CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Fall collegiate action is set to begin for the Fighting Illini as McKenna Schaefbauer and Ariel Madatali head to the ITA All-American Championships in Cary, N.C. The ITA All-American Championships will run from Saturday, Sept. 20, through Sunday, Sept. 28, at the Cary Tennis Park.
Action from the ITA All-American Championships will kick off with Pre-Qualifying Singles on Sept. 20. Madatali will open action against Alabama's Zara Larke at 8 a.m. CT, while Schaefbauer will take on Arizona's Martyna Ostrzygalo at 10 a.m. The pair of Illini will then team up for Pre-Qualifying Doubles later that afternoon. [9] Schaefbauer and Madatali will take on Oklahoma's Barakat Quadre and Chloe Noel at 2:30 p.m.
The ITA All-American Championships serves as a pathway to the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships, scheduled for Nov. 18-23Â in Waco, Texas.Â
SCHEDULE & DRAW SIZES
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Pre-Qualifying
    Saturday, Sept. 20 – Singles R160, Doubles R32
    Sunday, Sept. 21 – Singles R80, Singles Cons. R80, Singles R40, Doubles R16, Doubles Cons. R16
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Qualifying
  Monday, Sept. 22 – Singles R64, Doubles R32
   Tuesday, Sept. 23 – Singles R32, Singles Cons. R32, Doubles R16, Doubles Cons. R16
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Main Draw
   Wednesday, Sept. 24 – Singles R64, Doubles R32
   Thursday, Sept. 25 – Singes R32, Singles Cons. R32a, Doubles R16, Doubles Cons. R16
   Friday, Sept. 26 – Singles R16, Singles QF, Singles Cons. R32b, Singles Cons. R16a, Doubles QF, Doubles Cons. QF
   Saturday, Sept. 27 – Singles Semifinals, Singles Cons. R16b, Singles Cons. QF, Doubles Semifinals, Doubles Cons. Semifinals
   Sunday, Sept. 28 – Singles Final, Singles Cons Semifinals, Doubles Final, Doubles Cons. Final
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING INFORMATION
The 2025 ITA Women's All-American Championships will have a draw size of the following – Singles: Pre-Qualifying (160), Qualifying (64), Main Draw (64); and Doubles: Pre-Qualifying (32), Qualifying (32), Main Draw (32). From this, 10 singles players will qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship (eight main draw quarterfinalists & two feed-in consolation finalists). Meanwhile, four doubles teams (4) will qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championship through the All-American Championships (four main draw semifinalists).
