UNT tennis seniors chase a conference route to the national stage

North Texas has two routes into a national fall tennis event this week: a singles title or a doubles title at the American Conference Individual Championships in Houston.

The Denton program’s Lou Chalard and Carolina Laydner are scheduled to open singles play at Rice on Thursday, Oct. 22. UNT’s Oct. 21 announcement lists both matches for 10 a.m. CDT, with Chalard facing Temple’s Tesse Antonis and Laydner meeting UTSA’s Celine Absawi.

Chalard will also team with Lilly Schultz in doubles. The No. 3 seeds received a first-round bye and are scheduled to begin Friday, Oct. 23.

The prize extends beyond the conference bracket. The singles champion and winning doubles team advance to represent the American at the ITA Conference Masters Championships in Rome, Georgia, Nov. 5–8.

Source: UNT Athletics, Oct. 21, 2026: https://meangreensports.com/news/2026/10/21/womens-tennis-unt-set-for-american-individual-championships