CAA Tennis Players Set To Compete At ITA Conference Masters And Sectional Championships

CAA Tennis Players Set To Compete At ITA Conference Masters And Sectional Championships

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Rob Washburn

RICHMOND, Va. (November 5, 2025) – Several of the top men’s and women’s tennis players in the CAA will attempt to qualify for NCAA Championships at the ITA Conference Masters Championships, which will be held Nov. 6-9 at Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, Calif., and the ITA East Sectional Championship, which takes place Nov. 6-9 at the Chewning Tennis Center in Chapel Hill, N.C.

At the ITA Conference Masters Championship, Elon senior Veljko Krstic and Elon junior Simone Bergeron will compete in the 30-player men’s and women’s singles draws. Krstic faces Timeo Puech of Longwood in the first round at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, while Bergeron takes on Yahli Noy of Bryant at 9 a.m. on Thursday. The four players who reach the semifinals of the tournament will receive an automatic entry to the NCAA Singles Championship, which will be played Nov. 18-23 in Orlando, Fla.

Krstic and sophomore teammate Nikola Parichkov and the William & Mary duo of junior Francesca Davis and freshman Tilda Larsson will compete in the 30-team men’s and women’s doubles competition. Krstic and Parichkov battle against Drew Evans and Tim Riedel of Western Michigan at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, while Davis and Larsson meet Line Greyling and Yeseniia Ovcharova of Youngstown State at 4 p.m. on Thursday. The top three doubles teams (finalists and third-place winner) will earn automatic entry to the NCAA Doubles Championship, which will also take place Nov. 18-23 in Orlando.

Also competing for entry into the NCAA Doubles Championship are UNCW senior Alex de Gabriele and junior Jordi Domenech. The Seahawks’ tandem will face Logan Zapp and Roan Jones of North Carolina at 3 p.m. on Thursday in the first round of the ITA East Sectional Championship. The top three doubles teams (finalists and third-place winner) in the 32-team draw will earn automatic entry to the NCAA Doubles Championship.

Players and teams were selected to compete in the ITA Conference Masters Championships through various qualifying routes. With representation from across the Division I landscape, conferences could determine how they wanted to select their representatives for the tournament with some holding conference tournaments and others using various qualifying factors to select players.