Kessler, Briggs & Zein Selected for NCAA Individual Championships
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 | Women's Tennis
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida women's tennis athletes McCartney Kessler, Carly Briggs and Marlee Zein have been selected to compete in the upcoming NCAA Singles & Doubles Championships, the NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Subcommittee announced on Tuesday evening.
Kessler will compete in singles competition while Briggs and Zein will pair up for doubles play.
The singles and doubles competition will be conducted May 23-28 at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex in Champaign, Illinois, after the conclusion of the team championship, which runs from May 20-22. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will serve as host.
Currently the No. 12 player in the nation, Kessler earned an at-large selection and will be seeded in the range of ninth through sixteenth. Briggs and Zein have also earned an at-large bid into doubles competition.
Kessler, on her way to being named the 2022 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year, has been dominant this season. In addition to earning First Team All-SEC honors, Kessler recorded the best singles record for UF at 19-7 (17-5 in dual matches; 12-1 in SEC), winning 13-straight singles victories from Feb. 12-Apr. 8, along with a team-best 13 ranked-victories. She claimed two top-10 singles victories as well.
On the doubles side, Briggs and Zein are currently ranked No. 15 and collected a 15-8 mark during the season, including a 6-5 record in dual matches. Against ranked-opponents, the duo is 3-3, with a highest-victory against No. 11 Zaar/Flores of Pepperdine, 6-4.
All matches shall be the best-of-three sets. No-ad scoring and a seven-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) at six-games-all will be used for all matches. In doubles, a 10-point match tiebreaker will be played in lieu of a third set.
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.
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Kessler will compete in singles competition while Briggs and Zein will pair up for doubles play.
The singles and doubles competition will be conducted May 23-28 at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex in Champaign, Illinois, after the conclusion of the team championship, which runs from May 20-22. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will serve as host.
Currently the No. 12 player in the nation, Kessler earned an at-large selection and will be seeded in the range of ninth through sixteenth. Briggs and Zein have also earned an at-large bid into doubles competition.
Kessler, on her way to being named the 2022 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year, has been dominant this season. In addition to earning First Team All-SEC honors, Kessler recorded the best singles record for UF at 19-7 (17-5 in dual matches; 12-1 in SEC), winning 13-straight singles victories from Feb. 12-Apr. 8, along with a team-best 13 ranked-victories. She claimed two top-10 singles victories as well.
On the doubles side, Briggs and Zein are currently ranked No. 15 and collected a 15-8 mark during the season, including a 6-5 record in dual matches. Against ranked-opponents, the duo is 3-3, with a highest-victory against No. 11 Zaar/Flores of Pepperdine, 6-4.
All matches shall be the best-of-three sets. No-ad scoring and a seven-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) at six-games-all will be used for all matches. In doubles, a 10-point match tiebreaker will be played in lieu of a third set.
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.
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