No. 5 Aggies Shut Out No. 22 South Carolina

Saturday, March 14

Bryan-College Station

12:00 PM

Texas A&M

South Carolina

Photo by: Ethan Mito/Texas A&M Athletics

Mar 14, 2026 | Women's Tennis

Box Score BOX: A&M 4, Carolina 0

By: Mia Seay, Athletics Communications

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION – The No. 5 Texas A&M women's tennis team took down No. 22 South Carolina Saturday afternoon at the Mitchell Tennis Center, 4-0.

The Aggies (14-2, 6-1) opened the match by stealing the doubles point with wins on courts 2 and 3 to take the lead, 1-0. Violeta Martinez/Anna Perelman claimed a 6-4 victory on court 2 against Jane Dunyon/Sara Borkop. Moments later, Daria Smetannikov/Lexington Reed clinched the opener, 7-5, on court 3 versus Kaitlyn Carnicella/Jana Stajanova. No. 11 Mia Kupres/Lucciana Perez were even at 5-5 with No. 21 Lauren Friedman/Helena Buchwald on court 1 when the point was decided.

Singles began on court 5 where Smetannikov extended the Maroon & White's lead, defeating Dunyon, 6-3, 6-1. Texas A&M pushed its advantage further on court 3 as Reed finished off Borkop, 6-3, 6-4, to make the score 3-0.

The Aggies clinched the match on court 4 where No. 86 Martinez cruised past Taylor Goetz, securing the victory for A&M.

Three matches were left unfinished following the decision. On court 1, No. 5 Perez led No. 47 Carnicella, 6-2, 5-5. No. 28 Kupres was battling No. 77 Buchwald on court 2 with Buchwald 7-5, 2-5, while Stajanova led Perelman 7-6(2), 0-3 on court 6 when play was halted.

Texas A&M 4, South Carolina 0
Mitchell Tennis Center – Bryan-College Station, Texas

SINGLES
#5 Lucciana Perez (A&M) vs. #47 Kaitlyn Carnicella (USC) – 6-2, 5-5, unfinished
#28 Mia Kupres (A&M) vs. #77 Helena Buchwald (USC) – 5-7, 5-2, unfinished
Lexington Reed (A&M) def. Sara Borkop (USC) – 6-3, 6-4
#86 Violeta Martinez (A&M) def. Taylor Goetz (USC) – 6-2, 6-2
Daria Smetannikov (A&M) def. Jane Dunyon (USC) – 6-3, 6-1
Jana Stajanova (USC) vs. Anna Perelman (A&M) – 7-6(2), 0-3
Order of Finish – 5, 3, 4

DOUBLES
#11 Kupres/Perez (A&M) vs. #21 Friedman/Buchwald (USC) – 5-5, unfinished
Martinez/Perelman (A&M) def. Dunyon/Borkop (USC) – 6-4
Smetannikov/Reed (A&M) def. Carnicella/Stajanova (USC) – 7-5
Order of Finish – 2, 3

TEXAS A&M QUOTES
Head Coach Mark Weaver
On the match...
"I was very pleased with the bounce back. It was a rough evening against Georgia. We played a great match (Thursday)- a battle to the bitter end. I was very pleased with how we came out. South Carolina plays excellent doubles. They put a lot of pressure on us, but I think we handled that very well and it kind of took the steam out of them a little bit. Overall I'm very pleased with how we played in all six singles matches."

UP NEXT...
The Aggies return to action Friday when they travel to Knoxville to face Tennessee in a 10 a.m. contest at Barksdale Stadium.

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