{"id":414090,"date":"2026-01-16T23:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T23:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/414090\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T23:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T23:04:08","slug":"second-ranked-aggies-too-much-for-tulane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/414090\/","title":{"rendered":"Second-ranked Aggies Too Much for Tulane"},"content":{"rendered":"

COLLEGE STATION, TX\u00a0\u2013 Second-ranked Texas A&M surrendered just one singles set to visiting Tulane Friday afternoon at Mitchell Tennis Center in the spring opener for both programs.
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\nFor Tulane, Natalia Perez<\/a> took a second-set tiebreaker (7-1) at No. 4 singles before falling 10-7 in the super-tiebreaker to #83 Daria Smetannikov.
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\nThe other ranked foe Texas A&M, #34 Mia Kupres, downed the Green Wave’s Campbell Ricci<\/a> 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1 singles.
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\nIn doubles, Texas A&M’s 76th-ranked tandem of Violeta Martinez and Anna Perelman blanked Tulane’s Perez and Leigh Van Zyl<\/a> at No. 2.
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\nTulane is back in action Sunday at noon at #25 Baylor. The Bears host Illinois on Saturday.
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\n#2 Texas A&M 7, Tulane 0
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\nSingles competition
\n1. #34 Mia Kupres (TAMU) def. Campbell Ricci<\/a> (TUL) 6-1, 6-1
\n2. Lucciana Perez (TAMU) def. Summer Chandler<\/a> (TUL) 6-3, 6-3
\n3. Lexington Reed (TAMU) def. Leigh Van Zyl<\/a> (TUL) 6-3, 6-4
\n4. #83 Daria Smetannikov (TAMU) def. Natalia Perez<\/a> (TUL) 7-5, 6-7 (1-7), 10-7
\n5. Violeta Martinez (TAMU) def. Micah Pierce<\/a> (TUL) 6-2, 6-2
\n6. Anna Perelman (TAMU) def. Diana Badalyan<\/a> (TUL) 6-2, 6-0
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\nDoubles competition
\n1. Mia Kupres\/Lucciana Perez (TAMU) vs. Campbell Ricci<\/a>\/Summer Chandler<\/a> (TUL) 4-3, unfinished
\n2. #76 Violeta Martinez\/Anna Perelman (TAMU) def. Leigh Van Zyl<\/a>\/Natalia Perez<\/a> (TUL) 6-0
\n3. Daria Smetannikov\/Lexington Reed (TAMU) def. Delanie Tribby<\/a>\/Micah Pierce<\/a> (TUL) 6-2
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\nMatch Notes
\nOrder of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (6,1,2,5,3,4)
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\n—TulaneGreenWave.com—
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