Trojans Maddy Sieg and Eryn Cayetano Set For NCAA Tennis Individual Championships

USC women's tennis has a pair of Trojans in line for an NCAA individual title this week as senior Eryn Cayetano and fresman Maddy Sieg have secured a place in the 2023 NCAA Singles draw. As a duo, Cayetano and Sieg also earned a place in the 2023 NCAA Doubles draw.

The two Trojans have settled into the courts at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla. and will kick off the NCAA Individual Championships tomorrow (May 22) for action running through May 27.

No. 11 Sieg will face Tennessee's Rebeka Mertena at 12:30 p.m. EST/9:30 a.m. PT in the Round of 64 on Monday, while No. 44 Cayetano will face Princeton's Daria Frayman (9-16 seed) at noon EST on Monday.

In doubles, Cayetano and Sieg will face No. 3 seed Diana Shnaider/Alana Smith (NC State) to open NCAA action on Tuesday.

No. 11 Sieg carries a 28-2 overall singles record this season, going 18-1 in dual action. Carrying a four-match win streak, Sieg reached a career best singles ranking ahead of the beginning of the 2022-23 dual match season, debuting at No. 2 back in November. In Pac-12 singles action, the freshman went 9-1. Throughout the year, Sieg has beaten ten ranked opponents, including two in the top-15. This season, the freshman received Pac-12 Player of the Week honors during her USC debut and accumulated a 16-match unbeaten streak. With Sieg's 9-16 seed, she becomes USC's 100^th All-American in program history.

No. 44 Cayetano, meanwhile, is headed to her second NCAA singles championship, reaching the quarterfinals last season. The senior began the fall as the No. 1 ranked singles player in the country. This season, the Southern California native has tallied an overall singles record of 22-11 (11-8 dual) while playing primarily at the No. 3 position for the Trojans.

USC's top doubles duo – No. 17 Cayetano and Sieg – carry a 14-4 overall record in NCAA play. The duo will make their NCAA doubles debut this season.

Following the NCAA Team Championship event, Individual competition is set to run May 22-27 at the USTA National Complex in Orlando, Fla.

ABOUT NCAA SINGLES AND DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS
The singles and doubles competition will be conducted May 22-27 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida, after the conclusion of the team championship, which runs from May 18-20. This year's event will be conducted jointly with the NCAA Divisions II and III Men's and Women's Tennis Championships and hosted by the University of Central Florida and the Greater Orlando Sports Commission.

All matches shall be the best-of-three sets. No-ad scoring and a seven-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) at six-games-all will be used for all matches. In doubles, a 10-point match tiebreaker will be played in lieu of a third set.

Automatic qualification into the Division I singles championship is awarded to any conference with one or more eligible singles players ranked in the ITA Top 125 for eligible/entered singles players. For conferences with more than one singles player within the ITA Top 125 eligible/entered singles players, the subcommittee applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which student-athlete is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All singles players must have a minimum of 13 started singles matches, with six matches in the spring, in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.

Automatic qualification into the Division I doubles championship is awarded to any conference with one or more eligible doubles teams ranked in the ITA Top 60 for eligible/entered doubles teams. For conferences with more than one doubles team within the ITA Top 60 eligible/entered doubles teams, the subcommittee applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which doubles team is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All doubles teams must have started a minimum of 10 doubles matches, with a minimum of four matches in the spring, in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.

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