Box Score ORLANDO, Fla. – Third seed Nika Vesely '25 saw her run in the NCAA Singles Championship end in a three-set defeat to second seed Angie Zhou of Pomona-Pitzer on Sunday morning from the USTA National Campus. Vesely is just the fourth Cardinal in team history (all since 2018) to advance to the semifinal round of the NCAA Singles Championship.
 
Zhou came out strong in the opening set, controlling the action with a 6-2 win. Vesely, however, bounced back in the second set and sent the match into a third set with a 6-4 victory. In that decider, Zhou jumped out to a 3-0 lead and even though Vesely broke back once, she couldn't close the gap any further as the match ended in a 6-3 third set win for Zhou.
 
Vesely, the 2023 NESCAC Player of the Year, impressed in her first career appearance at the NCAA Singles Championship as she went 3-1 while being the first opponent Zhou has lost a set to at the Championship Tournament. Vesely finishes the 2022-23 season with an 18-2 record in singles play that included an 18-match win streak.