{"id":466497,"date":"2026-02-13T15:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/466497\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T15:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:36:17","slug":"longhorns-daily-news-texas-anastasia-abbagnato-earns-sec-womens-tennis-freshman-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/466497\/","title":{"rendered":"Longhorns Daily News: Texas\u2019 Anastasia Abbagnato earns SEC Women\u2019s Tennis Freshman of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

The SEC announced on Wednesday that Texas women\u2019s tennis standout Anastasia Abbagnato has been named the conference\u2019s Women\u2019s Tennis Freshman of the Week, Texas Athletics<\/a> recently reported.<\/p>\n

From Texas Athletics: \u201cAbbagnato posted a combined 5-1 singles and doubles record, including four ranked victories with three in singles and one in doubles. Her play helped lead Texas to two top-12 team wins over No. 12 Vanderbilt (4-1) and No. Duke (4-3) after a narrow 4-3 defeat to No. 6 Oklahoma at the ITA National Indoor Championships. Abbagnato\u2019s singles wins all came at No. 2 over No. 12 Julia Garcia Ruiz of Oklahoma (6-4, 6-2), No. 40 Bridget Stammel of Vanderbilt (3-6, 7-5, 7-6 [4]), and No. 120 Liv Hovde of Duke (6-3, 6-7 [5], 6-3). The win over Stammel also clinched the overall match against Vanderbilt, while her victory over Hovde provided the Longhorns with their first lead against Duke at 3-2 after the Blue Devils had led, 2-0.\u201d<\/p>\n

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