NCAA Division III Singles and Doubles Championships
Saturday, May 25-Tuesday, May 28
Dwight Davis Memorial Tennis Center | St .Louis, Mo. 

SINGLES DRAW 

DOUBLES DRAW

WHAT TO KNOW
•    Babson junior Olivia Soffer and sophomore Matia Cristiani were selected to compete in the NCAA Division III Singles and Doubles Championships for the second consecutive season. 
•    The duo is among 32 players selected for the singles draw and is one of 16 doubles pairings chosen to compete for a national title. 
•    Fourth-seeded Soffer will open singles play against Alisha Chulani of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, while seventh-seeded Cristiani faces Danna Taylor of Carnegie Mellon in the first round. Seeded fourth in doubles, Soffer and Cristiani will meet Tessa Trate and Raine Weis of Christopher Newport. 

SCHEDULE OF PLAY
Saturday, May 25
Singles first round, 10 a.m.
Singles second round, 2 p.m.
Doubles first round, 4 p.m.

Sunday, May 26
Singles quarterfinals, 11 a.m.
Singles semifinals, 3 p.m.
Doubles quarterfinals, 5 p.m.

Monday, May 27
Singles final, 10 a.m.
Doubles semifinals, 1 p.m.
Doubles final, 3 p.m.

2023 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS HIGHLIGHTS
•    Soffer followed up on her 2022 quarterfinal appearance by advancing to the singles final and paired with Cristiani to reach the championship in doubles last May in Orlando, Fla. 
•    Soffer won three of her first four matches in straight sets, which includes a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Eleni Lazaridou of Kenyon in the semifinals, before falling to Pomona-Pitzer's Angie Zhou in the singles final. 
•    Cristiani and Soffer made quick work of their first two opponents in doubles and were 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 winners over Lauren Rha and Nina Ye of Pomona-Pitzer in the semifinals before suffering a 6-4, 6-2 loss to Katherine Petty and Brooke Despriet of Sewanee in the title match. 

THE ROAD TO ST. LOUIS
•    Cristiani, who has won 15 consecutive matches and is ranked in Division III by the ITA, is 26-1 on the year and followed up her ITA New England Championships singles title by advancing to the semifinals of the ITA Cup back in October. 
•    Her 26 wins are a career high and are second in single-season program history behind only Soffer, who recorded 31 victories last year. 
•    Soffer, who is ranked fifth by the ITA, became the first player in program history to record 20 or more singles wins in three consecutive seasons when she defeated Katya Shepherd Johnson of MIT in the NEWMAC Tournament final back on May 5. 
•    Soffer is 8-2 this season against ITA top-35 opponents, while Cristiani has gone 7-1 versus top-35 foes. 
•    The Beavers' duo, which is ranked second by the ITA, is 28-2  on the year in doubles and has gone 8-2 against top-25 foes. 

REWRITING THE RECORD BOOKS
•    Cristiani's 54 combined singles and doubles wins this season is tied for first in single-season program history with Soffer, who totaled 54 victories (31 singles, 23 doubles) in 2022-23.
•    Soffer and Cristiani's 28 doubles wins are a new program record. 
•    Soffer ranks first in Babson history in singles (72), doubles (64) and combined wins (136), while Cristiani is tied for sixth with 102 combined victories, eighth in singles wins (50) and ninth in doubles triumphs (52) in just two seasons.
  
AWARD TOUR
•    Soffer was selected as the NEWMAC Player of the Year for the third consecutive season and earned all-conference singles and doubles first-team honors earlier this month. 
•    Cristiani, who also garnered All-NEWMAC singles and doubles first-team accolades, was selected as the ITA Division III Player to Watch Award winner on Tuesday. 

AGAINST THE FIELD
•    Soffer is 8-3 all-time against players that were selected for this year's singles draw, while Cristiani is 4-1. 
•    The Beavers' duo is 4-3 in doubles matches against the pairings selected for this year's draw.