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USC’s Emma Charney, Grace Piper and Eryn Cayetano Selected To Compete at NCAA Tennis Individual Championships
April 30, 2024 | Women's Tennis
LOS ANGELES - USC women's tennis has a trio of Trojans heading into NCAA Individual competition, with two Trojans locked in for singles play and one USC duo in that draw. Sophomore Emma Charney and junior Grace Piper have secured their spots in the 64-player NCAA Singles draw, while Charney and Eryn Cayetano will make their NCAA doubles debut.
No. 30 Charney carries a 29-13 overall singles record this season, going 17-1 in dual action. In Pac-12 singles action, the sophomore went 9-3. Throughout the year, Charney has beaten ten ranked opponents and delivered six clinchers. The sophomore leads USC in singles wins and played primarily at No. 2 during dual action.
No. 62 Piper, will also make her first appearance at the NCAA Singles Championship. The junior reached a career best singles ranking of 43rd in February. This season, the Somerset, England native has tallied an overall singles record of 24-9 while playing primarily at the No. 3 & 4 position for the Trojans.
USC's top doubles duo – No. 23 Cayetano and Charney – carry a 14-11 overall record in NCAA play. The duo will make their NCAA doubles debut this season. Cayetano has previously made multiple NCAA singles and doubles appearances, reaching the doubles semifinal last season alongside Maddy Sieg to earn All-American honors.
Following the NCAA Team Championship event, Individual competition is set to run May 20-25 at the Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
ABOUT NCAA SINGLES AND DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS
The singles and doubles competition will be conducted May 20-25 at the Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma after the conclusion of the team championship, which runs from May 17-19.
All matches shall be the best-of-three sets. No-ad scoring and a seven-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) at six-games-all will be used for all matches. In doubles, a 10-point match tiebreaker will be played in lieu of a third set.
Automatic qualification into the Division I singles championship is awarded to any conference with one or more eligible singles players ranked in the ITA Top 125 for eligible/entered singles players. For conferences with more than one singles player within the ITA Top 125 eligible/entered singles players, the subcommittee applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which student-athlete is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All singles players must have a minimum of 13 started singles matches, with six matches in the spring, in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.
Automatic qualification into the Division I doubles championship is awarded to any conference with one or more eligible doubles teams ranked in the ITA Top 60 for eligible/entered doubles teams. For conferences with more than one doubles team within the ITA Top 60 eligible/entered doubles teams, the subcommittee applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which doubles team is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All doubles teams must have started a minimum of 10 doubles matches, with a minimum of four matches in the spring, in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.
TEAM SELECTION:
No. 11 seed USC women's tennis is set to open up its 2024 NCAA campaign from home this weekend, as the Trojans host Cal Poly in the first round of action on Friday, May 3 at 2 p.m. Grand Canyon and No. 23 San Diego will face off on Friday morning at 11 a.m. Winning teams will square off in the NCAA Second Round at 2 p.m. on Saturday (May 4) to fight for a ticket to the NCAA Super Regional at sites to be determined.
No. 30 Charney carries a 29-13 overall singles record this season, going 17-1 in dual action. In Pac-12 singles action, the sophomore went 9-3. Throughout the year, Charney has beaten ten ranked opponents and delivered six clinchers. The sophomore leads USC in singles wins and played primarily at No. 2 during dual action.
No. 62 Piper, will also make her first appearance at the NCAA Singles Championship. The junior reached a career best singles ranking of 43rd in February. This season, the Somerset, England native has tallied an overall singles record of 24-9 while playing primarily at the No. 3 & 4 position for the Trojans.
USC's top doubles duo – No. 23 Cayetano and Charney – carry a 14-11 overall record in NCAA play. The duo will make their NCAA doubles debut this season. Cayetano has previously made multiple NCAA singles and doubles appearances, reaching the doubles semifinal last season alongside Maddy Sieg to earn All-American honors.
Following the NCAA Team Championship event, Individual competition is set to run May 20-25 at the Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
ABOUT NCAA SINGLES AND DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS
The singles and doubles competition will be conducted May 20-25 at the Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma after the conclusion of the team championship, which runs from May 17-19.
All matches shall be the best-of-three sets. No-ad scoring and a seven-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) at six-games-all will be used for all matches. In doubles, a 10-point match tiebreaker will be played in lieu of a third set.
Automatic qualification into the Division I singles championship is awarded to any conference with one or more eligible singles players ranked in the ITA Top 125 for eligible/entered singles players. For conferences with more than one singles player within the ITA Top 125 eligible/entered singles players, the subcommittee applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which student-athlete is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All singles players must have a minimum of 13 started singles matches, with six matches in the spring, in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.
Automatic qualification into the Division I doubles championship is awarded to any conference with one or more eligible doubles teams ranked in the ITA Top 60 for eligible/entered doubles teams. For conferences with more than one doubles team within the ITA Top 60 eligible/entered doubles teams, the subcommittee applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which doubles team is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All doubles teams must have started a minimum of 10 doubles matches, with a minimum of four matches in the spring, in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.
TEAM SELECTION:
No. 11 seed USC women's tennis is set to open up its 2024 NCAA campaign from home this weekend, as the Trojans host Cal Poly in the first round of action on Friday, May 3 at 2 p.m. Grand Canyon and No. 23 San Diego will face off on Friday morning at 11 a.m. Winning teams will square off in the NCAA Second Round at 2 p.m. on Saturday (May 4) to fight for a ticket to the NCAA Super Regional at sites to be determined.
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