No. 9 A&M Top Northwestern in Opening Round of ITA Kickoff, 4-0

Saturday, January 27

Bryan-College Station

12:00 PM

Texas A&M

Northwestern

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Jan 27, 2024 | Women's Tennis

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By: Mallory Maxwell, Athletics Communications

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The No. 9 Texas A&M women's tennis team came one step closer to punching its ticket to the ITA National Indoors, with a win over Northwestern (4-0), Saturday. The win marked A&M's 44^th consecutive victory at the Mitchell Tennis Center.

It was a battle from the beginning between the Aggies and Wildcats, with each court going point-for-point. On court 1, No. 3 Mia Kupres/Mary Stoiana took down No. 39 Christina Hand/Justine Leong (6-4) to put the pressure on Northwestern. The Wildcats answered back, taking court 3 to a tiebreak (7-6(4)). On court 2, Nicole Khirin/Lucciana Perez outlasted Sydney Pratt/Elisa Van Meeteren (7-6(7)) in a thriller tiebreak to clinch the doubles point.

Heading into singles with the advantage, No. 1 Stoiana quickly doubled A&M's lead with a victory over Maria Shusharina (6-1, 6-1). Across the way, No. 31 Khirin defeated Justine Leong (6-1, 7-5) to improve the Aggie lead. Securing the sweep, Daria Smetannikov topped Kiley Rabjohns (7-5, 6-3) on court 5.

Up Next
The Aggies face TCU tomorrow at 12 p.m. at the Mitchell Tennis Center for the last round of the ITA Kickoff Weekend.

Match Results
Singles Results
(TAMU) No. 1 Mary Stoiana Def. (NUW) Maria Shusharina (6-1, 6-1)
(TAMU) No. 31 Nicole Khirin Def. (NUW) Justine Leong (6-1, 7-5)
(TAMU) No. 26 Mia Kupres vs. (NUW) Christina Hand (6(1)-7, 6-1, 1-0) UNF
(TAMU) Lucciana Perez vs. (NUW) Britany Lao (6(5)-7, 6-0, 2-0) UNF
(TAMU) Daria Smetannikov Def. (NUW) Kiley Rabjohns (7-5, 6-3)
(TAMU) Jeanette Mireles vs. (NUW) Sydney Pratt (7-6(8), 2-2) UNF

Doubles Results
(TAMU) No. 3 Mia Kupres/Mary Stoiana Def. (NUW) No. 39 Christina Hand/Justine Leong (6-4)
(TAMU) Lucciana Perez/Nicole Khirin Def. (NUW) Sydney Pratt/Elisa Van Meeteren (7-6(7))
(NUW) Britany Lau/Maria Shusharina Def. (TAMU) Sydney Fitch/Daria Smetannikov (7-6(4))

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