Mert, Dilek, and Dong Secure Spots in NCAA Individual Championships

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ITA Sectionals

Mert, Dilek, and Dong Secure Spots in NCAA Individual Championships

November 08, 2025 | Women's Tennis

BATON ROUGE, La. / SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The Bulldogs maximized on their final opportunity to qualify for the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships with No. 28 Aysegul Mert snatching a bid in singles while freshmen Deniz Dilek and Emma Dong secured a bid in doubles.

Fast Facts

Dilek and Dong opened the second day of ITA Sectionals in the doubles quarterfinals, registering a ranked win over Florida State's No. 35 Amelia Bissett and Eva Shaw in a three set victory to advance to the doubles semifinals 4-6, 6-3, [10-7].
The freshman pair continued their victorious stretch with a win to send them to NCAA's over Mississippi State's Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz and Gianna Oboniye, 6-3, 6-2.

With a dominating singles quarterfinal win over Yale's Shyla Aggarwal, #28 Mert secured qualification for the 2025 NCAA Singles Championships by reaching the semifinal stage of ITA Conference Masters.
Mert continued her triumphant run at the ITA Conference Masters with a two-set victory over Charlotte's Ni Xi, 6-4, 7-5 to send her to the singles championship.

Results - ITA Sectionals - Day Two
Singles
R16: Xinyi Nong (UF) def. #100 Sofia Rojas (UGA): 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
C-R16-Q: Addison Lanton (LSU) def. #110 Patricija Paukstyte (UGA): 6-4, 6-1
C-R16-Q: Deniz Dilek (UGA) def. #16 Scarlett Nicholson (GT): 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
C-R16-Q: #118 Valery Gynina (UF) def. Emma Dong (UGA): 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
C-QF: Deniz Dilek (UGA) def. Julia Zhu (UK): 6-1, 2-0 (RET [inj]
Doubles
QF: Deniz Dilek/Emma Dong (UGA) def. #35 Amelia Bissett/Eva Shaw (FSU): 4-6, 6-3, [10-7]

Results - ITA Conference Masters - Day Two
Singles
QF: #28 Aysegul Mert (UGA) def. Shyla Aggarwal (YALE): 6-3, 7-5
SF: #28 Aysegul Mert (UGA) def. Ni Xi (UNCC): 6-4, 7-5

Results – W35 Orlando
Akasha Urhobo (USA) def. Anastasiia Gureva (RUS): 6-4, 6-1

Results - ITA Sectionals - Day Three
Doubles
SF: Deniz Dilek/Emma Dong (UGA) def. Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz/Gianna Oboniye (MSU): 6-3, 6-2
Singles
C-SF: Deniz Dilek (UGA) def. Addison Lanton (LSU): 6-0, 3-6, 6-3

Up Next
Mert will compete in the ITA Conference Masters Singles Championship against Southern California's Eugenia Zozaya Sunday, Nov. 9 at 12:00 p.m. ET.

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