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March 31, 2011

WHAT: No. 23 Texas (10-4, 5-0 Big 12) continues conference play this weekend at No. 45 Texas Tech (13-4, 3-1 Big 12) and No. 9 Baylor (14-3, 4-1 Big 12).

WHEN/WHERE: 
#23 UT at #45 Texas Tech – Friday, April 1 – Noon Central – Lubbock, Texas
#23 UT at #9 Baylor – Sunday, April 3 – 2 p.m. Central – Waco, Texas

LIVE SCORING
UT at Texas Tech – TexasTech.com
UT at Baylor – BaylorBears.com

LAST TIME OUT: Texas hit the road last weekend and registered a pair of conference victories at Kansas State (5-2) and Kansas (6-0).

LAST MATCHES vs. TEXAS TECH AND BAYLOR:  Texas defeated Texas Tech by a 7-0 count on March 26, 2010 in Austin.    Baylor dealt Texas a 4-0 defeat in the round of 16 at the 2010 NCAA Championships in Athens, Ga.

PRE-MATCH COMMENTS
Texas head coach Patty Fendick-McCain
“This is the strongest Texas Tech team we’ve seen since I’ve been here at Texas.  Texas Tech has quite a bit of depth, and it has talented players.  We’ve got some travel challenges this week, but we’re hoping to get back from Lubbock Friday night and then head over to Baylor on Saturday night.  Baylor has an outstanding team, and we’re looking forward to a good, clean battle there.”

ITA RANKINGS UPDATE
Singles
14. Sona Novakova (Baylor)
21. Aeriel Ellis (Texas)
36. Nina Secerbegovic (Baylor)
38. Diana Nakic (Baylor)
103. Jelena Stanivuk (Baylor)
124. Karolina Filipiak (Baylor)
Doubles
35. Sona Novakova/Nina Secerbegovic (Baylor)
48. Amanda Craddock/Cierra Gaytan-Leach (Texas)

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.

Freshman Juliana Gajic joined the Horns in January and has posted a 9-3 singles record in the bottom half of the Horns’ lineup.