
News release from Texas A&M Athletics
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION – The No. 2 Texas A&M women’s tennis team claimed its 11th-straight victory and 60th-consecutive win at home after sweeping Sam Houston, 7-0, in front of a packed crowd at the Mitchell Tennis Center Sunday.
Texas A&M (5-0) started the match hot, with courts 1 and 2 claiming wins to secure a 1-0 lead heading into singles. Daria Smetannikov/Mia Kupres led the way with a 6-0 victory over Nayuma Subba/Jacqueline Schnabel, and Nicole Khirin/Jeanette Mireles followed shortly after with a 6-2 performance against Christine Jevicky/Adithi Venkatakrishnan to give the Maroon & White the lead.
Lizanne Boyer got the Aggies started in singles, picking up her eighth win of the season on court 6 versus Ella Fitcher, 6-3, 6-0.
Lexington Reed kept things moving on court 5, making quick work of Sadadinovic (6-0, 6-2) to claim her 10th-straight victory and 13th of the season.
Perez secured the victory on court 4, taking down Schnabel 6-1, 6-3 for her eighth-consecutive victory.
After the match was clinched, three Aggies secured wins to complete the sweep, with Mia Kupres claiming her eighth-straight on court 5 over Jevicky (6-3, 6-3) and Khirin downing Subba on court 1 in three sets (4-6, 6-1, 6-1) for her seventh-straight victory. Finally, Daria Smetannikov capped off the day with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 victory for the final point.
COACH’S QUOTES
Head coach Mark Weaver
On today’s performance in front of a great crowd…
“Overall, it was a good day for us. We played some really good tennis on a few courts. On a few of the other courts we made things a little more difficult than we needed to, but we were able to push through. We maybe were not playing our best on the physical side, but we were able to make some adjustments on the mental side to pick up the wins. We also want to thank the 12th man for showing up for us today. We had a really great crowd and always appreciate the support they show us.”
On taking care of business…
“At the end of the day, we played a feisty team that made us work for a lot of the points, and we left with the 7-0 victory. We feel like we’ve really taken care of business in our matches up to this point and we’re in a good place now as we head into the national indoors.”
Up Next
The Aggies host Pepperdine on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 12 p.m. at the Mitchell Tennis Center.
Match Results
Singles Results
#15 Nicole Khirin (TAMU) def. Nayuma Subba (SHSU) – 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
Mia Kupres (TAMU) def. Christine Jevicky (SHSU) – 6-3, 6-3
Lucciana Perez (TAMU) def. Jacqueline Schnabel (SHSU) – 6-1, 6-3
#102 Daria Smetannikov (TAMU) def. Adi Venkatakrishnan (SHSU) – 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
Lexington Reed (TAMU) def. Sara Sadadinovic (SHSU) – 6-0, 6-2
Lizanne Boyer (TAMU) def. Ella Fitcher (SHSU) – 6-3, 6-0
Double Results
Mia Kupres/Daria Smetannikov (TAMU) def. Nayuma Subba/Jacqueline Schnabel (SHSU) – 6-0
Nicole Khirin/Jeanette Mireles (TAMU) def. Christine Jevicky/Adi Venkatakrishnan (SHSU) – 6-2
Lexington Reed/Lizanne Boyer (TAMU) vs. Sara Sadadinovic/Ella Fitcher (SHSU) – 5-2, unfinished