News release from Texas A&M Athletics:
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.
