MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis took advantage of its home court surroundings and Tulsa ended Florida Atlantic’s 16-match winning streak to set up Sunday’s championship final in the American Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Championship at the Leftwich Tennis Center.
 
The No. 6-seeded Tigers, who entered the tournament with a 6-13 record, strung together their third straight win to handle Rice in a 4-2 victory. The Golden Hurricane, which is no stranger to the championship final, won a marathon match against previously unbeaten Florida Atlantic, taking a 4-3 decision.
 
Sunday’s championship final will be a rematch of the 2022 final, when Memphis scored a 4-1 win on Tulsa’s home courts. Sunday’s final will be carried live on ESPN+
 
Complete coverage of The American Tennis Championships can be found on the conference’s Championship Central site. 
 
 
 
Tulsa 4, Florida Atlantic 3
Records: Tulsa (19-7), Florida Atlantic (16-1)
 
Erin McKenzie won a grueling three-set match at No. 6 singles as Tulsa ended Florida Atlantic’s 16-match winning streak and advanced to the American Championship final with a 4-3 victory Saturday in a match last lasted four hours, 35 minutes.
 
McKenzie was locked in a singles battle with the Owls’ Millie-Mae Matthews for more than three-and-a-half hours and featured two set-tiebreakers before McKenzie pulled out a 5-7, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5) victory.
 
Florida Atlantic entered the match as the nation’s only unbeaten team as the Owls fell for the first time in 2025.
 
Tulsa had built a 3-0 lead after taking the doubles point and a pair of straight-set wins at the top of the singles ladder. But Florida Atlantic rallied to tie the score with straight-set victories at No. 4 and No. 5 singles and another three-set battle at No. 3 as Lara Smejkal won 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-4.
 
The win sends the Golden Hurricane to the championship final for the seventh time as Tulsa looks to capture a record fourth American title. Tulsa improved to 20-6 all-time in the American Championship.
 
 
 
Memphis 4, Rice 2
Records: Memphis (9-13), Rice (17-6)
 
Memphis won three singles matches in straight sets and claimed the doubles point to take a 4-2 win against Rice in the semifinal round of the American Championship.
 
The win sends the Tigers to the championship final for the third time in the last four years as Memphis seeks its second American Athletic Conference title (2022). Memphis, seeded No. 6 in this year’s tournament, eliminated the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds in the Tigers’ last two matches of this year’s championship.
 
Sofia Mykhailets and Alice Amendola won in both singles and doubles for the Tigers. Mykhailets was a 6-4, 6-3 winner at No. 2 singles and joined Alyssa Richter for a 6-2 victory at No. 1 doubles. Amendola helped the Tigers win the doubles point with a 6-4 win at No. 3, alongside Clemence Thouard, before staking the Tigers to a 2-0 lead with a 6-3, 6-0 victory at No. 5 singles.
 
Nithesa Selvaraj won in both singles and doubles for the Owls as she took a straight-set win at No. 4 singles and a 6-2 victory at No. 2 doubles.

2025 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WOMEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
April 17-20 | Leftwich Tennis Center | Memphis, Tennessee
 

First Round | Thursday, April 17
Match 1: No. 8 UTSA 4, No. 9 UAB 3
Match 2: No. 4 Tulsa 4, No. 13 Temple 0
Match 3: No. 5 Wichita State 4, No. 12 East Carolina 1
Match 4: No. 7 Tulane 4, No. 10 North Texas 2
Match 5: No. 6 Memphis 4, No. 11 South Florida 3
Quarterfinals | Friday, April 18
Match 6: No. 1 Florida Atlantic 4, No. 8 UTSA 0
Match 7: No. 4 Tulsa 4, No. 5 Wichita State 3
Match 8: No. 2 Rice 4, No. 7 Tulane 2
Match 9: No. 6 Memphis 4, No. 3 Charlotte 2
Semifinals | Saturday, April 19
Match 10: No. 4 Tulsa 4, No. 1 Florida Atlantic 2
Match 11: No. 6 Memphis 4, No. 2 Rice 2
Final | Sunday, April 20 | ESPN+
No. 6 Memphis (9-13) vs. No. 4 Tulsa (19-7)	2 p.m.
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