UT junior All-American Aeriel Ellis becomes the first Longhorn to win the prestigious national honor from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. ATHENS, Ga. – The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) announced Tuesday the selection of Texas junior All-American Aeriel Ellis (Hayward, Calif.) as the national recipient of the ITA/Cissie Leary Award for Sportsmanship. Ellis, who was announced [...]
Posts from ‘May, 2012’
No. 6 Georgia blanks No. 11 Texas, 4-0 in NCAA Championship round of 16
Bulldogs take the doubles point and add three singles wins, as the Longhorns’ season ends with a 19-8 overall record. ATHENS, Ga. – Sixth-seeded Georgia (24-4) claimed the doubles point and posted three singles wins in a 4-0 victory over 11th-seeded Texas Thursday evening in the round of 16 at the NCAA Championship. The Longhorns’ [...]
No. 12 Baylor’s Season Ends in 4-1 Loss to No. 5 USC
Baylor finishes the season with a 25-8 record Baylor’s women’s tennis team saw its season end in the NCAA Championship Round of 16 with a 4-1 loss to fifth-seeded USC at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga., on Thursday afternoon. After winning four first sets in singles, it looked promising for the Lady [...]
Bruins End Owls’ NCAA Run
UCLA 4, Rice 0 Top-ranked UCLA deflected an early challenge by Rice and then rode a consistent effort throughout its talented lineup to down the Owls 4-0, ending Rice’s magical run through the NCAA Women’s Tennis Championship on Thursday in Athens, Georgia. “It’s always disappointing to lose, but I am super-proud of the team and [...]
Sunday NCAA Results – AGATE
SUNDAY RESULTS MEN Los Angeles Regional USC 4 Texas A&M 0 Durham Regional Duke 4 LSU 1 Charlottesville Regional Virginia 4 Virginia Commonwealth 0 Berkeley Regional Cal 4 Texas Tech 3 Palo Alto Regional Stanford 4 Santa Clara 1 Columbus Regional Ohio St 4 Notre Dame 0 Gainesville Regional Florida 4 Harvard 0 Oxford Regional Mississippi 4 Michigan 2 Westwood [...]
Owls Stun Ole Miss, 4-2, Advance to First-ever Sweet 16
Advance to Sweet 16 to face top-seeded UCLA on Thursday Sweet Georgia Bound With an overflow crowd cheering on the favored hosts, the Rice women’s tennis once again summoned a performance to remember, routing 16th ranked Ole Miss in a pair of crucial third sets to shock the Rebels 4-2 and earn the Owls their [...]
A&M Falls Short as Michigan Advances with 4-3 Victory
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – No. 19 Texas A&M battled No. 15 seed Michigan to the last match standing but came up short in a 4-3 season-ending loss in the second round of the NCAA Championship today at the Varsity Tennis Center. A&M, making its first second round appearance since 2008, finishes the season a better-than-expected [...]
Baylor Men Pull Upset, Move on to NCAA Round of 16
Bears down No. 9 Mississippi State, 4-3. STARKVILLE, Miss. – For the second match in a row, Baylor men’s tennis’ fate rested squarely on the shoulders of Julian Bley. It took him seven match points but the senior came through and the Bears upset ninth-ranked and ninth-seeded Mississippi State (MSU), 4-3, advancing to the NCAA [...]
No. 12 Baylor Women Ride 4-0 Win Over Tulsa to NCAA Round of 16
Baylor will face the USC/Vanderbilt winner in the Round of 16 in Athens, Ga. WACO – Baylor’s 12th-seeded women’s tennis team clinched a berth to the Round of 16 with a 4-0 shutout win over No. 25 Tulsa in the NCAA Championship Second Round on Saturday in Waco, Texas. With the win, Baylor (25-7) advances [...]
No. 11 Texas outlasts No. 17 Nebraska, 4-2, advances to NCAA round of 16
Longhorns win a tightly-contested doubles point and add three singles wins to secure their third NCAA round-of-16 appearance in the last five seasons. AUSTIN – Eleventh-seeded Texas (19-7) took the doubles point and added singles wins from Aeriel Ellis, Lina Padegimaite (pah-day-gee-MY-tay) and Cierra Gaytan-Leach to score a 4-2 win over No. 17 Nebraska (24-4) [...]