FORT WORTH, TEXAS – The Oklahoma women's tennis team will travel to Waco for the 2026 ITA Central Sectional Championships, hosted by TCU, November 5-8.
Only players and doubles teams that have yet to earn entry into the NCAA Championships and have made deep runs at the ITA All-American or ITA Regional Championships are eligible to compete. The event will feature a 32-player singles draw and a 16-team doubles draw. From these, six singles players from each section (24 total) will qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship (semifinalists and two quarterfinal playoff winners), while three doubles teams from each section (12 total) will advance to the NCAA Doubles Championship (champion, finalist and third-place team).
The Central Sectional Championships include teams from the Midwest, Central and Texas regions. Along with OU and host school Texas A&M, the field features Wisconsin, Kansas State, SMU, TCU, Baylor, Arkansas, Nebraska, Kansas, Notre Dame, Iowa State, Michigan, Texas, Texas Tech, Iowa, Illinois, Ohio State, Northwestern and Houston.
Four Sooners will look to punch their tickets to Athens in singles competition this weekend:
Zoie Epps, Chloé Noël,
Gloriana Nahum and
Salakthip Ounmuang will all compete at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
A tentative day-by-day schedule, as well as draws, can be found
here. Live court streams will be available via
PlaySight.
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