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Women’s Tennis Preview: Northwestern
03.27.2016 | Women's Tennis
Longhorns host Wildcats Monday afternoon at Whitaker Tennis Courts.
WHAT: No. 34 Texas (8-5) hosts Northwestern (5-7) in its final non-conference match of the season.
WHEN/WHERE
No. 36 Northwestern at No. 34 Texas
Monday, March 28 – Noon CT
Whitaker Tennis Courts – Austin, Texas
ITA Rankings (Texas players only)
Singles
12. Breaunna Addison
Doubles
17. Breaunna Addison/Dani Wagland
LAST TIME OUT
Texas blanked Kansas State (4-0) on March 20 in Manhattan, Kansas.
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 8-5 dual-match record with neutral-site wins over Purdue and Princeton and home wins over Incarnate Word, UTSA, Michigan, Princeton and Pennsylvania. UT opened conference play last weekend and posted a win at Kansas State.
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 10-1 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.
Players Mentioned
