{"id":439858,"date":"2026-09-18T10:50:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/439858\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T10:50:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:50:27","slug":"womens-tennis-set-commence-fall-season-at-acu-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/439858\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Tennis Set Commence Fall Season at ACU Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"

LUBBOCK \u2014 Texas Tech women’s tennis opens its 2026 fall season this weekend, with the Red Raiders competing in a pair of events beginning Friday, Sept. 18.
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\nFour Red Raiders will travel to Abilene, Texas, for the ACU Invitational, while freshman Valerie Shue<\/a> and sophomore Havana Kadi<\/a> will head to Cary, N.C., for the ITA All-American Championships beginning Saturday, Sept. 19.
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\nRepresenting Texas Tech at the ACU Invitational will be Ella Brownback<\/a>, Raegan Farm<\/a>, Teodora Prisadnikova<\/a> and Polina Sleptsova<\/a>. Competition begins Friday morning with doubles play, followed by singles action.
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\nBrownback and Sleptsova return for their sophomore seasons after making immediate impacts as freshmen a year ago. Brownback posted a 17-19 singles record in her debut campaign and excelled in doubles, compiling an impressive 24-10 overall record. Sleptsova added valuable depth in doubles play, finishing the season with an 8-6 record.
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\nBoth newcomers, Farm and Prisadnikova will make their collegiate debuts this weekend. A five-star recruit and the highest-ranked player out of Oregon in her class, Farm reached a career-high ranking of No. 52 in the USTA Girls 18U standings and captured two state championships during her high school career.
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\nPrisadnikova arrives in Lubbock with an impressive international r\u00e9sum\u00e9, as the Great Britain native was ranked as high as No. 3 in the nation’s Girls 16U standings and compiled a 25-6 singles record in 2025. During that stretch, she won 13 consecutive matches from September through October and will look to carry that momentum into her first collegiate competition.
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\nACU DRAWS
\nSingles Flight A
\nElla Brownback<\/a> vs. Ujin Batsukh \/ Time TBA
\nTeodora Prisadnikova<\/a> vs. Diana Kaibara \/ Time TBA
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\nSingles Flight B
\nRaegan Farm<\/a> vs. Juliette Jalai \/ Time TBA
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\nSingles Flight D
\nPolina Sleptsova<\/a> vs. Jessica Board \/ Time TBA
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\nDoubles Flight A
\nElla Brownback<\/a>\/Teodora Prisadnikova<\/a> vs. Alem Cote\/ Victoria Correa \/ Time TBA
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\nDoubles Flight B
\nPolina Sleptsova<\/a>\/Raegan Farm<\/a> vs. Zara Zafirovska\/Anna Krljic \/ Time TBA
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\nOut east in Cary, Kadi and Shue will compete against some of the nation’s top talent at the ITA All-American Championships.
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\nKadi enters her sophomore season after posting an 11-8 singles record as a freshman in 2025-26. She is coming off a strong summer campaign highlighted by a singles title at the Surrey Open in August.
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\nShue, meanwhile, arrives as the highest-ranked American recruit in program history. The South Salem, N.Y., native was ranked No. 11 nationally and recorded eight hard-court victories in August alone before earning the No. 11 spot in the 2026-27 ITA Preseason Newcomer Rankings. Shue was the only Big 12 player ranked among the nation’s top 20 newcomers.
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\nKadi will begin competition Saturday in the ITA All-American pre-qualifying rounds, aiming to advance into the qualifying draw that begins Monday. Thanks to her preseason ranks, Shue has already secured a spot in the qualifying rounds, with her match time to be announced at a later date.
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\nFollow the Red Raiders: Keep up with Texas Tech women’s tennis news at TexasTech.com<\/a> and at the team’s social media on Instagram<\/a>, X<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>. \u00a0
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