IRVING, Texas – An American Athletic Conference-record four teams were among the 64 teams chosen to compete in the 2025 NCAA Women’s Tennis Championship, which begins Friday, May 2 with first-round matches.
 
Memphis, which won the 2025 American Women’s Tennis Championship last week, received the conference’s automatic bid to the national tournament, while Florida Atlantic, Rice and Tulsa were chosen as at-large selections.
 
Memphis will head to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for its first- and second-round matches as the Tigers will face USC Friday. A win against the Trojans would send Memphis to a second-round matchup against either No. 13-seeded LSU or Stephen F. Austin. Memphis (10-13) turned around a slow start to the 2025 season by going 9-3 down the stretch, capped by the Tigers’ second American Athletic Conference title.
 
Florida Atlantic, which extended its winning streak to 16 matches in the conference tournament before the Owls fell in the semifinals, brings a 16-1 record into its first-round match against Old Dominion Friday in Durham, North Carolina. The Owls would face either No. 8-seeded Duke or Bryant in the second round Saturday.
 
Tulsa, which ended Florida Atlantic’s winning streak as finished as the runner-up in the conference tournament, will head to Norman, Oklahoma, for a first-round match against Oklahoma State Friday. A win against OSU would send the Golden Hurricane to a second-round match against either No. 6-seeded Oklahoma or Denver. Tulsa has not faced Oklahoma State or Denver this season and fell 6-1 to Oklahoma in its only meeting against the Sooners this year.
 
Rice will remain in the Lone Star State for the start of its tournament run as the Owls head to College Station, Texas, for a first-round match against UC Santa Barbara. Rice’s second-round opponent would be either No. 2-seeded Texas A&M, the 2024 NCAA champion, or Quinnipiac. Rice has won 12 of its last 14 matches entering the NCAA Championship.
 
First- and second-round competition takes place May 2-3 and features four teams playing in a single-elimination format. The winner of each site advances to super-regional competition May 9 or 10. Each super-regional site will feature two teams playing a single-elimination format. The super-regional winners advance to the Hurd Tennis Center in Waco, Texas, where the eight teams will compete for the national championship May 17-19. 
 
The 2025 NCAA Championship marks the first time that the American has sent four teams to the national tournament. The league’s previous high was three teams for the 2018 championship, including Tulsa, which advanced to the round of 16.
 
 
 
2025 NCAA WOMEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
American Athletic Conference pairings
 
First Round | May 2                                               
 
Durham N.C.
Florida Atlantic (16-1) vs. Old Dominion (16-4)
Bryant (16-6) vs. (8) Duke (21-3)
 
Baton Rouge, La.
Memphis (10-13) vs. USC (16-7)
Stephen F. Austin (16-6) vs. (13) LSU (21-7)
 
Norman, Okla.
Tulsa (19-8) vs. Oklahoma State (19-7)
Denver (12-9) vs. (6) Oklahoma (19-6)
 
College Station, Texas
Rice (17-6) vs. UC Santa Barbara (14-8)
Quinnipiac (10-8) vs. (2) Texas A&M (25-3)