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No. 35 Women’s Tennis Preview: No. 12 Texas Tech, No. 28 TCU
04.06.2016 | Women's Tennis
Horns hit the road to take on Red Raiders and Horned Frogs.
WHAT: No. 35 Texas (10-6, 2-2 Big 12) contests a pair of key conference matches this weekend when it visits No. 12 Texas Tech (17-2, 2-1 Big 12) and No. 28 TCU (11-2, 3-0 Big 12).
WHEN/WHERE
No. 35 Texas at No. 12 Texas Tech
Friday, April 8 – 5 p.m. CT
McLeod Tennis Center – Lubbock, Texas
Live Scoring: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=115751
No. 35 Texas at No. 28 TCU
Sunday, April 10 – 11 a.m. CT
Friedman Tennis Center – Fort Worth, Texas
Live Scoring: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=tcu
ITA Rankings (April 5)
(Texas players only)
Singles
11. Breaunna Addison
Doubles
11. Breaunna Addison/Dani Wagland
LAST TIME OUT
Texas defeated Oklahoma by a 4-1 count on April 3 in Austin.
LAST MEETINGS AGAINST TEXAS TECH AND TCU
TCU defeated Texas by a 4-3 count in the quarterfinals of the 2015 Big 12 Championships in Waco. Texas knocked off Texas Tech by a 4-2 margin on March 22, 2015 in Austin.
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 102 singles wins, the former Big 12 Player of the Year sports an impressive 30-3 overall singles record heading into this weekend's matches, including a 14-1 mark in dual matches at No. 1 singles.
Addison also ranks a season-high No. 11 nationally in doubles alongside sophomore Dani Wagland. The tandem holds a 21-5 overall singles record and a 12-1 record in dual matches at No. 1 doubles.
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 13-1 mark in dual matches with a perfect 7-0 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 10-6 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.
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 13-1 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
