Akli, Hamner Set Sights on Stillwater with Bid to NCAA Singles & Doubles Tournaments

Columbia, S.C. – Ayana Akli and Sarah Hamner of the South Carolina women’s tennis team will represent the program at the year’s NCAA Singles and Doubles Championship after being earning at-large bids. The duo will pair up in the doubles tournament for the second consecutive season. In 2023 they entered the draw as alternates, earning a spot in the tournament and then making a run to the quarterfinals to finish as All-Americans. Akli’s bid to the singles tournament is the fourth of her career and second time she has entered as a seeded entry as a No. 9-16 seed. The...