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No. 24 Women’s Tennis Preview: No. 38 William & Mary (NCAA Championships)
05.11.2016 | Women's Tennis
Longhorns take on William & Mary in first round of NCAA Championships for second time in three years.
WHAT: No. 24 Texas (14-8) heads to Duke University for the first and second rounds of the NCAA Championships.
The Longhorns will meet No. 38 William & Mary (18-6) in the tournament's opening round. Texas and William & Mary met in the first round of the 2013 NCAA Championships in Charlottesville, Virginia, where UT won by a 4-0 count.
WHEN/WHERE
NCAA Championships First Round (Round of 64)
No. 24 Texas vs. No. 38 William & Mary
Friday, May 13 – 10 a.m. ET (9 a.m. CT)
Ambler Tennis Stadium – Durham, North Carolina
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NCAA Championships Second Round (Round of 32)
Texas-W&M winner vs. No. 9 Duke/VCU winner
Saturday, May 14 – Noon ET (11 a.m. CT)
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY
Texas is making its 33rd NCAA tournament appearance. UT holds a 46-30 record at the NCAA Championships. The Longhorns captured NCAA team titles in 1993 and 1995 and posted NCAA runner-up finishes in 1992 and 2005.
Texas is making its first NCAA Championships appearance since 2014.
LAST MEETINGS vs. WILLIAM & MARY, DUKE AND VCU
UT's most recent match against William & Mary was the aforementioned contest in the opening round of the 2013 NCAA Championships, which Texas won 4-0. Texas holds a 13-3 advantage all-time against the Tribe.
Texas visited Duke on Feb. 21 and challenged the Blue Devils before falling 4-3. Duke holds a 14-7 series advantage against Texas. UT and VCU have not met in women's tennis.
ITA Rankings (April 26)
Singles
10. Breaunna Addison, Texas
37. Beatrice Capra, Duke
55. Kaitlyn McCarthy, Duke
65. Chalena Scholl, Duke
118. Samantha Harris, Duke
122. Neda Koprcina, Texas
Doubles
16. Breaunna Addison/Dani Wagland, Texas
17. Beatrice Capra, Ellyse Hamlin, Duke
59. Chalena Scholl, Jessica Ho, Duke
74. Samantha Harris, Kaitlyn McCarthy, Duke
ADDISON, KOPRCINA EARN ITA REGIONAL HONORS
The ITA selected Texas senior Breaunna Addison as the ITA Texas Region Senior Player of the Year and UT junior Neda Koprcina as the ITA Texas Region Player to Watch, the governing body announced Monday (May 9). Both student-athletes advance to the national ballot for additional awards consideration.
The 10th-ranked Addison heads into this week's NCAA Championships with a 34-3 overall singles record in fall tournament and spring dual-match play. The two-time All-American totaled an 18-1 mark in dual matches and a 7-0 mark in Big 12 action, all at No. 1 singles.
Addison collects her third career ITA postseason award. She was named the ITA Texas Region Rookie of the Year in 2013 and the region's Player to Watch in 2014.
The 122nd-ranked Koprcina won her first ITA postseason honor after posting a 23-8 overall singles record, a 19-1 mark in dual matches and a spotless 8-0 record in league singles play.
The ITA Player to Watch award goes to a student-athlete who is expected to be one of the top returning regional players next year but who has not won the ITA Texas Regional Championship or an ITA national event.
ADDISON, WAGLAND EARN INDIVIDUAL NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS BIDS
Texas All-America senior Breaunna Addison has earned her fourth consecutive singles berth and will join UT sophomore Dani Wagland in the doubles draw at the NCAA Championships.
Addison, the Big 12's automatic qualifier into the NCAA singles draw, received a "9-16" seed into the NCAA singles draw. In 2013, she became the first Texas freshman and just the third Longhorn ever to reach the singles semifinals at the NCAA Championships.
Wagland earns her first individual NCAA Championships berth alongside Addison, who will compete for a second time in the NCAA doubles draw. The Big 12's automatic qualifiers into the NCAA doubles draw, Addison and Wagland totaled a 22-7 overall doubles mark including a 13-3 record in dual matches.
The NCAA singles and doubles draws will be released later this month.
ADDISON, KOPRCINA FINISH CONFERENCE PLAY UNBLEMISHED
UT senior Breaunna Addison and junior Neda Koprcina progressed through conference play without a loss and became the first Texas tandem to complete the feat since Elizabeth Begley and Lina Padegimaite in 2012.
Addison, who also went undefeated in league play in 2014, posted a 7-0 mark in Big 12 matches at No. 1 singles, while Koprcina totaled an 8-0 league mark primarily at No. 2 singles.
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 for the first time this season on April 12.
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 on the heels of their wins over West Virginia and Iowa State. Texas remains at No. 24 heading into the NCAA Championships.
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 106 singles wins, the former Big 12 Player of the Year sports an impressive 34-3 overall singles record heading into the Big 12 Championships, including a 18-1 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 19-1 mark in dual matches with a perfect 12-0 mark at No. 2 singles and an 8-0 league record. Koprcina has won her last 12 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 14-8 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 returned at the top of the singles lineup after earning All-Big 12 honors in singles and doubles last season.
Sophomore Dani Wagland earned All-Big 12 doubles honors alongside Addison last season. Junior Neda Koprcina is a former Big 12 champion at No. 4 singles.
UT also returns senior Lana Groenvynck and welcomes newcomers Chelsea Crovetti, Daniella Roldan and Katie Poluta.
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