{"id":285691,"date":"2026-05-09T10:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/285691\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T10:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:13:07","slug":"texas-am-advances-to-the-elite-eight-with-a-dominant-win-over-usc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/285691\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas A&#038;M advances to the Elite Eight with a dominant win over USC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There hasn\u2019t been a <a href=\"https:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Texas A&amp;M;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Texas A&amp;amp&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Texas A&amp;M<\/a> athletic program in recent memory as <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/texas-m-sweeps-arkansas-clinch-214543672.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:consistently dominant;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;consistently dominant&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">consistently dominant<\/a> as the Aggie women\u2019s tennis team. That dominance continued on Friday, as A&amp;M punched its ticket to the Elite Eight for the fifth straight season, defeating No. 13 seed USC at the Mitchell Tennis Center.<\/p>\n<p>The afternoon didn\u2019t open in the Aggies\u2019 favor. <a href=\"https:\/\/trojanswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:USC;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;USC&quot;}\" class=\"link \">USC<\/a> struck first, securing the doubles point and grabbing early momentum. But from there, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/college-sports\/sec\/texas-am\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Texas A&amp;M;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Texas A&amp;amp&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Texas A&amp;M<\/a> took complete control.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/texas-m-lucciana-perez-earns-123030591.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:No. 1\u2013ranked;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;No. 1\u2013ranked&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No. 1\u2013ranked<\/a> Lucciana Perez set the tone, rolling through a pair of 6\u20131 sets to deliver the Aggies\u2019 first singles point and tie the match. Senior Violeta Martinez followed with a straight\u2011set win to give A&amp;M its first lead of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Freshman Ilinca Amariei delivered point No. 3 with another two\u2011set victory, putting the Aggies on the brink of advancing. That set up a dramatic finish on the remaining courts.<\/p>\n<p>Both Mia Kupres and Lexington Reed dropped their opening sets 3\u20136 and were forced to battle from behind. Each mounted a gritty comeback, and in near\u2011simultaneous fashion, both clinched their matches, securing a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AggieWTEN\/status\/2052894160068260303?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:5\u20131 Sweet Sixteen win;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;5\u20131 Sweet Sixteen win&quot;}\" class=\"link \">5\u20131 Sweet Sixteen win<\/a> and sending Texas A&amp;M back to the Elite Eight once again.<\/p>\n<p>Texas A&amp;M will be back in action against No. 5 North Carolina at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, GA, on May 15. The match will stream on ESPN+.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Contact\/Follow us\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aggieswire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@AggiesWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;@AggiesWire&quot;}\" class=\"link \">@AggiesWire<\/a>\u00a0on X and like our page on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AggiesWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Facebook&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of Texas A&amp;M news, notes, and opinions. Follow Jarrett Johnson on X:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhosNextSports1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@whosnextsports1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;@whosnextsports1&quot;}\" class=\"link \">@whosnextsports1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Aggies Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/aggies\/2026\/05\/09\/texas-aggies-womens-tennis-rallies-past-usc-extend-elite-eight-streak-to-five-years\/90007250007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Texas A&amp;M rallies past USC, extends Elite Eight streak to five years;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Texas A&amp;amp&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Texas A&amp;M rallies past USC, extends Elite Eight streak to five years<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There hasn\u2019t been a Texas A&amp;M athletic program in recent memory as consistently dominant as the Aggie women\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,3042,29,28,28768],"class_list":["post-285691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-am","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-usc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}