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Women's Tennis Preview: Kansas, Kansas State
03.17.2016 | Women's Tennis
Longhorns open conference play this weekend in Kansas.
WHAT: No. 35 Texas (7-4) opens conference play this weekend with a pair of matches at No. 27 Kansas (11-2, 1-0 Big 12) and Kansas State (7-6, 0-1 Big 12).
WHEN/WHERE
No. 35 Texas at No. 27 Kansas
Friday, March 18 – 4 p.m. CT
Jayhawk Tennis Complex – Lawrence, Kansas
No. 35 Texas at Kansas State
Sunday, March 20 – 11 a.m. CT
Mike Goss Tennis Stadium - Manhattan, Kansas
ITA Rankings (Texas players only)
Singles
8. Breaunna Addison
Doubles
13. Breaunna Addison/Dani Wagland
LAST TIME OUT
Texas hosted Princeton on Tuesday and dealt the Tigers a 5-2 defeat.
LAST MEETINGS vs. KANSAS & KANSAS STATE
Texas defeated K-State by a 4-2 count on April 17, 2015 in Austin. The Longhorns knocked off Kansas by a 4-0 count on April 19, 2015 in Austin.
ADDISON RANKS EIGHTH IN LATEST I.T.A. SINGLES RANKINGS
Texas two-time All-America senior Breaunna Addison ranks eighth in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) women's singles rankings released Tuesday. Last month, Addison became the first Longhorn featured in the ITA top-10 in five years when she moved to No. 8 on Feb. 3.
Addison, who had ranked as high as No. 10 in the ITA singles rankings as a sophomore, is the first Longhorn among the nation's top-10 since Aeriel Ellis in January of 2011. MORE HERE
The 2014 Big 12 Player of the Year is off to a 25-3 mark in singles play and carries a 9-1 record in dual matches. Addison is nearing the 100-win mark in her three-plus seasons and boasts a 97-29 career singles record.
Addison also ranks a season-high No. 13 in doubles with Dani Wagland.
MORE ON THE LONGHORNS
First-year head coach Howard Joffe and second-year assistant coach Courtney Dolehide welcome four starters back from the 2015 squad that finished with a No. 37 national ranking. The 2016 squad holds a 6-4 dual-match record with neutral-site wins over Purdue and Princeton and home wins over Incarnate Word, UTSA, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Two-time All-America senior Breaunna Addison returns at the top of the singles lineup after earning All-Big 12 honors in singles and doubles last season.
The 2014 Big 12 Player of the Year has qualified for the NCAA Championships' 64-player singles draw each of her three seasons as a Longhorn, and she reached the event's semifinals as a first-semester freshman in 2013.
Sophomore Dani Wagland earned All-Big 12 doubles honors alongside Addison last season and has won six dual matches this season. Junior Neda Koprcina, a former Big 12 champion at No. 4 singles, is out to a 9-1 start this season in dual matches, where she has split time at Nos. 2, 3 and 4 singles.
UT also returns senior Lana Groenvynck and welcomes newcomers Chelsea Crovetti, Daniella Roldan and Katie Poluta.
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