RICHARDSON, Texas - The UT Dallas women's tennis team will go for its fourth consecutive American Southwest Conference title and fifth overall in 2023.
The Comets went 12-3 overall in 2022 and 3-0 in ASC East en route to the squad's fourth straight division crown. They were tabbed as the unanimous favorite to repeat in the ASC preseason coaches poll.
UTD returns six players from last year's team that made its fourth-ever trip to the national tournament, including All-American
Suzuka Nishino. Nishino repeated as the ITA Southwest Regional champion in the fall and advanced to the consolation semifinals of the prestigious ITA Cup. She also played in the NCAA Division III Individual Championship last season.
Nishino and junior
Saumya Vedula were selected to the Preseason Players to Watch List. Both student-athletes are joined by returnees
Rebecca Jackson,
Elyssa Ducret and
Megan Zeng as All-ASC picks last season. Also back is
Tisha Nakakes-Nguyen. Newcomers to the team are
Kriti Parikh and
Saundarya Vedula.
Ducret was the 2022 ASC East Division Co-Freshman of the Year. Nishino is ranked #10 in the ITA Rankings while the team is #24.
The spring schedule begins on February 11 at Mary Hardin-Baylor. Non-conference home games include Hardin-Simmons (February 18), Harding (February 19), Dallas (February 24), McMurry (March 3) and Colorado College (April 15). The Comets will face UT Arlington (February 26), Concordia Texas (March 25), #20 Southwestern (Texas) (April 1) and #16 Trinity (Texas) (April 2) on the road.
ASC East competition begins on February 17 at LeTourneau. UTD will also play at Howard Payne on March 2, Ozarks at home on March 10 and East Texas Baptist at home on April 14. The ASC Championship Tournament will be April 27-29 at the West Division #1 Seed.
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