ORLANDO, Fla. – Three Aggies will participate in the NCAA Women’s Tennis Tournaments individual championships starting Monday, May 22, at the USTA National Campus. Mary Stoiana and Salma Ewing will participate in the singles championships, while Ewing/Jayci Goldsmith will compete in the doubles tournament starting on Tuesday.
“I’m looking forward to seeing Mary [Stoiana], Salma [Ewing] and Jayci [Goldsmith] all compete in the individual championships,” head coach Mark Weaver said. “They’ve all had excellent seasons individually and it is an honor for them to be selected to compete for an individual title.”
A&M’s successful season led to a trio qualifying for the NCAA Tournament’s individual rounds. Stoiana will participate in the singles championships for the first time in her career and enters the event as the No. 2 overall seed, the highest in program history. The sophomore boasts a record of 38-5 in singles matches this year, that includes 21 ranked wins and seven versus top-10 ranked opponents. She is slated to begin her championships at 2:30 p.m. CT versus Duke’s No. 62 Georgia Drummy in the first round.
“I’m so excited to start the singles tournament on Monday,” Stoiana said. “I’m really proud of myself for earning the No. 2 seed, it just shows that all my hard work last year and this year has paid off. Now I want to enter the tournament and play freely while continuing to play at a high level.”
No. 58 Ewing joins Stoiana in the singles championships as an at-large selection. This will be Ewing’s first time competing at the singles tournament as an Aggie and her fourth overall appearance, with the previous three coming from her time with USC. The graduate claimed 16 wins this spring, with four of those being ranked wins, highlighted by a victory over the tournament’s No. 4 overall seed Dasha Vidmanova. Ewing will open her singles campaign at 8 a.m. CT versus Michigan’s No. 22 Jaedan Brown in the round of 64.
“It’s so exciting to be competing in my fourth singles tournament,” Ewing said. “It’s surreal that it is my final college tournament and being able to represent Texas A&M is something I’m proud of. This year it’s great as we have a big group still here competing so we can all support each other, and I feel more prepared this year than I ever have before.”
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