University of North Texas Athletics
Thursday, October 22
Houston, TX
University of North Texas
vs
American Conference Individual Championship
10/21/2026 10:23:00 AM | Women's Tennis
HOUSTON — The Mean Green will have a few student-athletes competing this weekend at Rice in the American Conference Individual Championships, with singles matches getting underway on Thursday for seniors Lou Chalard and Carolina Laydner, while Chalard and senior Lilly Schultz will begin doubles play on Friday after receiving a first-round bye as the No. 3 seed.
Schultz and Chalard will play the winner of Tulane's Diana Badalyan and Delanie Tribby and UAB's Klara Kajabova and Kristyna Damaskova, who play Thursday morning. Laydner will play UTSA's Celine Absawi on Thursday morning at 10 a.m., to kick off singles play, while Chalard will face Temple's Tesse Antonis on the other side of the bracket at the same time.
Competitors and tandems are seeded based on national rankings.
Singles matches will be best-of-three sets with no-ad scoring and tiebreaks at 6-all. Doubles matches will be played as an eight-game pro set until the semifinals, with the semifinals and final consisting of best-of-three sets with a 10-point tiebreaker in lieu of a third set.
The singles and doubles tournament champions will represent the American at the ITA Conference Masters Championships, November 5-8, in Rome, Georgia.
Schultz and Chalard will play the winner of Tulane's Diana Badalyan and Delanie Tribby and UAB's Klara Kajabova and Kristyna Damaskova, who play Thursday morning. Laydner will play UTSA's Celine Absawi on Thursday morning at 10 a.m., to kick off singles play, while Chalard will face Temple's Tesse Antonis on the other side of the bracket at the same time.
Competitors and tandems are seeded based on national rankings.
Singles matches will be best-of-three sets with no-ad scoring and tiebreaks at 6-all. Doubles matches will be played as an eight-game pro set until the semifinals, with the semifinals and final consisting of best-of-three sets with a 10-point tiebreaker in lieu of a third set.
The singles and doubles tournament champions will represent the American at the ITA Conference Masters Championships, November 5-8, in Rome, Georgia.
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