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No. 7 Women’s Tennis sweeps LSU, 4-0
01.25.2020 | Women's Tennis
The Longhorns improve to 2-0 and advance to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships (Feb. 7-10).
AUSTIN, Texas — The No. 7 University of Texas women's tennis team swept LSU, 4-0, in the championship match of the ITA KickOff Weekend on Saturday afternoon at the Texas Tennis Center. With the victory, the Longhorns (2-0) advance to the ITA Division I National Team Indoor Championships on Feb. 7-10 in Chicago.
Texas grabbed an early 1-0 advantage after earning the doubles point against the Tigers (3-1). Junior Fernanda Labraña and sophomore Marta Perez Mur posted a 6-4 win against Safiya Carrington and Paris Corley on court 2. The match remained on serve until the final game, when Labraña and Marta Perez Mur broke the LSU tandem to claim the victory. Senior twin sisters Anna Turati and Bianca Turati clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 win over Eden Richardson and Nina Geissler on court 1.
Freshman Lexi Ryngler got off the court first at No. 3 singles, recording a 6-3, 6-1 victory against Richardson to give the Longhorns a 2-0 cushion. Sophomore Tijana Spasojevic earned a straight-set win at No. 6 singles for the second consecutive day, posting a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Anna Loughlan to increase UT's advantage to 3-0. Down 3-2 in the second set, Spasojevic won the final four games to finish the match.
Freshman Adri Nagy provided the clinching point with a 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) victory against No. 105 Paris Corley at fourth singles. After Nagy jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the second set, Corley won three-straight games to take a 4-3 advantage. The two players traded wins in the next five games to force a tiebreak. After dropping the initial point in the breaker, Nagy won six consecutive points to build a 6-1 cushion before cruising to a 7-3 victory to close out the dual-match win.
Prior to heading to Chicago for the ITA Indoor Nationals, the Longhorns will return to action on Friday, Jan. 31 with a neutral-site matchup against No. 8 North Carolina State in Atlanta, Ga. First serve for the Texas-N.C. State match is set for 9 a.m. CT (10 a.m. ET). Texas will then play at Georgia Tech on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 12 p.m. CT (1 p.m. ET).
#7 Texas 4, LSU 0
Singles – Order of finish (3,6,4)
- Bianca Turati (UT) vs. #42 Taylor Bridges (LSU), 7-5, 2-3, unfinished
- #4 Anna Turati (UT) vs. #61 Safiya Carrington (LSU), 6-2, 6-6 (5-1), unfinished
- #43 Lexi Ryngler (UT) def. Eden Richardson (LSU), 6-3, 6-1
- Adri Nagy (UT) def. #105 Paris Corley (LSU), 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
- #98 Fernanda Labraña (UT) vs. Nina Geissler (LSU), 4-6, 6-5, unfinished
- Tijana Spasojevic (UT) def. Anna Loughlan (LSU), 6-4, 6-3
Doubles – Order of finish (2,1)
- Anna Turati/Bianca Turati (UT) def. Eden Richardson/Nina Geissler (LSU), 6-4
- Fernanda Labraña/Marta Perez Mur (UT) def. Safiya Carrington/Paris Corley (LSU), 6-4
- Adri Nagy/Lexi Ryngler (UT) vs. Taylor Bridges/Anna Loughlan (LSU), 5-4, unfinished
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