Courtesy UVA Media Relations

The No. 7 Virginia women’s tennis team downed Stanford, 4-1, in the quarterfinals of the 2026 ACC Women’s Tennis Championship on Friday at the Cary Tennis Park.

The top-seeded Cavaliers (20-4) advance to the semifinals, where they’ll face fourth-seeded Duke at 2 p.m. Saturday (see full bracket below).

The Cavaliers dominated ninth-seeded Stanford in doubles, freshman Kaitlyn Rolls and sophomore Isabelle Lacy winning 6-0 on three and No. 8 Melodie Collard and Vivian Yang winning 6-2 on one to put the Hoos up 1-0.

After Collard took her first set 6-1, her opponent retired, thus handing Virginia a 2-0 lead. Stanford (13-10) notched its only point of the contest with a win on the top court, but sophomore Martina Genis Salas responded with a 7-5, 6-2 win on five to bring the Cavaliers within a point of the clinch. No. 29 Xu sealed the win for Virginia with her 7-5, 6-3 win on two.

ADDITIONAL NOTES

• The Cavaliers’ win streak improves to 14 matches.
• Virginia won both matches this season against Stanford. The Hoos previously won 4-0 in Stanford, Calif., in regular-season action on April 5.
• Melodie Collard improves to 14-2 in dual matches and has won her last ten completed matches.
• Annabelle Xu improves to 18-8 playing on courts one and two.
• Martina Genis Salas improves to 9-6 this season.
• Virginia has previously beaten Duke once this season, downing the Blue Devils 4-2 in Charlottesville on March 27.
• The Cavaliers are looking for their third ACC title.

UP NEXT

The Cavaliers take on Duke in the ACC Women’s Tennis Championship semifinals on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Cary Tennis Park.

VIRGINIA 4, STANFORD 1

Singles
1. #25 Monika Ekstrand (STAN) def. #61 Vivian Yang (VA) 6-1, 6-4
2. #29 Annabelle Xu (VA) def. #56 Alyssa Ahn (STAN) 7-5, 6-3
3. #83 Katie Rolls (VA) vs. Caroline Driscoll (STAN) 2-6, 6-1, 5-1 UF
4. #114 Isabelle Lacy (VA) vs. Tianmei Wang (STAN) 4-6, 6-3, 1-4 UF
5. #122 Martina Genis Salas (VA) def. Sein Myoung (STAN) 7-5, 6-2
6. Melodie Collard (VA) def. Emma Sun (STAN) 6-1, retired

Doubles
1. #8 Melodie Collard/Vivian Yang (VA) def. Monika Ekstrand/Caroline Driscoll (STAN) 6-2
2. #27 Annabelle Xu/Martina Genis Salas (VA) vs. Alyssa Ahn/Tianmei Wang (STAN) 4-4 UF
3. Isabelle Lacy/Katie Rolls (VA) def. Emma Sun/Morgan Shaffer (STAN) 6-0
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (6,1,5,2)

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