RICHARDSON, Texas - The UT Dallas women's tennis team will go for its fifth consecutive American Southwest Conference title and sixth overall in 2024.
The Comets, who are #35 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings, went 13-7 overall in 2023 and 4-0 in ASC East en route to the squad's fifth straight division crown. They were tabbed as the unanimous favorite to repeat in the ASC preseason coaches poll, released on Wednesday.
UTD returns six players from last year's team that made its fifth-ever trip to the national tournament, including reigning ASC East Most Valuable Player
Rebecca Jackson. She teamed with fellow senior
Saumya Vedula to reach the ITA Southwest Regional doubles semifinals in the fall. Jackson, ranked #48 in the nation, also reached the semis in singles play.
Also returning are All-ASC selections
Elyssa Ducret,
Megan Zeng and
Tisha Nakakes-Nguyen, along with
Kriti Parikh. Freshmen
Reika Nagai and
Riya Matharoo were selected to the ASC Preseason Players to Watch list.
Jhastine Red Ballado and
Elsha Valluru are also new to the team.
The spring schedule begins on February 10 at home against Mary Hardin-Baylor. Non-conference home matches include Southeastern Oklahoma State (February 11), #25 Southwestern (Texas) (February 17), Missouri-St. Louis (March 25) and Concordia Texas (April 14). The Comets will go on the road for non-conference contests against UT Arlington (February 18), #14 Trinity (Texas) (March 3), McMurry (March 24) and Hardin-Simmons (April 12).
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 March 8 at East Texas Baptist, followed by a March 20 home tilt with LeTourneau. UTD will also play at Ozarks on March 29 and home against Howard Payne on April 4.
The ASC Championship Tournament will be hosted by the East Division #1 seed April 25-27.
ASC Release
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