SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Denver women’s duo of Louise Wikander and Marley Lambert and the Illinois State men’s duo of Tomas Valencia and Adrian Dibildox have earned spots in the upcoming ITA Conference Masters Championships, league officials announced Thursday.
The quartet will represent the Summit League as this marks Lambert’s second consecutive doubles qualification, while Wikander, Valencia, and Dibildox will make their respective debuts in the fall event.
Wikander and Lambert will play in both the women’s singles and doubles competitions at the qualifier, while Valencia will do the same in the men’s competition. Lambert and Valencia each earned the singles bid by a vote of Summit League head coaches, while Wikander had already secured her singles berth. The doubles bids were also voted on by the league’s head coaches.
A singles quarterfinalist at the 2025 ITA Mountain Regional, Lambert owns the second-lowest WTN ranking in the conference trailing only Wikander, who is a three-time All-Summit League honoree. Lambert, who hails from Los Angeles, Calif., captured the 2025 Summit League Newcomer of the Year honor.
The Pioneer duo holds a combined WTN rating of 33.9, with Wikander ranked No. 71 nationally in doubles this fall. Lambert competed at No. 1 doubles throughout 2025, helping Denver finish as the top-ranked team in the Mountain Region.
Valencia owns a 11.17 WTN rating and the Santiago, Chile native has a 6-2 singles record this fall with wins over Marquette’s No. 1 and Drake’s No. 1. During the 2024-2025 season, Valencia went 3-3 in Summit League regular season matches in the Redbirds’ No. 1 singles spot.
Valencia and Dibildox captured a 2-2 record through the fall season. During the 2024-2025 season, the duo held a 3-2 record in Summit League regular season matches playing in the No. 1 position.
The four Summit League athletes will compete Nov. 6–9 at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, Calif. The Masters, along with the ITA Division I Sectional Championships taking place the same weekend, will serve as qualifiers for the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Tennis Singles and Doubles Championships scheduled for Nov. 18–23 in Orlando, Fla.
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