WILLIAMSBURG - The William and Mary women's tennis team will play in its 19th NCAA Championship in Charlottesville, Va., May 11-12. The Green and Gold, who are competing in its 15th NCAA Championship in the last 19 years, will face Big 12 Champion and No. 18 Texas in the first round at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 11, at the Snyder Tennis Center. No. 14-ranked Virginia and Northeast Conference Champion Fairleigh Dickinson will square off in the other first-round match at noon on Saturday. Admission to the NCAA Championship in Charlottesville is free of charge, and fans can park at the Culbreth Garage for free as well.

The winners of the first-round matches in Charlottesville will square off on Sunday, May 12, at 1 p.m., for a spot in the NCAA Round of 16. The regional winner will advance to the NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championship at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex in Urbana, Ill. The team championship will be held May 16-21 with the NCAA Individual Championships to follow, May 22-27.

Saturday, May 11

9 a.m. – William and Mary vs. Texas - Live Stats

12 p.m. – Virginia vs. Fairleigh Dickinson - Live Stats

Sunday, May 12

1 p.m. – Women's Second Round - Live Stats

Winners of three straight and five of its last six, the Green and Gold, which is 17-5 on the year, was ranked as high as No. 25 this season and was No. 44 in the latest ITA national rankings, released on May 2. The Tribe captured its 22nd CAA Championship with a 4-0 win over UNCW on April 21. W&M owns a pair of top-30 victories on the season, knocking off then-No. 19 Mississippi, 4-3, on Jan. 22 and then-No. 30 South Carolina, 4-3, on Feb. 17. The Green and Gold lineup features five All-CAA players. Junior Maria Belaya was named the CAA Player of the Year and following the league championship was named the Most Outstanding Performer at the conference tournament. Freshman Leeza Nemchinov was the CAA Rookie of the Year and a First-Team All-CAA choice in singles along with Belaya and senior Anik Cepeda. Juniors Jeltje Loomans and Hope Johnson garnered second and third-team all-league honors in singles as well. Belaya and Loomans, who are ranked No. 13 nationally, comprise a First-Team All-CAA pair, while Cepeda and Johnson were named first-team all-conference in doubles as well for the second time. Head coach Tyler Thomson was named the CAA Coach of the Year after leading the Tribe on an 11-match turnaround from 2012.

Texas, which is ranked No. 18 nationally, is coming off its second-straight Big 12 Championship and holds 17-10 on the campaign. The Longhorns upset No. 17-ranked Texas Tech in the Big 12 semifinals on the way to the league crown. UT has won seven of its last eight matches entering the NCAA Tournament. The Longhorn lineup features a pair national top-40 singles players in No. 31 Breaunna Addison and No. 37 Aeriel Ellis. Addison and Noel Scott combine to comprise the No. 19-ranked doubles team in the country. Both Addison and Ellis were selected to the NCAA Singles Championship, while the duo of Addison and Scott was chosen to the NCAA Doubles Championship. Texas leads the all-time series with W&M at 12-3, including a 5-1 win over the Tribe in the team's last meeting in 2012. The Green and Gold tallied a 4-3 victory over Texas during the season opener in 2009.

Virginia is the host and the No. 14 seed in the NCAA Championship. Virginia, who finished the year ranked No. 14 nationally, is a national seed for the third straight season and advanced to the Round of 16 in both 2011 and 2012. The Cavaliers are 17-9 on the year, including a 7-3 mark at home. UVa won 13 of its final 16 matches during the year, including winning the Blue Gray Classic and a victory over then-No. 1-ranked North Carolina during the regular season. The Cavaliers dropped a 4-3 decision in its last outing to No. 30 Florida State in the ACC semifinals. Freshmen Julia Elbaba and Stephanie Nauta were both named All-ACC, while Elbaba was the ACC Freshman of the Year. Elbaba is ranked No. 12 nationally, while Nauta is No. 78 in singles. Elbaba was selected to the NCAA Singles Championship, while Erin Vierra and Maci Epstein, who are ranked No. 24 nationally, were picked for the NCAA Doubles Championship. Li Xi and Stephanie Nauta are ranked No. 32 nationally in doubles and were chosen as alternates for the NCAA Doubles Championship. W&M leads the all-time series with UVA at 20-19, but Virginia has won the last four meetings between the two schools.

Fairleigh Dickinson enters the NCAA Championship at 11-6 overall after winning its second straight NEC Championship. The Knights downed Quinnipiac in the NEC title match, 4-3, on April 21. Senior Anna Rapoport holds down the top singles spot at 14-11 on the year and is a two-time NEC Player of the Year. Freshman Nicole Chis was tabbed NEC Rookie of the Year, while a total of four Knight players earned All-NEC singles honors and all three FDU doubles teams were selected to All-NEC teams. First-year head coach Jonathan Buchman was voted NEC Coach of the Year. The Tribe and Knight have never met in dual-match play.

- W&M is making its 19th appearance in the NCAA Championship, where it holds a 21-18 record. The Green and Gold ranks 21st all-time in NCAA appearances and NCAA victories. Among non-BCS conferences, the Tribe ranks second in NCAA victories and third in NCAA appearances. W&M will look for its first win in the NCAA Tournament since 2008.

- Four of the Tribe's top six players all have NCAA Tournament experience. Junior Maria Belaya possesses the most experience having been a fixture in Clemson's lineup during her freshman season. She played the No. 2 doubles and No. 5 singles in the NCAA First Round, Second Round and Round of 16 with the Tigers. Senior Anik Cepeda and juniors Jeltje Loomans and Hope Johnson have all appeared in the Tribe's NCAA Tournament match with Yale in 2011. All four players have taken part in the NCAA Individual Championships as well. Cepeda and Johnson competed in the 2011 NCAA Doubles Championship, while Loomans played in the NCAA Singles Championship in 2011. Loomans and Belaya played in the NCAA Doubles Championship last season and were selected again this season. 

- Juniors Maria Belaya and Jeltje Loomans were selected to the NCAA Individual Championships. Belaya will compete in the NCAA Singles Championship, while her and Loomans will participate in the NCAA Doubles Championship. It marks the 19th time in the last 27 years that W&M has spent both a singles player and a doubles team to the NCAA Individual Championships.

- Belaya, who is the 20th different Tribe singles player on the 32nd occasion to earn a spot in the championships, was one of 16 players to receive an automatic bid in singles competition as top-ranked player in her conference, the Colonial Athletic Association. The Green and Gold junior becomes the 14th player in program history, and the first since Megan Moulton-Levy in 2008, to be selected to the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships in the same season. The CAA Player of the Year, Belaya finished the year at 21-11 and was ranked as high as No. 116.

- Belaya and Loomans, who are ranked No. 13 nationally as of May 2, were one of 11 automatic bids to the doubles championship. They become just the third Tribe doubles pair to make multiple NCAA Doubles Championship appearances and it marks the 23rd occasion in which the Tribe sent a doubles team to the NCAA Championship. Loomans becomes the ninth Tribe player to appear in three separate NCAA Individual Championships. In 25 of the last 28 years, the Green and Gold have had at least one representative in the NCAA Individual Championships. Belaya and Loomans, who were ranked as high as No. 2 this season and won the ITA Atlantic Region Championship, are 22-4 this year, including a 42-10 ledger over the last two seasons.