WISE – The UVA Wise women's tennis team closed out their most successful regular season since the 2006-07 with a loss to eleventh-ranked Wingate, but they have earned a berth to the South Atlantic Conference Championships for the first time in program history.
They are seeded seventh in the upcoming tournament and will face second-seeded Lenoir-Rhyne at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Palmetto Tennis Center in Sumter, South Carolina.
The team's last tournament berth was in 2019 when they earned a five-seed in the Mountain East Conference Tournament, where they defeated four-seed West Liberty 4-2 before falling to top-seeded Charleston 4-0.
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Tennis Match Results
Wingate vs UVA Wise
4/11/2026 at Wise, VA
(Humphreys Tennis Complex)
#11 Wingate 4, UVA Wise 0
Singles competition
1. Claudia Vallejos (WU) def.
Kenzy Abdelaal (WISE) 6-4, 7-5
2. #39 Anastasia Oktiabreva (WU) def.
Andreea Onitoiu (WISE) 6-3, 6-3
3.
Constanca Azinhaga (WISE) vs. Fernanda Castillo (WU) 6-7 (6-8), 4-5, unfinished
4.
Lucy Cunliffe (WISE) vs. Honomi Wantanabe (WU) 7-5, 3-6, 1-4, unfinished
5.
Melissa Lino Airoldi (WISE) vs. Mariia Bobrovska (WU) 2-6, 4-5, unfinished
6. Benedetta Palazzo (WU) def. No player (WISE), by default
Doubles competition
1. Anastasia Oktiabreva/Daniela Kotara (WU) def.
Kenzy Abdelaal/
Melissa Lino Airoldi (WISE) 7-5
2.
Constanca Azinhaga/
Andreea Onitoiu (WISE) def. Fernanda Castillo/Honomi Wantanabe (WU) 6-3
3. Claudia Vallejos/Mariia Bobrovska (WU) def. No player/No player (WISE), by default
Match Notes:
Wingate 14-5, 9-2 SAC; National ranking #11
UVA Wise 12-10, 5-6 SAC
