Texas A&M Women’s Tennis Earns Five Wins at SEC/Big 12 Challenge in Fort Worth

FORT WORTH, Texas – Texas A&M women's tennis won five of nine matches on day one of the SEC/Big 12 Challenge hosted by TCU in Fort Worth on Friday. The Aggies are slated to take on opponents from Texas Tech, Georgia and TCU over the weekend.
 
"It was a very productive day for us in regards to getting some very competitive matches," Texas A&M head coach Mark Weaver said. "Nearly every singles match came down to the wire in some very difficult conditions. Winning two of the three doubles matches against Georgia was good, they were basically the No. 1 team all year before losing in the NCAA finals against Stanford. The six matches we played against Texas Tech were all hard fought matches. I was very impressed with Renee's [McBryde] attitude, fight and her willingness to stay positive when things weren't going her way. She was able to make some strategic changes to turn her match around when things weren't looking great."
 
Texas A&M claimed two of three doubles matches against Georgia to open the day's action. A&M's Lucia Quiterio and Jessica Anzo earned a 6-3 results against Georgia's Morgan Coppoc and Lea Ma while Riley McQuaid and Renee McBryde skunked, 6-0, the Bulldog pair of Marta Gonzalez and Alee Clayton.
 
The Aggies finished the day splitting six tightly contested singles matches against Texas Tech as four went three sets. A&M earned singles wins by McBryde, Quiterio, and Anzo.
 
The Aggies begin play against Texas Tech in singles action on Friday at 1:45 p.m. followed by doubles matches against Georgia at 3:30 p.m. and will continue through Sunday.
 
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2019 SEC/Big 12 Challenge Schedule
Saturday
4:15 p.m. – TCU vs Texas A&M & Georgia vs Texas Tech doubles
5 p.m. – Texas A&M vs Georgia singles
6:45 p.m. – Texas Tech vs TCU singles
 
Sunday
10 a.m. – TCU vs Georgia & Texas Tech vs Texas A&M doubles
10:45 a.m. – Georgia vs TTU singles
12:30 p.m. – Texas A&M vs TCU singles
 
2019 SEC/Big 12 Challenge Results
Singles
Olivia Peet (TT) def. No. 112 Tatiana Makarova (TAMU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
Margarita Skryabina (TT) def. No. 58 Jayci Goldsmith (TAMU) 2-6, 7-5, 6-1
Renee McBryde (TAMU) def. Kennedy Bridgforth (TT) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
Lisa Mays (TT) def. Riley McQuaid (TAMU) 7-6(4), 7-5
Lucia Quiterio (TAMU) def. Nell Miller (TT) 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
Jessica Anzo (TAMU) def. Isa Di Laura (TT) 6-7(4), 6-3, 7-6(2)
 
Doubles
No. 19 Elena Christofi / Vivian Wolff (UGA) def. No. 8 Tatiana Makarova / Jayci Goldsmith (TAMU) 6-3
Lucia Quiterio / Jessica Anzo (TAMU) def. Morgan Coppoc / Lea Ma (UGA) 6-3
Riley McQuaid / Renee McBryde (TAMU) def. Marta Gonzalez / Alee Clayton (UGA) 6-0