NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's tennis team will play its final road match of the regular season, heading to SFA for an 11 a.m. contest Monday at the Schlief Tennis Complex.
The Islanders (18-2, 4-1 SLC) will finally take on the Ladyjacks (10-5, 5-0 SLC) after the original matchup got postponed from earlier this month due to weather. It will be the final away match of the regular season for the Islanders who are 10-1 on the road this year.
The Islanders are coming off an undefeated road conference weekend, defeating both Nicholls and New Orleans in 6-1 decisions to move to 4-1 in league play this year. Maintaining a perfect singles record against Southland opponents, however, has been freshman
Josefa Fuenzalida with the 5-0 mark between No. 4 and No. 5 singles.
Yana Mykytyn and
Kseniya Ramanouskaya have also garnered four singles wins each in the league, as well as teaming up together to post a perfect 4-0 record at No. 1 doubles in conference play.
The Islanders have actually yet to drop a doubles point in conference play this year, going undefeated 7-0 in doubles duals at courts one and two. Fuenzalida has paired with
Leticia Tarocco for the 3-0 record at No. 2 doubles.
The Islanders lead SFA 11-8 in the all-time series including having won the last seven meetings. The last time the two met was in 2021 during the SLC Tournament when A&M-Corpus Christi won 4-0 en route to the championship match that began an historic run to the NCAA Tournament for the next four consecutive years.
A&M-Corpus Christi Tennis
- 17 NCAA Tournaments
- 35 SLC Championships
- 4 Top-40 National Rankings
- 3.0 GPA 43 Straight Semesters
- Islanders have received a No. 3 seed at the NCAA Tournament three times
- Women's tennis has cracked the ITA top-75 national rankings three times
- Men's tennis has cracked the ITA national rankings 10 consecutive years
- Ranked nationally in NCAA DI as high as No. 35 for the men and No. 60 for the women
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