If Northwestern State can pull off the upset, N.C.A.A. tournament history will have repeated itself.
Stephens, who upset the tournament favorite Serena Williams in the quarterfinals, proceeded to lose her serve and the match, 6-1, 6-4.
Ariel Hsing, 16, the American who was ranked No. 115 in the world, nearly upset the tournament's No. 2 seed, Li Xiaoxia of China.
She will next play Jill Craybas, the 73rd-ranked player in the world, who upset the tournament's ninth-seeded player, Paola Suarez, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2).
In 1985, Villanova defeated Georgetown, 66-64, to win the national championship in a game many consider the greatest upset in tournament history.
As people flipped to TBS to see the biggest upset in tournament history, it promptly fell apart, as Gonzaga scored 8 of the final 10 points to squash the upset bid.
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County stunned the University of Virginia, 74-54, in the biggest upset in tournament history.
This has been a notably upset-free tournament.
France was knocked out of the European Championships on Friday, losing to Greece, 1-0, in the quarterfinals in one of the biggest upsets in tournament history.
Last year we watched two of the least likely upsets in tournament history when No. 15 seeds from one-bid leagues, Norfolk State and Lehigh, beat the No. 2 seeds Missouri and Duke.
