TOLEDO, Ohio  – The quest for the 2025 MAC Women’s Tennis Tournament Championship begins Thursday morning as Buffalo, Miami, Northern Illinois, and Toledo begin competition in Toledo, Ohio. The tournament champion will be crowned on Friday afternoon, earning an automatic bid into the NCAA Women’s Tennis Championship.

MAC Women’s Tennis Tournament | Toledo, Ohio| April 24-25
Thursday, April 24
Match 1: No.1 Miami vs. No.4 Buffalo, 10:00 am ET | Live Stats
Match 2: No.2 Northern Illinois vs. No.3 Toledo, 2:00 pm ET | Live Stats
Friday, April 20
Championship Match: Match 1 Winner vs. Match 2 Winner, Noon ET | Live Stats
 
Below are the team previews in order of tournament seeding, courtesy of Athletic Communications Departments
No.1 Miami (10-9, 9-1 MAC)
Preview coming soon...

No.2 Northern Illinois (21-6, 7-3 MAC)
The Northern Illinois University women's tennis team returns to the MAC Championship Tournament for the first time since 2017, and for the first time since the field was shortened to four teams in 2020, on Thursday, April 24, when they take on Toledo at the UT Varsity Tennis Courts in Toledo.
 
The match between the No. 2 seed and MAC West Division Champion Huskies and the No. 3 seed Rockets is the second semifinal of the day and will begin at approximately 1 p.m. (CT). No. 1 seed Miami and No. 4 Buffalo face off Thursday morning in the other semifinal match.
 
NIU enters the championship 21-6 overall and posted a 7-3 record versus MAC opponents, including a 4-3 win over Toledo in DeKalb on March 28. The No. 2 seed is the highest in school history by a Huskie team. Toledo, which won the MAC Championship a year ago, is 14-6 overall and also went 7-3 in the MAC.
  
NIU's success in 2025 has been characterized by solid play from its returning veterans and the emergence of senior transfer Maria Dzemeshkevich and freshmen Irmak Budak, Lucia Yecora and Theodora Kousiou. Dzemeshkevich, an all-conference player at Houston before transferring to NIU this year, earned first-team All-MAC honors on Wednesday from league coaches, the first Huskie to make the first team since 2017.
   
The three freshmen all earned spots in the line-up during the season, with Budak playing at the No. 1 and 2 positions and Yecora dominating, first on line four, before moving into the third singles spot for the last month of the season. Budak brings a 16-7 record into Thursday's match while Yecora, who earned second-team All-MAC honors Wednesday, is 18-2. Kousiou played in 11 matches at No. 5 and No. 6 singles during the season.
 
Huskie veterans Nataly Ninova, Isabella Righi and Jenna Horne Make up the rest of the singles regulars for NIU. Ninova led the Huskies with a 21-4 record in dual matches while playing primarily at the No. 3 and 4 positions. A second-team All-MAC choice in 2025, she set the school record for singles wins in a season with 30, including nine during the fall.
 
Righi has a winning record at the No. 5 and 6 singles spots and has teamed with Yecora to go 11-9 at No. 2 doubles. Horne is an impressive 10-3 in singles on the season, while she and senior Reagan Welch have formed NIU's winningest doubles team with 14 victories in 18 completed matches at No. 3 doubles.
 
NIU last won a match at the MAC Tournament in 2009 when all league teams participated in the championship. The field was shortened to six teams in 2013 and to just four teams in 2022.

No.3 Toledo (14-6, 7-3 MAC)
The No. 3 seed Toledo women's tennis team will open the 2025 Mid-American Conference Women's Tennis Championship on Thursday, April 24, against No. 2 seed Northern Illinois at 2:00 p.m. at the UT Varsity Tennis Courts. The winner of the Toledo-Northern Illinois match will play the winner of No. 1 seed Miami and No. 4 seed Buffalo in Friday's championship match.

Weather permitting, all matches in the tournament will be played outdoors at the UT Varsity Tennis Courts. If a game needs to be moved indoors due to inclement weather, it will be played at the Twos Athletic Club.

Toledo won the 2024 regular season championship, earning the Rockets the right to host this year's MAC Championship. Toledo, which is hosting the championship tournament for the second consecutive year, is coming off back-to-back regular season titles in 2023 and 2024 and its first-ever MAC Tournament Championship in 2024.

Scouting the Rockets
Toledo is riding a five-match win streak into the conference tournament. The Rockets concluded the regular season with a 4-3 victory over Buffalo on April 18. Freshman Annika Munson recorded match point with a three-set (6-4, 6-7 (2-7), 6-1) victory. Freshman JJ Scholten earned MAC Freshman of the Year and All-MAC First Team honors on Wednesday, while Audrey Moutama and Gaby Rondon were placed on the All-MAC Second Team.

No.4 Buffalo (18-7, 5-5 MAC)
The University at Buffalo women's tennis team (18-7, 5-5 MAC) heads to Toledo this weekend for the 2025 Mid-American Conference Tournament. 

The Bulls enter the tournament as the fourth seed and will take on top seed Miami (OH) in the first semifinal match of the day on Thursday at 10 am. The hosts, #3 Toledo, will face #2 Northern Illinois in the second semifinal match of the day at 2 pm.

Saturday's semifinal winners will play for the championship match on Friday at noon, with the winner receiving the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Buffalo ended the regular season with an 18-7 overall record and a 5-5 mark in league play. UB has presented a balanced attack in singles action with six players recording double-digit win totals on the season, led by All-MAC First Team selection Esmee Andresen and freshman Liv Roestel, who have 19 wins each. Underclassmen Julia Laspro (16), Blanca Berges (16),  Maria Glowacka (15), and senior Jagmeet Kaur (12) have also reached double-digit wins. In doubles play, the Bulls have been led by Berges and Roestel, who own a team-best 10 doubles victories when paired together.

Miami (OH) enters the weekend with a 10-9 overall record and a 9-1 mark in league play after closing the regular season with a 4-3 win over Northern Illinois. The RedHawks are led by Catherine Denysiewicz-Slowek and Lauren Joyce, who have both surpassed the 20-win singles mark. The pairings of Emilia Valentinsson and Sara Zalukar and Denysiewicz-Slowek and Malu Oliveira have both recorded double-digit wins in doubles action.