Women's Tennis preview: Rice
Jan. 21, 2011
WHAT: No. 17 Texas opens the 2011 dual-match season against Rice (1-0). WHEN/WHERE: Saturday, Jan. 22 – Noon Central/Penick-Allison Tennis Center – Austin, Texas LIVE SCORING: Available at TexasSports.com LAST TIME OUT: Texas competed at the three-day National College Tennis Classic (Jan. 14-16) an individual singles and doubles event in Palm Springs, Calif. LAST MEETING vs. RICE: Texas opened the 2010 season against Rice and posted a 6-1 win over the Owls on Jan. 23, 2010 in Austin. ITA RANKINGS UPDATE THE 2010-11 LONGHORNS: Texas returns four regular singles starters from the 2009-10 squad that reached the finals of the Big 12 Championship and the round of 16 at the NCAA Championships. The Horns are led by sophomore Aeriel Ellis, the 2010 Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year and ITA Texas Region Rookie Player of the Year. The Californian played in all three national championship events last season – the ITA All-American Championships, ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships and the NCAA Championships – on her way to totaling a 32-14 overall singles record. Junior Krista Damico posted 28 singles wins during a standout sophomore campaign and registered a 15-8 mark in dual matches. Senior Maggie Mello compiled a perfect 11-0 mark in conference play last season, and senior Caroline Larsson finished with a 15-4 record last season in dual matches.
Senior Amanda Craddock and juniors Julia Wiegand and Maya Zein-El-Abdin also return for the 2010-11 campaign. They are joined by the freshman trio of Elizabeth Begley, Cierra Gaytan-Leach and Juliana Gajic. |
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