Top-Seeded Women’s Tennis Prepped for Patriot League Championship

Friday, April 17

Lewisburg, PA

9 AM

Boston University

Patriot League Quarterfinal

Women's tennis high fives before the match in a circle

Photo by: Bella Jones

Top-Seeded Women’s Tennis Prepped for Patriot League Championship

April 16, 2026 | Women's Tennis

Championship Central

BOSTON – Looking for its eighth Patriot League title and trip to the NCAA tournament in 13 years, the top-seeded Boston University women's tennis team opens the Patriot League Championship with a Friday morning quarterfinal match. First serve in Lewisburg, Pa., is set for 9 a.m.

BU heads into the postseason with an 8-9 record overall and a 6-0 mark in Patriot League play. The Terriers hope to secure the Patriot League title in back-to-back years for the first time since 2017 when they won four consecutive titles (2014-17). This would be BU's 29th conference title in program history.

The two other teams on BU's side of the bracket, No. 4 Lehigh and No. 5 Loyola Maryland, will play on Friday at 10:45 a.m. The other side of the bracket features No. 2 Navy against No. 7 Colgate at 3:45 p.m. and No. 3 Army West Point against No. 6 Bucknell at 1:15 p.m.

TERRIER TIDBITS

Sophomore Gabriella Mikaul, a three-time Patriot League player of the week this season, owns six singles wins in dual matches and five in doubles play.
Junior Nancy Liu has teamed with Mikaul in all five doubles wins and owns eight wins in singles, six of which have come in the No. 2 spot.
Junior Ellie Gyuro owns four singles wins this season with three coming in the No. 3 spot
Junior Blanka DeMicheli is 3-0 in league play in doubles and 2-0 in singles.
Sophomore Madison Liu has six singles wins this spring with a 2-0 record in league play.
Of senior Emily Zhao's five dual match singles wins, three have occurred at line five.
Senior Rhea Rai is 1-1 in singles and 5-7 in doubles this spring.
Freshman Lauren Kettlewell boasts a 3-1 singles record in dual matches.
Freshman Vasilisa Borisova owns two singles wins, both of which came at line four.

2026 Patriot League Women's Tennis Championship Schedules
Thursday, April 16 – First Round
M1: No. 8 Lafayette vs. No. 9 Holy Cross | 3 p.m.

Friday, April 17 – Quarterfinals
M2: No. 1 Boston University vs. Winner of Match 1 | 9 a.m.
M3: No. 4 Lehigh vs. No. 5 Loyola Maryland | 10:45 a.m.
M4: No. 3 Army West Point vs. No. 6 Bucknell | 1:15 p.m.
M5: No. 2 Navy vs. No. 7 Colgate | 3:45 p.m.

Saturday, April 18 – Semifinals
M6: Winner of Match 2 vs. Winner of Match 3 | 10 a.m.
M7: Winner of Match 4 vs. Winner of Match 5 | 2 p.m.

Sunday, April 19 – Championship Match
M8: Winner of Match 6 vs. Winner of Match 7 | Noon