MEMPHIS, Tenn. (10/14/26) – The Arkansas State women's tennis team will compete at the 2026 ITA Central Region Championships, beginning Thursday at the Leftwich Tennis Center in Memphis.

The Red Wolves will compete for berths in the 2026 NCAA Division I Individual Championships in singles and doubles. Singles finalists and doubles champions at each of the 13 regional sites automatically qualify for the NCAA Championships. The NCAA singles draw features 64 players, while the doubles draw includes 32 teams.

Competition is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. each day. Schedules, live scores and live video will be available on the tournament page.

For the first time in program history, three A-State players are directly into the singles' main draw. Lily Cvanciger, Anna Grigoreva and Sara Kastakova are in the main draw while Meghna Arun Kumar, Helena Bueno, Lara Margocova, Hanmare McAslin and Carla Muro Castellvi begin the tournament in the qualifying draw. All four doubles teams for the Red Wolves made the main draw. A-State (3) joins Memphis (3), Missouri (4), Nebraska (3), Oklahoma (9), Oklahoma State (3) and Wichita State (3) as central region programs with three or more singles players in the main draw.

Kastakova and Grigoreva are seeded ninth in the singles' main draw while the doubles pair of Kastakova and Cvanciger is seeded ninth.  

ITA Central Region Championships
Qualifying Draw – Singles
Hanmare McAslin vs Caroline Manzi (Kansas) – Thursday 9:00 AM
Helena Bueno vs Daria Budko (Missouri) – Thursday 9:00 AM
Lara Margocova vs Diana Smolinska (Kansas State) – Thursday 10:30 AM
Meghna Arun Kumar vs Ida Clement (Iowa) – Thursday 10:45 AM
Carla Muro Castellvi vs Daniela Zegarra (Oral Roberts) – Thursday 11:00 AM

Main Draw – Singles
Sara Kastakova vs TBD – Friday 9:00 AM
Lilly Cvanciger vs Prisca Abbas – Friday 10:30 AM
Anna Grigoreva vs TBD – Friday 11:00 AM

Main Draw – Doubles
Hanmare McAslin/Helena Bueno vs Paola Garcia/Sofia Loglo (Lindenwood) – Thursday 4:30 PM
Lilly Cvanciger/Sara Kastakova vs Carolina Alonso/Coral Valle (Tulsa) – Thursday 5:30 PM
Lara Margocova/Carla Muro Castellvi vs Chloe Noel/Laura Brunkel (Oklahoma) – Thursday 5:30 PM
Anna Grigoreva/Meghan Arun Kumar vs Maralgoo Chogsomjav/Martaa Chogsomjav (Kansas State) – Thursday 5:30 PM