{"id":272180,"date":"2025-11-09T00:54:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T00:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/272180\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T00:54:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T00:54:22","slug":"kupres-and-smetannikov-claim-ncaa-doubles-bid-texas-am-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/272180\/","title":{"rendered":"Kupres and Smetannikov Claim NCAA Doubles Bid – Texas A&M Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION \u2013 The Texas A&M women’s tennis team earned its second spot in the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships with the efforts of Mia Kupres<\/a> and Daria Smetannikov<\/a>. The tandem won its ITA Central Regional Sectional semifinal match Saturday at Mitchell Tennis Center.
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\nNo. 38 Kupres\/Smetannikov made quick work of Iowa State’s Maria de la Paz Alberto\/Stanislava Shulzhenko to cap off a 3-0 week. The Aggies now have a doubles team locked into the NCAA Championships along with No. 22 Kupres heading to the singles portion of the tournament.
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\nTexas A&M has one last chance to punch a ticket to the NCAA Championships when Violeta Martinez<\/a> battles No. 71 Daianne Hayashida of Iowa in an ITA Sectional consolation playoff match Sunday morning at 8 a.m. at Mitchell Tennis Center.
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\nMartinez had two match points to lock a spot at the NCAA Championships Saturday but eventually lost her ITA Sectional quarterfinal match against No. 23 Lily Jones of Michigan, 2-6, 7-5, 7-5.
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\nAnna Perelman<\/a> won two matches at the H-E-B Invitational in Waco. She breat Rice’s Ema Mracova in a bracket semifinal match, 6-2, 6-2. She paired with Avery Esquivel<\/a> to claim a doubles consolation bracket contest against UTRGV’s Hitakamya Narwal Singh\/Rhea Makesar, 7-6(6).
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\nFRIDAY RESULTS
\nITA CENTRAL SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS \u2013 Bryan-College Station, Texas
\nSingles \u2013 Quarterfinal
\nNo. 23 Lily Jones (MICH) def. Violeta Martinez<\/a> (A&M) \u2013 2-6, 7-5, 7-5
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\nDoubles \u2013 Semifinal

\nNo. 38 Kupres\/Smetannikov (A&M) def. Maria de la Paz Alberto\/Stanislava Shulzhenko (ISU) \u2013 6-0, 6-1
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\nH-E-B INVITATIONAL \u2013 Waco, Texas
\nSingles \u2013 Bracket Semifinal
\nAnna Perelman<\/a> (A&M) def. Ema Mracova (Rice) \u2013 6-2, 6-2
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\nSingles \u2013 Consolation Bracket
\nRose Seccia (ILL) def. Avery Esquivel<\/a> (A&M) \u2013 6-4, 6-4
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\nDoubles \u2013 Consolation Bracket

\nEsquivel\/Perelman (A&M) def. Hitakamya Narwal Singh\/Rhea Makesar (UTRGV) \u2013 7-6(6)<\/p>\n

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