No. 3 Aggies Advance to Quarterfinals of ITA National Team Indoors – Texas A&M Athletics

SEATTLE, Wash. – The No. 3 Texas A&M women’s tennis team opened the ITA Nationals Team Indoor Championships with a 4-0 win against No. 17 San Diego at the Seattle Tennis Club.
 
Starting hot in Seattle, Jayci Goldsmith/Salma Ewing earned the first doubles win against Victoria Kalaitzis/Filipa Bruu-Syversen (6-2) on court 2. Following suit, Mary Stoiana/Carson Branstine clinched the doubles point defeating No. 15 Kailey Evans/Elizabeth Goldsmith (6-3).
 

Heading into their toughest singles matchups of the season, the Aggies rose to the challenge. Branstine led the Maroon & White with a ranked win defeating No. 37 Solymar Colling (6-3, 6-3) on court 1. On court 6, Daria Smetannikov secured the third point after beating Jordyn McBride (7-5, 6-3). The remaining matches went into three sets, but sealing the deal was Kupres on court 4 defeating No. 93 Abigail Desiatnikov (6-3, 3-6, 6-2).
 
COACH’S QUOTES
Head coach Mark Weaver on today’s matchup…
“Very pleased with our performance today, the first-round matches in these types of events are always a challenge for us, and to get a win under our belt over a very good and feisty San Diego team is great. Excited to face Ohio State tomorrow and I expect us to rise to the occasion against a very good indoor team.”
 
UP NEXT
The Aggies face, three-seed, No. 11 Ohio State Saturday Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. CT at the Seattle Tennis Club for the quarterfinals of the ITA Indoor Championships.
 
MATCH STATS
Singles Results
Branstine (4-0) def. No. 37 Colling (6-3, 6-3)
No. 8 Stoiana (4-0) – De Las Heras (4-6, 6-3, 4-3) unfinished
Ewing (4-0) – Goldsmith (2-6, 6-4, 3-2) unfinished
Kupres (5-0) def. No. 93 Desiatnokov (6-3, 3-6, 6-2)
No. 59 Goldsmith (4-1) – No. 51 Evans (6-2, 5-7, 3-3) unfinished
Smetannikov (5-0) def. McBride (7-5, 6-3)
 
Doubles Results
Branstine/Stoiana (4-0) def. No. 15 Goldsmith/Evans (6-3)
Goldsmith/Ewing (4-1) def. Kalaitzis/Bruu-Syversen (6-2)
Kupres/Pielet (4-0) – De Las Heras/ McBride (3-4) unfinished
 
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