Women's Tennis preview: ITA Kickoff Weekend
Jan. 27, 2012
WHAT: No. 15 Texas (1-1) resumes dual-match play this weekend when it competes in a pair of matches as part of the ITA Kickoff Weekend. SCHEDULE WHERE: Currey Tennis Center – Nashville, Tenn. ITA RANKINGS UPDATE LAST TIME OUT: Texas upset then-No. 4 North Carolina by a 4-3 count and suffered a 4-3 defeat to then-No. 9 Virginia last weekend at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. THE 2011-12 LONGHORNS: Texas returns four regular singles starters from the 2010-11 squad that reached the finals of the Big 12 Championship and the round of 32 at the NCAA Championships. The Horns are led by junior Aeriel Ellis, who last season became UT’s first ITA All-American since 1999. The Californian has qualified to compete in all eight of the previous national championship events contested during her two-plus seasons as a Longhorn. She reached the round of 16 of the singles draw at the 2011 NCAA Championships. Senior Krista Damico totaled a 21-16 overall singles record last season while playing primarily at No. 2 singles. UT returns a pair of talented sophomores who saw significant time in the dual-match lineup last season. Juliana Gajic totaled a 13-6 dual-match record, primarily at No. 5 singles, and Cierra Gaytan-Leach totaled a 9-3 dual-match record.
Freshman Noel Scott, ranked 119th in the latest ITA singles rankings, sports a 10-5 record in her first season of competition. |
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