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No. 22 Women’s Tennis Preview: No. 9 Texas Tech and No. 27 TCU
03.22.2017 | Women's Tennis
Longhorns hosts Red Raiders and Horned Frogs in a pair of key conference matches.
WHAT: No. 22 Texas (7-5, 1-1 Big 12) returns home this week for a pair of key conference matches against No. 9 Texas Tech and No. 27 TCU.
WHEN/WHERE
No. 9 Texas Tech (14-3, 2-0 Big 12) at No. 22 Texas (7-5, 1-1 Big 12)
Friday, March 24 – Noon CT
Whitaker Courts – Austin, Texas
Live Updates: www.twitter.com/TexasWTN
No. 27 TCU (9-5, 1-1 Big 12) at No. 22 Texas (7-5, 1-1 Big 12)
Sunday, March 26 – Noon CT
Whitaker Courts – Austin, Texas
Live Updates: www.twitter.com/TexasWTN
ITA NATIONAL RANKINGS (as of March 21, Texas players)
Singles
37. Bianca Turati
84. Petra Granic
99. Neda Koprcina
Doubles
51. Petra Granic/Dani Wagland
LAST TIME OUT
Texas dealt Oklahoma a 4-0 defeat on Sunday (March 19) in Norman.
MORE ON THE LONGHORNS
Second-year Texas head coach Howard Joffe returns five veterans from the 2015-16 squad that reached the round of 16 (third round) at the NCAA Championships and ranked No. 20 in the final ITA team poll.
All-Big 12 senior Neda Koprcina totaled a 21-2 dual-match record – including a 14-1 mark at No. 2 singles – last season as a junior. Koprcina clinched the Longhorns' 4-2 upset win at ninth-seeded Duke in the second round of the 2016 NCAA Championships.
Junior Dani Wagland posted 12 dual-match wins last season including a team-best eight wins at No. 3 singles. Katie Poluta joined the Longhorns last season from South Africa and totaled a 12-8 dual-match record. Her classmate Daniella Roldan added eight dual-match singles wins, and Chelsea Crovetti chipped in three singles victories.
UT welcomes four newcomers in the form of Anna and Bianca Turati of Italy, Petra Granic of Croatia and Madison Cleff of Colleyville, Texas.
Granic won her first tournament title in September when she secured the Flight 2A event at the Rice Invitational in Houston.
Players Mentioned
