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Women’s Tennis Preview: No. 17 Oklahoma State, Oklahoma
03.31.2016 | Women's Tennis
Longhorns resume Big 12 Conference play this weekend against the Cowgirls and Sooners.
WHAT: No. 34 Texas (9-5, 1-1 Big 12) hosts No. 17 Oklahoma State (13-4, 2-0 Big 12) and Oklahoma (6-6, 2-0 Big 12) as it resumes conference play this weekend.
WHEN/WHERE
No. 17 Oklahoma State at No. 34 Texas
Friday, April 1 – 4 p.m. CT
Whitaker Tennis Courts – Austin, Texas
Oklahoma at No. 34 Texas
Sunday, April 3 – 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 defeated No. 36 Northwestern by a 5-2 count on March 28 in Austin.
LIVE UPDATES
Available throughout the match on Twitter at @LonghornsTennis.
ADDISON RECORDS 100TH SINGLES WIN
Two-time All-America senior Breaunna Addison collected her 100th singles win as a Longhorn in Texas' 5-2 win over Northwestern on Monday.
Addison is the first Longhorn to reach 100 singles wins at Texas since All-American Aeriel Ellis completed the feat in 2013. The former Big 12 Player of the Year sports an impressive 28-3 overall singles record heading into this weekend's matches, including a 12-1 mark in dual matches at No. 1 singles.
Addison also ranks 17th nationally in doubles alongside sophomore Dani Wagland. The tandem holds a 19-5 overall singles record and a 10-1 record in dual matches.
KOPRCINA SOLIDIFIES TOP OF SINGLES LINEUP
Neda Koprcina has teamed with Addison to give Texas a formidable one-two punch at Nos. 1 and 2 singles. The native of Split, Croatia, holds a 12-1 mark in dual matches with a perfect 6-0 mark at No. 2 singles.
Koprcina has won her last five matches, all in straight sets.
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 9-5 dual-match record with neutral-site wins over Purdue and Princeton and home wins over Incarnate Word, UTSA, Michigan, Princeton, Pennsylvania and Northwestern. UT opened conference play in mid-March 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 12-1 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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