Texas A&M
Texas
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2,1
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
6,1,2,5,3,4
Players Mentioned
Aggies Storm Back for 4-3 Win at Texas
Feb 23, 2025 | Women's Tennis
AUSTIN – The No. 6 Texas A&M women's tennis team came back from an 0-3 deficit to down the No. 11 Texas Longhorns, 4-3, in the first SEC match of the season at the Texas Tennis Center.a
The Aggies (10-1, 1-0 SEC) found themselves down early after Texas (5-4, 0-1 SEC) took the doubles point. Texas then added two more points in singles to go up 3-0, but could not close out the match. No. 90 Mia Kupres was the first to capture a point for the Maroon & White, taking down No. 124 Ezster Miri on court 2, 6-3, 6-3.
Lexington Reed followed up with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz on court 5 for her 16th win of the season, cutting the lead to just one point.
No. 55 Lucciana Perez tied the score at 3-3 after outlasting No. 104 Ashton Bowers in a tight battle on court 3, winning 7-6(6), 7-6(6) for her 10th win of the season and second ranked victory.
Daria Smetannikov completed the Aggie comeback on court 4, besting No. 25 Carmen Herea (6-4, 1-6, 6-4) for her team-high 21st victory and second ranked win.
Texas A&M defeated the Longhorns for the second time in 15 days, and this time were playing without the services of No. 3 Mary Stoiana and Jeanette Mireles.
UP NEXT
Texas A&M heads back to Aggieland to continue SEC play against Arkansas on Friday, Feb. 28 at 5 p.m. at the Mitchell Tennis Center.
COACH'S QUOTES
Head coach Mark Weaver
On the team's fight…
"Just incredible heart and fight by our group. That was a story book ending there. I've been doing this a long time, 26 years of coaching, this one is definitely up there at the top. To be down 3-0, to come into Austin and beat one of the best teams in the nation – what a team effort. The girls really pulled through.
On the team stepping up to the challenge…
"My big challenge for them today was about how tough can we be. How gritty can we be and how much can we fight today, and that's what it ultimately came down to. I'm so proud of them, they just played like champions today. It was all about playing with your heart today, and this one was truly one for the ages. If you've never seen a college tennis match, you should have seen that one. Just truly some of the most exciting, exhilarating competition you'll ever see in any sport."
Junior Daria Smetannikov
On clinching the match…
"It was unreal, I knew that I was the final match, and it was a surreal feeling. It's my first time ever clinching and to do it against Texas at their home court, it was unreal. I felt the momentum swinging back for sure. When I saw Mia won, Lexington won and Lucciana was coming back, I was like we can do this right now."
Match Results
Singles Results
#87 Sabina Zeynalova (TEX) def. #15 Nicole Khirin (TAMU) 6-3, 6-3
#90 Mia Kupres (TAMU) def. #124 Eszter Meri (TEX) 6-3, 6-3
#55 Lucciana Perez (TAMU) def. #104 Ashton Bowers (TEX) 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (9-7)
Daria Smetannikov (TAMU) def. #25 Carmen Herea (TEX) 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
Lexington Reed (TAMU) def. Char Kempenaers-Pocz (TEX) 7-5, 7-5
#54 Ariana Anazagasty-Pursoo (TEX) def. Lizanne Boyer (TAMU) 6-1, 6-2
Double Results
#63 Ariana Anazagasty-Pursoo/Ashton Bowers (TEX) def. Mia Kupres/Daria Smetannikov (TAMU) 6-4
Sabina Zeynalova/Char Kempenaers-Pocz (TEX) def. Nicole Khirin/Lexington Reed (TAMU) 6-3
Lizanne Boyer/Lucciana Perez (TAMU) def. Carmen Herea/Salma Drugdova (TEX) 6-4
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