No. 3 Aggies Meaux Down No. 10 LSU, 4-1

BATON ROUGE – The No. 3 Texas A&M women's tennis team claimed a 4-1 victory over the No. 10 LSU Tigers in Sunday's SEC bout.
 
With their win at the LSU Tennis Complex, the Aggies surged to 18-3 overall and 10-1 in the SEC. The Maroon & White remained in a tie with Auburn atop the SEC standings.
 
No. 2 Lucciana Perez clinched the match with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over No. 58 Cadence Brace on court 1. She improved to 19-0 singles play in 2026. She stretched her school record for consecutive SEC regular-season victories to 30.
 
The contest started with an intense battle in doubles action. The LSU pair of Brace/Kayla Cross topped No. 8 Mia Kupres/Perez on court 1, 6-3. The Aggies evened the doubles play with Lexington Reed/Daria Smetannikov recording a 6-4 triumph over Addison Lanton/Alexia Marginean on court 3. The decisive match on court 2 went to a tiebreaker where the Maroon & White wrestled away the doubles point. No. 75 Ilinca Amariei/Violeta Martinez fought for a 7-6(4) win over Kenna Erickson/Carolina Kuhl.
 
The Aggies nosed ahead, 2-0, with Smetannikov registering breadsticks on court 6 with a 6-1, 6-1 result against Marginean.
 
LSU penciled in its lone point of the match with Lanton topping No. 54 Amariei, 6-3, 6-2 on court 3.
 
Reed put the Aggies one point from victory with her 7-5, 6-1 win over Kuhl on court 4. She improved to 14-4 on the season, including 8-2 in SEC action.
 
As the match ended, No. 96 Martinez had the upper hand on Erickson on court 5, 6-4, 5-4. LSU's Cross had the advantage over Kupres on court 2, 2-6, 6-0, 3-0.
 
#3 Texas A&M 4, #10 LSU 1
LSU Tennis Complex – Baton Rouge, Louisiana
 
SINGLES
#2 Lucciana Perez (A&M) def. #58 Cadence Brace (LSU) – 6-3, 6-1
#31 Mia Kupres (A&M) vs. #45 Kayla Cross (LSU) – 6-2, 0-6, 0-3 – unfinished
Addison Lanton LSU def. #54 Ilinca Amariei (A&M) – 6-3, 6-2
Lexington Reed (A&M) def. Carolina Kuhl (LSU) – 7-5, 6-1
#96 Violeta Martinez (A&M) vs. Kenna Erickson (LSU) – 6-4, 5-4
Daria Smetannikov (A&M) def. Alexia Marginean (LSU)– 6-1, 6-1
Order of Finish – 6,3,4,1
 
DOUBLES
Brace/Cross (LSU) def. #8 Kupres/Perez (A&M) – 6-3
#75 Amariei/Martinez (A&M) def. Erickson/Kuhl (LSU) – 7-6(4)
Smetannikov/Reed (A&M) def. Lanton/Marginean (LSU) – 6-4
Order of Finish – 1,3,2
 
UP NEXT...
Texas A&M and Auburn fight for the top spot in the SEC standings Thursday. The first-place bout is slated for 5 p.m. at Mitchell Tennis Center.
 
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