University of Illinois
ITA Sectionals
November 5, 2026 | Women's Tennis
Recap
FORT WORTH, Texas - Four Fighting Illini women's tennis student-athletes earned spots at the ITA Central Sectionals hosted by TCU from Nov. 5-8. Ariel Madatali and Lizzie Isyanov qualified as individuals and the doubles team of Alice Xu and Tess Bucher accepted a bid as well.
Action commenced with 32 individuals and 16 doubles tandems from the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
Across the four ITA Sectional Championships a total of 24 individuals (6 each site) and 12 doubles duos (3 each site) earn bids into the NCAA fall championships. Only players and doubles teams who have yet to earn entry into the NCAA Championships and made deep runs at the ITA All-American or ITA Regional Championships were eligible for participation.
RESULTS - Thursday, Nov. 5
Singles
R32 - Ariel Madatali def. [5] No. 47 Raquel Caballero Chica (TCU) - 7-6(4), 7-5
R32 - Lizzie Isyanov def. Zimora McKnight (North Texas) - 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
Doubles
R16 - [1] No. 34 Lexington Reed/Kristina Paskauskas (Texas A&M) def. Tess Bucher/Alice Xu - 6-4, 6-4
