The 2026 SCIAC Women’s Tennis Tournament will begin on Thursday, Apr. 30 at 4 p.m. with the semifinals between #2 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges and #3 University of Redlands just before #1 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges host #4 Caltech at 4:30 p.m.
 
Tournament Central
 
The national No. 1 Athenas have not lost a Division III match since the quarterfinals of last year’s NCAA Championship, reclaiming the conference regular season title for a 12^th time in 14 seasons. That achievement and a crucial 5-2 win over No. 21 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges this past weekend come despite some lineup shuffling due to injury. Fall ITA Cup doubles champion and singles runner-up Rebecca Kong tops the regional singles rankings ahead of rookie Ananya Sriniketh and Lindsay Eisenman, last year’s national champion. Five more Athenas appear among the region’s top 17 while Eisenman and Kong also top the doubles list but have not played together recently as Eisenman has paired with Celestina Cedillo-Vayson de Pradenne, ranking second in the West.
 
The Sagehens are led by Lauren Rha at #1 singles and Mireille Chedid-Daley, who has played between courts #2 and #3 but ranks one spot above the senior in the region. Leticia Bazua also makes an appearance in the final regionally ranked position while pairing with Rha as the fifth-rated doubles tandem. Pomona-Pitzer dropped only two points to teams other than CMS in SCIAC play, including sweeping No. 30 Redlands on Mar. 7.
 
Maegan Deng has put together a brilliant season atop the Bulldogs lineup, ranking fouth in the region for singles and third in doubles alongside Lindsey Whelan, who also appears at 18^th in singles. The junior brings a 12-match unbeaten streak into the tournament following a three-set defeat to Rha (6-1, 4-6, 6-4), with the only other loss coming to Chedid-Daley 6-4, 6-4 in October.
 
No. 35 Caltech returns to the postseason after a one-year hiatus with Carissa Gerung having notched some big wins at the top singles court, including a Mar. 7 extended supertiebreaker victory over Kong, 6-4, 5-7, 14-12.
 
The final match will be played on Saturday, May 2 on the campus of the highest remaining seed.

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