NC State women’s tennis is headed to Columbia, S.C., for the 2026 ITA Carolina Regional Championships, which run Thursday, Oct. 15, through Tuesday, Oct. 20 at the Carolina Outdoor Tennis Center and are hosted by the University of South Carolina.
The regional event offers one more path to the 2026 NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships. The formula is straightforward: the top two singles finishers and the winning doubles team from each regional move on to the NCAA Championships in November.
The Wolfpack will be well represented in the singles draw, with seven players entered. Mia Slama, who is ranked No. 2, has already locked up a place in the NCAA Singles Championships.
The rest of NC State’s singles group features Amelie Smejkalova, No. 33 Lavinia Tanasie, Victoria Osuigwe, Jasmine Conway, Roisin Gilheany, Georgia Cranford and Ariana Anazagasty-Pursoo.
NC State’s doubles lineup is just as deep, with four pairs in the field. Osuigwe and Gilheany come in as the nation’s No. 2-ranked duo and the top seed in the bracket.
Slama and Tanasie, ranked No. 16, are seeded second, while Conway and Anazagasty-Pursoo, ranked No. 23, landed the No. 3 seed. Cranford and Smejkalova complete the Wolfpack entries as the No. 9 seed.
Doubles play is set to get started Friday.
The Pack arrives with a roster packed with national rankings. In the preseason ITA rankings, Slama was slotted at No. 10 in singles and Tanasie at No.
- In doubles, Osuigwe and Gilhealy were placed No. 2, with Slama and Tanasie at No. 16 and Conway and Anazagasty-Pursoo at No.
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