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No. 25 Women’s Tennis Preview: West Virginia and Iowa State
04.15.2016 | Women's Tennis
Horns begin final stretch of home matches this weekend when they host the Mountaineers and Cyclones.
WHAT: Fresh off of a productive road trip, No. 25 Texas (12-6, 4-2 Big 12) looks to continue its momentum this weekend as it hosts West Virginia (6-10, 0-5 Big 12) and Iowa State (13-5, 2-3 Big 12).
WHEN/WHERE
West Virginia at No. 25 Texas
Saturday, April 16 – Noon CT
Whitaker Tennis Courts – Austin, Texas
Iowa State at No. 25 Texas
Sunday, April 17 – Noon CT
Whitaker Tennis Courts – Austin, Texas
ITA Rankings (April 12)
(Texas players only)
Singles
11. Breaunna Addison
Doubles
12. Breaunna Addison/Dani Wagland
LAST TIME OUT
Texas took to the road and posted key conference wins at No. 12 Texas Tech (4-3) and No. 28 TCU (4-3) last weekend.
TEXAS ENTERS ITA TOP-25
Road wins over Big 12 Conference foes Texas Tech and TCU have elevated Texas into the top-25 of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) poll for the first time this season.
The Longhorns checked in at No. 25 in Tuesday's release of the 75-team poll after ranking 35th last week. Texas made its first appearance in the top-25 of the ITA team rankings since Feb. 10, 2015.
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 March 28.
Addison became the first Longhorn to reach 100 singles wins at Texas since All-American Aeriel Ellis completed the feat in 2013. Now up to 104 singles wins, the former Big 12 Player of the Year sports an impressive 32-3 overall singles record heading into this weekend's matches, including a 16-1 mark in dual matches at No. 1 singles.
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 15-1 mark in dual matches with a perfect 9-0 mark at No. 2 singles and a 5-0 league record. Koprcina has won her last eight singles decisions.
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 12-6 dual-match record with neutral-site wins over Purdue and Princeton and home wins over Incarnate Word, UTSA, Michigan, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Northwestern and Oklahoma. UT opened conference play in mid-March and posted a win at Kansas State and added significant road wins last weekend at Texas Tech and TCU.
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 eight dual matches this season. Junior Neda Koprcina, a former Big 12 champion at No. 4 singles, is out to a 15-1 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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