Mavor, Johnson headed to NCAA women's tennis championship

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From SMUMustangs.com:

Johnson, Mavor Selected for NCAA Individual Championships

INDIANAPOLIS (NCAA/SMU) — SMU women's tennis doubles pair Taylor Johnson and Lana Mavor were selected as automatic qualifiers for the 2024 Individual Championships, the NCAA announced on Tuesday evening.

Johnson and Mavor claimed 13 victories throughout the year, including two wins over national ranked pairs. As a result of their success, the graduate students reached as high as No. 27 in the ITA doubles poll.

Automatic qualification into the Division I singles championship is awarded to any conference with one or more eligible singles players ranked in the ITA Top 125 for eligible/entered singles players. For conferences with more than one singles player within the ITA Top 125 eligible/entered singles players, the subcommittee applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which student-athlete is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All singles players must have a minimum of 13 started singles matches, with six matches in the spring, in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.

Automatic qualification into the Division I doubles championship is awarded to any conference with one or more eligible doubles teams ranked in the ITA Top 60 for eligible/entered doubles teams. For conferences with more than one doubles team within the ITA Top 60 eligible/entered doubles teams, the subcommittee applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which doubles team is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All doubles teams must have started a minimum of 10 doubles matches, with a minimum of four matches in the spring, in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.

The singles and doubles competition will be conducted May 20-25 at the Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma, after the conclusion of the team championship, which runs from May 17-19 at the same site.

SMU (13-11) will first face Alabama (15-10) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, May 4th at 1:00 p.m. The Mustangs secured their 13th NCAA tournament appearance in program history by earning an automatic bid after winning their second straight American Athletic Conference Championship.