to the NCAA Championships at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla, where the eight teams will compete for the national championship May 17-27.
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