Freshman Brienne Minor ends the singles portion of her freshman season with a 36-10 record.
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One of 14 automatic qualifiers, Eubanks is in the field for the second straight year, becoming the first Tech player to participate in singles in multiple years since Juan Spir in 2012 and 2013.
The victor of the match will advance to face either Arkansas’ Giammarco Micolani and Mike Redlicki or Wake Forest’s Skander Mansouri and Christian Seraphim in the round of 16 on Friday.
“In the first set, there were four deuce games and I was lucky enough to get all four of them”, Stefani said. Along with earning Ivy League Player of the Year honors and first team all-conference accolades, the Singapore native was tabbed the ITA Northeast Region Player of the Year.
Following the second day of singles competition, three Big 12 student-athletes advanced to the third round of the NCAA Singles Championship after second round victories on Thursday.
In women’s singles, UNC freshman Jessie Aney was defeated by second-ranked Danielle Collins of Virginia in straight sets (6-3, 6-2).
Routliffe finishes the 2016 season with 18 wins in singles overall, eight of which came against nationally ranked opponents.
Osama will now face the No. 2 seed in Roberto Cid of South Florida, who is making his third consecutive appearance in the NCAA singles championship.
Former Bruin Chanelle Van Nguyen also reached the quarterfinals. Now ranked No. 52 in singles and No. 55 in doubles, the senior is nearing 100 wins in both singles (98-47) and doubles (98-52) during his career at Texas A&M. The duo’s first match will be played against the No. 30 pair from Mississippi State, Madison Harrison and Kristina Vozniak.
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On the women’s singles side, Cowgirl Katarina Adamovic picked off Georgia’s Ellen Perez, 6-3, 7-6 (5). Three of those wins were against ranked opponents. Play will continue from Wednesday until the national championship May 30.
