Results

        COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — Xavier University of Louisiana women's tennis freshman McKenna Wheatley opened her college career with four victories and zero losses Thursday in the HBCU National Championships at South Fulton Tennis Center.
        Wheatley, from the Jackson suburb of Madison, Miss., won twice in the singles B-bracket. She defeated Dayna Jackson of Tuskegee 6-0, 6-2 in the round of 64, then beat Lafi Joao of North Carolina Central 6-7 (5-7), 6-0, 1-0 (11-9) in the round of 32.
        In the doubles B-bracket, Wheatley and Tianna Dixon won 7-6 (8-6) against Shaw's Anja Antonojevic and Sewal Ozseker in the round of 32, then defeated Albany State's Bianca Leao and Carla Sorroche 6-0 in the round of 16.
        XULA sophomores Kareemah Muhammad and Valaine Clarke, seeded first in the doubles A-bracket, defeated Grambling's Georgina Kaindoah and Lungile Ntuli 6-3 in the quarterfinals. Muhammad and Clarke will complete Friday a quarterfinal tiebreaker against Alabama State's Urska Velec and Bea Acena.
        The three-day tournament will conclude Saturday.
        College Park is an Atlanta suburb. Other women's teams competing are Alabama A&M, Alcorn State, Bowie State, Clark Atlanta, Florida A&M, Grambling, Johnson C. Smith, LeMoyne-Owen and Tennessee State.

First-day team scoring — women
17 XULA
17 Alabama State
15 Alabama A&M
13 Florida A&M
12 Shaw
11 North Carolina Central
10 Tennessee State
7 Albany State
5 Johnson C. Smith
4 Alcorn State
3 Grambling State
3 Tuskegee
1 Clark Atlanta
1 LeMoyne-Owen
0 Bowie State