Huskies Fall In NCAA Tournament Second Round

Sunday, May 3

Charlottesville, Va.

10:00 a.m. PT

University of Washington

Virginia

May 03, 2026 | Women's Tennis

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Washington women's tennis' season came to a close in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Dawgs fell to 7-seed Virginia, 4-0, on Sunday afternoon at the Boar's Head Resort.

Alexia Jacobs and Marie Weissheim had their biggest ranked win of the season, defeating the No. 25 doubles pair, 6-1, at the No. 2 spot. It is their second ranked win of the dual season. Virginia came back and won the doubles matches on at the No. 1 and 3 spots to secure the doubles point.

The Dawgs battled in singles, but Virginia won on Courts 4, 5 and 6 to secure the match victory.

Reece Carter was up on Court 1 following a first set win, 6-2. Erika Matsuda was also up in her match against the 28th-ranked player following a 6-2 set one victory. Additionally, Jacobs was in a battle on Court 3, winning the first set in a tiebreak, 7-6(7).

This season was full of historic moments for the program including Robin Stephenson becoming the all-time winningest coach in program history, the best start in program history (12-0) and the first undefeated season at home since 2003. Washington also had its first back-to-back 20 win season since 1980 and 1981 and the first consecutive appearance in the second round of the NCAA Tournament since 2010 and 2011.

Doubles
1. #10 Melodie Collard/Vivian Yang (UVA) def. Erika Matsuda/Karolina Kozakova (UW), 6-2
2. Alexia Jacobs/Marie Weissheim (UW) def. #25 Annabelle Xu/Martina Genis Salas (UVA), 6-1
3. Katie Rolls/Isabelle Lacy (UVA) def. Reece Carter/Jermine Sherif (UW), 6-4

Order of finish: 2, 1, 3

Singles
1. #53 Reece Carter (UW) vs. #65 Vivian Yang (UVA), 6-2, 3-5 DNF
2. #89 Erika Matsuda (UW) vs. #28 Annabelle Xu (UVA), 6-2, 2-3 DNF
3. Alexia Jacobs (UW) vs. #84 Katie Rolls (UVA), 7-6(7), 1-0
4. #119 Isabelle Lacy (UVA) def. Jermine Sherif (UW), 6-0, 6-4
5. Melodie Collard (UVA) def. Marie Weissheim (UW), 6-3, 6-1
6. Martina Genis Salas (UVA) def. Karolina Kozakova (UW), 6-1, 6-4

Order of finish: 6, 5, 4

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