Women's Tennis preview: ITA Kick-Off Weekend
Jan. 27, 2011
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WHAT: No. 16 Texas (1-0) resumes the 2011 dual-match season this weekend when it participates in the third annual ITA Kick-Off Weekend. UT will take on No. 24 Washington (2-0) in its first match Saturday and will meet either No. 14 Florida State (1-0) or Princeton (1-0) on Sunday. Should Texas collect two wins this weekend, it would advance to next month’s ITA National Team Indoor Championships in Charlottesville, Va. WHEN: WHERE: Scott Speicher Tennis Facility – Tallahassee, Fla. LAST TIME OUT: Texas opened the season on Jan. 22 with a 7-0 win over Rice at UT’s Penick-Allison Tennis Center. 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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