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No. 24 Women’s Tennis Preview: No. 42 Baylor
04.20.2016 | Women's Tennis
Horns host Big 12 rival Baylor on Senior Day at Westwood Country Club.
WHAT: No. 24 Texas (14-6, 6-2 Big 12) welcomes No. 42 Baylor (16-13, 5-3 Big 12) for the regular season finale for both teams. Texas seniors Breaunna Addison and Lana Groenvynck will be honored during Senior Day festivities prior to the match.
WHEN/WHERE
No. 42 Baylor at No. 24 Texas
Saturday, April 23 – 1 p.m. CT
Westwood Country Club
3808 West 35th Street
Austin, Texas 78703
ITA Rankings (April 19)
(Texas players only)
Singles
10. Breaunna Addison
Doubles
15. Breaunna Addison/Dani Wagland
LAST TIME OUT
Texas won a pair of home conference matches last weekend and defeated West Virginia (5-0) and Iowa State (4-2).
LAST MEETING AGAINST BAYLOR
Baylor defeated Texas by a 4-0 count on April 11, 2015 in Waco.
TEXAS ENTERS ITA TOP-25
Road wins over Big 12 Conference foes Texas Tech and TCU elevated Texas into the top-25 of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) poll last week for the first time this season.
The Longhorns checked in at No. 25 in the April 12 release of the 75-team poll after ranking 35th the week before. Texas made its first appearance in the top-25 of the ITA team rankings since Feb. 10, 2015.
The Longhorns moved up one spot to No. 24 this week on the heels of their wins over West Virginia and Iowa State.
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 105 singles wins, the former Big 12 Player of the Year sports an impressive 33-3 overall singles record heading into Saturday's match, including a 17-1 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 17-1 mark in dual matches with a perfect 10-0 mark at No. 2 singles and a 7-0 league record. Koprcina has won her last 10 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 14-6 dual-match record with neutral-site wins over Purdue and Princeton and home wins over Incarnate Word, UTSA, Michigan, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Northwestern, Oklahoma, West Virginia and Iowa State.
UT opened conference play in mid-March and posted a win at Kansas State and added significant road wins earlier this month 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 17-1 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
