2022 Men’s and Women’s Tennis Conference Championships

The 2022 Men's and Women's Tennis Conference Championships featuring 13 men's teams and nine women's teams ran from Thursday, April 21 to Saturday, April 23 in Springfield, Mo.

The postseason tournament consisted of teams from the Heart of America Athletic Conference, American Midwest Conference, the Red River Athletic Conference and the Sooner Athletic Conference. All four conferences have combined to create an unaffiliated conference grouping for this postseason event.

Two men's teams earned an automatic berth into the NAIA National Championship tournament, which was awarded to the two teams that advanced all the way to the Championship round. Those two teams include Xavier (La.) and William Woods (Mo.)

No. 1 Xavier defeated No. 2 William Woods, 4-0, in the championship match. 

While the championship winning team in the women's tournament, earned the automatic berth to the NAIA National Championships.

No. 1 William Woods earned an automatic berth to the NAIA National Championships with its 4-0 victory over No. 2 Texas Wesleyan in the conference championship match.

The event took place at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield, Mo.

Cooper Tennis Complex:

2331 E. Pythian St., Springfield, MO 65802

For a full look at the results from the event, please see below. 

2022 Men's Tennis Qualifying Grouping Championship

Thursday, April 21, 2022 

Match 1 – No. 4 Missouri Valley vs No. 13 Baker (Kan.) – 1 PM

Missouri Valley wins, 4-0

Match 2 – No. 5 Missouri Baptist vs No. 12 Grand View (Iowa) - 1 PM

Missouri Baptist wins, 4-0

Match 3 – No. 8 Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) vs. No. 9 University of the Southwest (N.M.) – 3 PM

Our Lady of the Lake wins, 4-0

Match 4 – No. 6 Texas A&M Texarkana vs No. 11 University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy (Mo.) – 3 PM

Texas A&M Texarkana wins, 4-0

Match 5 – No. 7 John Brown (Ark.) vs No. 10 Evangel (Mo.) – 5 PM

Evangel wins, 4-2

Friday, April 22, 2022

Match 7 – No. 1 Xavier (La.) vs No. 8 Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) – 8:30 AM

Xavier wins, 4-0

Match 8 – No. 4 Missouri Valley vs No. 5 Missouri Baptist – 8:30 AM

Missouri Valley wins, 4-0

Match 9 – No. 3 Texas Wesleyan vs No. 6 Texas A&M Texarkana – 8:30 AM

Texas A&M Texarkana wins, 4-0

Match 10 – No. 2 William Woods (Mo.) vs No. 10 Evangel – 8:30 AM

William Woods wins, 4-0 

Match 15 – Tournament Semifinals - No. 1 Xavier (La.) vs No. 4 Missouri Valley – 1:30 PM

Xavier wins, 4-0

Match 16 – Tournament Semifinals - No. 2 William Woods vs. No. 6 Texas A&M Texarkana – 1:30 PM

William Woods wins, 4-0

Saturday, April 23, 2022

Championship Match - No. 1 Xavier (La.) vs No. 2 William Woods (Mo.)  – 9 AM

Xavier wins, 4-0

2022 All-Conference Award Winners and Player of the Year

2022 Conference Player of the Year – Santiago, Perez – Xavier (La.)

2022 Men's Tennis Singles First Team All-Conference

Alex Oviedo – Texas A&M-Texarkana – Mexico City, Mexico
Mathieu Vinet – Texas Wesleyan – Montreal, Canada
Santiago Perez – Xavier (La.) – Pereira, Colombia
Hudson Dick – John Brown (Ark.) – Broken Arrow, Okla.
Milos Vuckovic – Missouri Baptist – Subotica, Serbia
Yaroslav Sharyy – Missouri Valley – Odintcovo, Russia
Vaclav Schneider – William Woods (Mo.) – Prague, Czech Republic
Juan Ramirez – Xavier (La.) – Cartago, Colombia
Dragan Omcikus – Missouri Baptist – Pancevo, Serbia
Ben Grumley – William Woods (Mo.) – Traralgon, Australia

2022 Men's Tennis Singles Second Team All-Conference

Maurico Trevino Velasco – Texas A&M-Texarkana – Mexico City, Mexico
Arthur Voiseux – Texas Wesleyan – Rennes, France
Megh Patel – Xavier (La.) – Patan, India
Patrick Shelepov – William Woods (Mo.) – Nschede, Netherlands
Jacobi Bain – Xavier (La.) – Nassau, Bahamas
Vitek Subert – William Woods (Mo.) – Czech Republic
Guillermo Coiras – Xavier (La.) – Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Antoine Testaud – Texas Wesleyan – Nante, France
Nathan Cooke – William Woods (Mo.) – Brisbane, Australia
Robert Schorr – William Woods (Mo.) – Saipan

2022 Men's Tennis Doubles First Team All-Conference

Alex Oviedo – Texas A&M-Texarkana – Mexico City, Mexico
Maurico Trevino Velasco - Texas A&M-Texarkana – Mexico City, Mexico

Mathieu Vinet – Texas Wesleyan – Montreal, Canada
Arthur Voiseux – Texas Wesleyan – Rennes, France

Santiago Perez – Xavier (La.) – Pereira, Colombia
Juan Ramirez – Xavier (La.) – Cartago, Colombia

Hudson Dick – John Brown (Ark.) – Broken Arrow, Okla.
Woody Woodring – John Brown (Ark.) – Fort Smith, Ark.

Vaclav Schneider – William Woods (Mo.) – Prague, Czech Republic
Vitek Subert – William Woods (Mo.) – Czech Republic

Jacopo Sottocornola – Missouri Valley – Ancona, Italy
Franceso Caratti – Missouri Valley – Novara, Italy

2022 Men's Tennis Doubles Second Team All-Conference

Timofey Tokmakov – Missouri Baptist – Balashikha, Russia
Filip Petrovic – Missouri Baptist – Subotica, Serbia

Megh Patel – Xavier (La.) – Patan, India
Jacobi Bain – Xavier (La.) – Nassau, Bahamas

Ben Grumley – William Woods (Mo.) – Traralgon, Australia
Nathan Cooke – William Woods (Mo.) – Brisbane, Australia

Robert Schorr – William Woods (Mo.) – Saipan
Patrick Shelepov – William Woods (Mo.) – Nschede, Netherlands

Men's Championship Bracket:

2022 Women's Tennis Qualifying Grouping Championship

Thursday, April 21, 2022

Match 6 – No. 8 Missouri Baptist vs No. 9 University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy (Mo.) – 5 PM

Missouri Baptist wins, 4-0

Friday, April 22, 2022

Match 11 – No. 1 William Woods (Mo.) vs No. 8 Missouri Baptist – 10:30 AM

William Woods wins, 4-0

Match 12 – No. 4 Grand View (Iowa) vs No. 5 John Brown (Ark.) – 10:30 AM

Grand View wins, 4-1

Match 13 – No. 3 Missouri Valley vs No. 6 Baker (Kan.) – 11 AM

Missouri Valley wins, 4-1

Match 14 – No. 2 Texas Wesleyan vs No. 7 Evangel (Mo.) – 11 AM

Texas Wesleyan wins, 4-0

Match 17 – Tournament Semifinals - No. 1 William Woods vs No. 4 Grand View – 4 PM

William Woods wins, 4-0

Match 18 – Tournament Semifinals - No. 2 Texas Wesleyan vs No. 3 Missouri Valley – 4 PM

Texas Wesleyan wins, 4-0

Saturday, April 23, 2022

Championship Match – No. 1 William Woods vs No. 2 Texas Wesleyan -  11:30 AM

William Woods wins, 4-0

2022 All-Conference Award Winners and Player of the Year

2022 Conference Player of the Year – Ana Zavala – William Woods (Mo.)

2022 Women's Tennis Singles First Team All-Conference

Aurora Novati – Texas Wesleyan – Milan, Italy
Melanie Ortega – Grand View (Iowa) – Quito, Ecuador
Amy Henning – Missouri Valley – Stellenbosch, South Africa
Ana Zavala – William Woods (Mo.) – Tegucigalpa, Hondurus
Thamara Pinto – Texas Wesleyan – Lima, Peru
Rukshika Wijesooriya – William Woods (Mo.) – Colombo, Sri Lanka

2022 Women's Tennis Singles Second Team All-Conference

Nicole Straznicky – Texas Wesleyan – Lima, Peru
Mara Vidal – Missouri Valley – Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Caitlin Souvannavong – Texas Wesleyan – Fort Worth, Texas
Hanna Lindeboom – William Woods (Mo.) – Groningen, Netherlands
Lilla Komiszar – William Woods (Mo.) – Debrecen, Hungary
Hannah Meyer – William Woods (Mo.) – Ashmore, Gold Coast, Australia

2022 Women's Tennis Doubles First Team All-Conference

Aurora Novati – Texas Wesleyan – Milan, Italy
Thamara Pinto – Texas Wesleyan – Lima, Peru

Ana Zavala – William Woods (Mo.) – Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Hanna Lindeboom – William Woods (Mo.) – Groningen, Netherlands

Mara Vidal – Missouri Valley –  Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Amy Henning – Missouri Valley – Stellenbosch, South Africa

2022 Women's Tennis Doubles Second Team All-Conference

Rukshika Wijesooriya – William Woods (Mo.) – Colombo, Sri Lanka
Marta Calvo – William Woods (Mo.) – Madrid, Spain

Ellie Swan – John Brown (Ark.) – Tulsa, Okla.
Kyla Isaac – John Brown (Ark.) – Hillsboro, Kan.

Lilla Komiszar – William Woods (Mo.) – Debrecen, Hungary
Hannah Meyer – William Woods (Mo.) – Ashmore, Gold Coast, Australia

Women's Championship Bracket: