NCAA Division III Singles and Doubles Championships
Saturday, May 24-Tuesday, May 28
Biszantz Family Tennis Center | Claremont, Calif. 

SINGLES DRAW

DOUBLES DRAW

WHAT TO KNOW
•    Babson women's tennis senior Olivia Soffer and junior Matia Cristiani were selected to compete in the NCAA Division III Singles and Doubles Championships for the third consecutive season. 
•    The duo is among 32 individuals set to participate in the singles draw and one of 16 pairings selected to compete in doubles. 
•    Soffer, who is seeded third in the singles draw, will face Caitlyn Bui of Washington (Mo.), while Cristiani will meet Maegan Deng of Redlands in Saturday's first round beginning at 1 p.m. ET. 
•    Soffer and Cristiani are seeded third in doubles and will face the Chicago duo of Oliwia and Sylvia Mikos in the first round on Saturday at 6 p.m.

SCHEDULE OF PLAY
Saturday, May 24
Singles first and second rounds, 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT
Doubles first round, 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT

Sunday, May 25
Singles quarterfinals, 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT
Doubles quarterfinals, 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT

Monday, May 26
Singles semifinals, 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT
Doubles semifinals, 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT

Monday, May 26
Singles finals, 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT
Doubles finals, 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT

THE CHAMPS ARE HERE
•    Soffer and Cristiani, who are currently ranked third in Division III, enter this year's doubles championship as the defending national champions after knocking off Nikolina Batoshvili and Alisha Chulani of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps  6-1, 6-7 (1-7), 6-4 in last year's title match in St. Louis, Mo.
•    The Beavers' top duo also finished as the runner-up in doubles after falling to Katherine Petty and Brooke Despriet of Sewanee in the 2023 final in Orlando, Fla. 
•    Cristiani advanced to the semifinals of last year's 32-player singles draw, while Soffer, who was seeded fourth, got upset by Chulani in the first round

FINAL DESTINATION
•    Soffer and Cristiani have picked up where they left off last season going 22-2 in doubles this season, which includes 13 consecutive victories dating back to March 21. 
•    The duo went 4-0 in five conference and NCAA Tournament matches and dropped just one game in wins over UMass Boston and No. 13 Johns Hopkins at the NCAA Middlebury Regional back on May 9-10. 
•    Soffer, who advanced to the ITA New England Championships final and went 2-1 at the ITA Cup back in the fall, is 26-4 overall in singles and has won 16 straight matches dating back to March 16. 
•    Cristiani is 25-1 in all matches and boasts a 20-match winning streak that dates back to October 6 after falling in the third round of the ITA New England Championships.  
•    Soffer is currently third in the ITA Division III singles rankings, while Cristiani is seventh. 

DECORATED DUO
•    Soffer, who earned her fourth consecutive NEWMAC Player of the Year honor in early May, was selected as the ITA Northeast Region Senior Player of the Year Award on Monday and was named as the ITA's national senior player of the year on Tuesday afternoon. 
•    A five-time All-America selection, Soffer also garnered All-NEWMAC first-team singles laurels for the fourth year in a row and first-team doubles honors for the third consecutive season. 
•    Cristiani, who was the 2024 ITA Northeast Region and National Player to Watch, already owns four All-America honors and was named to the all-conference singles and doubles first team for the third year in a row earlier this month. 

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP SUCCESS
 

2024	Result
Soffer	First round
Cristiani	Semifinals
Doubles	National Champions
2023	Result
Soffer	Runner-up
Cristiani	Second round
Doubles	Runner-up
2022	Result
Soffer	Quarterfinals

REWRITING THE RECORD BOOKS
•    Soffer is Babson's all-time leader in career singles (98), doubles (93) and combined victories (191), while Cristiani ranks second on the all-time list in singles (78), doubles (79) and combined wins (157). 
•    The duo set a new single-season record by 32-2 in doubles last year. Crisitani holds the Beavers' single-season record for combined wins with 61 last year, and Soffer owns the single-season record for singles victories with 31 back in 2022-23.