DALLAS – Florida Atlantic, South Florida, UTSA and Wichita State all posted victories in the second round of competition at the 2024 American Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Championship Thursday at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex.

Ninth-seeded UTSA opened the day with a 4-2 win over No. 8 seed Tulane, before fifth-seeded South Florida took down No. 12 seed North Texas, 4-1. Wichita State, the No. 7 seed, defeated No. 10 seed Tulsa, 4-0, before No. 6 seed Florida Atlantic was victorious over No. 11 seed UAB, 4-2, to close out the day’s action. The top four seeds enter the tournament on Friday, April 19.

Complete coverage of The American Tennis Championships, including live scoring of each match, can be found on the conference’s Championship Central site. Live coverage of the final will be available on ESPN+.

UTSA 4, Tulane 2
Records: UTSA (15-6), Tulane (11-9)

UTSA opened the action on Thursday with a 4-2 win over Tulane with Ekua Youri coming from behind to win a three-set match to earn the clinching point.

Youri and Fatima Gutierrez defeated Tulane’s Cora Barber and Mackenzie Clark, 6-4, at No. 2 doubles to finish off the doubles point for the Roadrunners.

Vittoria Baccino made it 2-0 UTSA with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Barber at No. 4 singles, but the Green Wave tied the match with straight-set wins for Clark and Kristen Borland over Aleksandra Zlatarova (6-2, 6-3) at No. 2 and Cassie McLay (6-3, 6-4) at No. 3, respectively.

UTSA’s Magda Tuells defeated Jiayun Zhu, 6-2, 6-0, at No. 6 singles before Youri came from behind to win 0-6, 6-2, 6-3 over Brooke Theis to clinch the match.

The Roadrunners advance to play No. 1 seed SMU on Friday, April 19 at 10 a.m. ET/9 a.m. CT.

South Florida 4, North Texas 1
Records: South Florida (12-10), North Texas (9-13)

Nadja Bay Christians earned a straight-set victory at No. 2 singles to clinch a 4-1 victory for South Florida over North Texas.

Bay Christians was one of four Bulls to earn straight-set victories after the Mean Green clinched the doubles point with Lou Chalard and Carolina Laydner taking down Melisa Senli and Kelly Vargas at No. 3 doubles, 6-2.

South Florida’s Grace Schumacher defeated North Texas’ Olivia Malm, 6-3, 6-1 at No. 1 singles, ahead of Gargi Pawar beating Lily Schultz, 6-0, 6-3 at No. 6. Marta Falsetto Font made it 3-1 for South Florida with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Chalard at No. 4 singles, before Bay Christians defeated North Texas’ Stadfany Nformi, 7-5, 6-3 at No. 2 singles to clinch the match for the Bulls.

South Florida advances to face No. 4 seed Rice at 1 p.m. ET/noon CT on Friday.

Wichita State 4, Tulsa 0
Records: Wichita State (13-9), Tulsa (11-12)

Wichita State became the first team to earn a 4-0 win in this year’s tournament, taking down Tulsa.

Jessica Anzo picked up a straight-set victory over Tayla Wilmot, 6-4, 6-1, at No. 6 singles, and was partners with Kristi Kudryavtseva at No. 1 doubles that clinched the point for the Shockers with a 7-6 (4) win.

Theodora Chantava and Xin Tong Wang also picked up straight-set wins for Wichita State over Lily Hutchings at No. 3 singles (6-2, 6-3) and No. 1 singles (6-4, 6-2), respectively.

The Shockers advance to face No. 2 seed Charlotte at 4 p.m. ET/3 p.m. CT on Friday.

Florida Atlantic 4, UAB 2
Records: Florida Atlantic (13-8), UAB (13-11)

Carla Galmiche earned a three-set victory to clinch Florida Atlantic’s 4-2 victory over UAB.

Galmiche closed out the doubles point with a 6-3 win alongside Amber McGinnis over UAB’s Klara Kajabova and Maggie White. She also was the clinching singles point with a come-from-behind 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Mackenzie White at No. 3 singles.

Lexi Silna pushed Florida Atlantic’s lead to 2-0 with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Vanessa Mellynchuk at No. 5 singles, before UAB quickly tied the match with straight-set wins for Sydney Clarke (6-2, 6-1 over McGinnis) and Adela Wasserbauerova (6-4, 6-2 over Panna Bartha).

Victoria Gomez O’Hayon defeated Kajabova 7-6, 6-3 at No. 2 singles before Galmiche’s heroics at No. 3 singles.

The Owls advance to face No. 3 seed Memphis on Friday at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT.

2024 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WOMEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP

April 17-21 | Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex | Dallas, Texas

First Round | Wednesday, April 17

Match 1: No. 12 North Texas 4, No. 13 East Carolina 1

Match 2: No. 11 UAB, 4, No. 14 Temple 2

Second Round | Thursday, April 18

Match 3: No. 9 UTSA 4, No. 8 Tulane 2 

Match 4: No. 5 South Florida 4, No. 12 North Texas 1

Match 5: No. 7 Wichita State 4, No. 10 Tulsa 0

Match 6: No. 6 Florida Atlantic 4, No. 11 UAB 2

Quarterfinals | Friday, April 19

Match 7: UTSA (15-6) vs. No. 1 SMU (10-11) | 9 a.m.

Match 8: South Florida (12-10) vs. No. 4 Rice (11-9) | Noon

Match 9: Wichita State (13-9) vs. No. 2 Charlotte (18-7) | 3 p.m.

Match 10: Florida Atlantic (13-8) vs. No. 3 Memphis (15-7) | 6 p.m.

Semifinals | Saturday, April 20

Match 11: Match 7 winner vs. Match 8 winner | 10 a.m.

Match 12: Match 9 winner vs. Match 10 winner | 2 p.m.

Final | Sunday, April 21

Match 13: Semifinal winners | Noon | ESPN+

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