The Texas A&M women’s tennis dominates the singles to move on to the Final Four

The Aggies pull off another upset to move on to the Final Four where they will face Tennessee

After losing a point in the doubles matches the No. 13 Texas A&M (26-7) women’s team stormed back to beat No. 5 Virginia 4-1 to move on to the Final Four. Also, for the second meet in a row, the Aggies have upset the higher-ranked team and they have reclaimed their spot as a top-four team in the country.

It was no turning back once the singles matches started with the Aggies swarming all over Virginia after losing earlier in the meet. They had a clean sweep in the first frame and were well on their way to a complete sweep when SEC Freshman of the Year. Lucciana Perez closed out the day with a victory in her match.

Head Coach Mark Weaver went on to talk about the performance in the Elite 8.

“That was a very impressive performance by our group. It was an exciting doubles point that came down to the wire. There was a lot of nerves on both sides. Those doubles points are kind of a roll of the dice and sometimes they can go either way. Excellent composure by the girls to win all six first sets [in singles] and really set the tone there. We brought it, and you could see the confidence growing on our side of the court. It’s a big stage out there and we really handled it well, especially in singles. I’m very proud of our group.”

Match Results – Via the Official Texas A&M Website

Singles Results
(TAMU) No. 1 Mary Stoiana Def. (UVA) No. 24 Hiba Shaikh (6-2, 6-1)
(TAMU) No. 88 Carson Branstine – (UVA) No. 67 Annabelle Xu (7-5, 2-2) unfinished

(TAMU) No. 26 Nicole Khirin Def. (UVA) No. 91 Sara Ziodato (6-4, 6-1)
(TAMU) No. 45 Mia Kupres – (UVA) Natasha Subhash (7-6(2), 2-1) unfinished
(TAMU) Lucciana Perez Def. (UVA) No. 125 Elaine Chervinsky (6-4, 6-4)
(TAMU) Jeanette Mireles Def. (UVA) Melodie Collard (6-4, 6-2)

Double Results
(UVA) No. 8 Melodie Collard/Elaine Chervinsky Def. (TAMU) No. 7 Mary Stoiana/Mia Kupres (7-6(5))
(TAMU) Carson Branstine/Lucciana Perez Def. (UVA) Hibah Shaikh/Natasha Subhash (7-5)
(UVA) No. 88 Sara Ziodato/Meggie Navaro Def. (TAMU) Nicole Khirin/Jeanette Mireles (6-4)

No.13 Texas A&M will face Tennessee on May 18 at 6:30 pm CST in Stillwater, Okla. for a chance to move on the Championship

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