Women’s Tennis | May 22, 2022
THIS WEEK
USC has a pair of Trojans in line for an NCAA individual title this week as senior Salma Ewing and junior Eryn Cayetano have secured a place in the 2022 NCAA Singles draw.
No. 50 Salma Ewing will face No. 54 Victoria Hu (Princeton) Monday, May 23 at 1 PM PT while No. 7 Eryn Cayetano will take to the courts at 3 PM PT to compete against Tennessee’s No. 29 ranked Rebeka Mertena.
The two Trojans have settled into the courts at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex in Champaign, Ill., and will kick off the NCAA Individual Championships tomorrow (May 23) for action running through May 28.
CHAMPIONSHIP INFO
All matches in the NCAA Singles Tournament will be the best-of-three sets. No-ad scoring and a 7-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) at six-games-all will be used for all matches.
USC has won five National Singles Championships (1976 – Barbara Hallquist [USTA], 1977 – Barbara Hallquist [USTA], 1978 – Stacy Margolin [USTA], 1981 – Anna Maria Fernandez [AIAW], 1983 – Beth Herr [NCAA]) and two National Doubles Championships (1980 – Trey Lewis/Anne White [AIAW], 2013 – Kaitlyn Christian/Sabrina Santamaria [NCAA]).
BY THE NUMBERS
USC’s winningest Trojan in the singles realm this season so far is junior Eryn Cayetano, who was the first to crack the 20 and very prestigious 30-win mark. Cayetano has amassed 36 singles wins this season and received the PAC-12’s automatic qualification for the Singles Championship. She enters this week as the No. 7 overall seed with a 36-10 singles record and has collected 17 wins over ranked opponents this season, including seven in the Top 20. The junior will make her first NCAA tournament appearance after being named the second alternate last season.
The No. 50 ranked senior Ewing will make her second career appearance in the tournament, carrying with her a singles record of 19-13. This season, Ewing has played at both the No. 2 and No. 1 spot, defeating nine ranked opponents and clinching two matches for the Trojans. This year marked Salma’s third selection and second appearance in the NCAA Singles bracket (2020 Championships cancelled due to coronavirus). She’s looking to break through the First-Round barrier that she hit during the 2021 season.
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