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No. 22 Women's Tennis Travels to Texas for Two Matches
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No. 22 Women's Tennis Travels to Texas for Two Matches

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The No. 22 South Carolina women’s tennis team remains on the road for two ranked SEC match-ups. The Gamecocks will face off against the No. 9 Longhorns in Austin on Thursday and then the No. 5 Aggies in College Station on Saturday. First serve is set for 3 p.m. ET and 1 p.m. ET, respectively.

ITA RANKINGS

  • In the latest ITA Team Top 25 Poll, South Carolina checked in at No. 22 after splitting the weekend draw on the road. This marks the fifth consecutive week the Gamecocks have been featured among the best in the country.
  • The Gamecocks have two singles and two doubles entries in the latest individual rankings.
  • Kaitlyn Carnciella sits 47th in singles competition. Helena Buchwald enters the mix, ranking 77th in singles play.
  • The duo of Lauren Friedman and Helena Buchwald sits in 21st, while Friedman and Sara Borkop sit in 82nd.

LAST TIME OUT

The Gamecocks split their road results against No. 16 Vanderbilt and Missouri.

To open the weekend slate, South Carolina defeated Missouri, 4-2, on Friday afternoon. Due to Missouri having an insufficient number of players, they were forced to forfeit doubles #3 and singles #6, giving South Carolina a 1-0 advantage.

Heading into doubles play, the No. 21 duo of Lauren Friedman and Helena Buchwald secured a 6-3 victory on court one. Kaitlyn Carnicella and Taylor Goetz were all tied up at 4-4 before their match was marked unfinished due to the Gamecocks claiming the doubles point.

In singles play, Carnicella and Dunyon grabbed first-set wins on their respective courts. Buchwald was first to finish on court two, dropping her court 6-3, 6-3. Dunyon gave the Gamecocks a 3-1 advantage after putting together a straight-set win against Lara Quaglia. From the first position, Carnicella was able to fight back from a second-set loss and secure the match for South Carolina.

On Sunday, the Gamecocks fell 4-1 to the Commodores. No. 21 Lauren Friedman and Helena Buchwald picked up their second doubles win of the weekend as they upset No. 5 Celia-Belle Mohr and Sophia Webster from the first position, 6-3. However, Vanderbilt grabbed wins on courts one and five, ultimately claiming the doubles point.

In singles play, Taylor Goetz and Jane Dunyon captured first-set wins on their respective courts. Goetz picked up South Carolina’s first win of the day with a 6-3, 6-1 victory on court four. Helena Buchwald battled back to win the second frame, 6-3, forcing a third. Despite her efforts, her opponent won the third set, 6-1, and claimed the court. Stojanova also forced a third set on court six after winning the second stanza 6-4. Dunyon was the third Gamecock to go to a third set after falling 7-5 in the second. Both Stojanova and Dunyon were about to begin their third sets before play was halted due to the Commodores clinching the match.

SCOUTING THE LONGHORNS

  • Texas comes into the match-up 9-3, sitting ninth in the latest ITA team rankings.
  • The Longhorns look to continue a four-match win streak after defeating then-ranked No. 33 Mississippi State, No. 31 Alabama, No. 39 Vanderbilt and Missouri.
  • Carmen Andreea Herea, the No. 1 singles player in the country, represents Texas at the top with a 15-4 record.
  • Anastasia Abbagnato sits 16th and Eszter Meri is 81st, rounding out the appearances for the Longhorns.
  • On the doubles side, Abbagnato and Ariana Anazagasty-Pursoo are ranked 29th with a 4-0 record, while Elizabeth Ionescu and Andreea Herea are 47th.
  • Ionescu’s duo with Christasha McNeil sits 50th in the nation in doubles play as well.

SERIES HISTORY

  • Texas holds a 3-4 advantage over South Carolina, after claiming the last two matches.
  • During the 2024-25 season, the two teams met twice, just five days apart. The first was the regular-season finale, and the second was the second-round matchup of the SEC tournament.

SCOUTING THE AGGIES

  • Texas A&M boasts a 13-2 overall record and a 7-0 conference record coming into the meeting against the Gamecocks. The Aggies advanced to the ITA Indoor Semifinals earlier this season, before falling to then-ranked No. 10 Ohio State.
  • Texas A&M sits fifth in the nation, along with two doubles pairs and four singles players ranked.
  • Leading the charge is Lucciana Perez, who is fifth in the country in singles competition. Mia Kupres follows in 28th, Illinca Amariei in 60th and Violeta Martinez is 86th.
  • In doubles, the duo of Perez and Kupres sits 11th with a 6-1 record. Amariei and Martinez are 54th overall as well.

SERIES HISTORY

  • The overall series is tied up at 11, with Texas A&M having claimed the last six matchups.
  • The Gamecocks are 6-5 when playing in College Station. 

FOLLOW ALONG

Live scoring will be available on StatBroadcast with live streaming on TrackTennis. Fans can also follow along through in-match updates on X @GamecockWTennis.

For the latest South Carolina Women’s Tennis information, continue to follow Gamecocksonline.com and the team on social media (@GamecocksWTennis).

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