Perez-Somarriba Seeded Third in NCAA Singles Championship

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Sophomore Estela Perez-Somarriba of the University of Miami women’s tennis team garnered the third overall seed for the NCAA Singles Championship, as announced Wednesday evening.

The 64-player tournament is set to take place May 23-28 at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex in Winston-Salem, N.C.

An at-large selection, Perez-Somarriba is the highest-seeded Hurricane since Julia Cohen received the second seed in 2009. Her seed matches her ITA national ranking, which is also the highest by a Miami player since Cohen in 2009.

By earning a top-eight seed, Perez-Somarriba has clinched a second consecutive ITA All-America distinction. She is one of four ACC players seeded in the top six.

The Madrid native is set to be the 18th Hurricane to play in the NCAA Singles Championship multiple times. Last year, she made a run to the Final Four, becoming the first Miami freshman to reach the semifinals.

Additionally, senior Sinead Lohan is the ninth alternate for the field. The Waterford, Ireland, native is a two-time ITA All-American and is currently ranked No. 64 nationally.

Lohan reached the NCAA Singles Championship semifinals in 2016 after a quarterfinal berth in 2015. She fell to eventual national champion Brienne Minor of Michigan in the first round last year.

This is the 16th straight year Miami will have at least one player in the NCAA Singles Championship, a streak that dates back to head coach Paige Yaroshuk-Tews’ second season at the helm in 2003.

The complete bracket for the tournament will be announced May 22, one day before competition starts. To view the full list of selections, click HERE.

Perez-Somarriba, Lohan and No. 16-seeded Miami (16-7, 11-3 ACC) open NCAA Team Championship play May 11 at 2 p.m. against LIU Brooklyn at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.

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