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College Station, Texas
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Women’s Tennis Travels To Texas A&M Friday; Hosts Texas Sunday
April 03, 2025 | Women's Tennis
STARKVILLE - Mississippi State women's tennis takes on two top 15 opponents this weekend as State travels to face No. 2 Texas A&M and returns home to take on No. 14 Texas. Including this weekend's matches, 12 of the Bulldogs' 13 SEC matchups have featured ranked opponents with nine programs being ranked inside the top 25.
The Bulldogs (10-11, 0-11 SEC), ranked 73rd in the latest ITA rankings, begin the weekend traveling to College Station to face No. 2 Texas A&M (19-2, 10-1 SEC) with the match starting at 10 a.m. CT on Friday. State will then return to Starkville for their final home match of the season against No. 14 Texas (11-9, 5-6 SEC) at 11 a.m. on Sunday.
Rankings
MSU
Singles – n/a
Doubles – Gianna Oboniye/Athina Pitta (71)
Texas A&M
Singles – Mary Stoiana (2), Nicole Khirin (11), Lucciana Perez (46), Mia Kupres (57), Daria Smetannikov (88)
Doubles – Mary Stoiana/Lucciana Perez (39), Mia Kupres/Daria Smetannikov (65), Mary Stoiana/Mia Kupres (77)
Texas
Singles – Carmen Herea (33), Sabina Zeynalova (54), Eszter Meri (76), Ariana Anazagasty-Pursoo (80), Ashton Bowers (91)
Doubles – Ashton Bowers/Ariana Anazagasty-Pursoo (26), Ashton Bowers/Sabina Zeynalova (48)
Series History
vs. Texas A&M
Overall: Texas A&M leads 13-1
In Starkville: Texas A&M leads 5-1
Last Meeting: Texas A&M won in Starkville, 4-0 (2024)
vs. Texas
Overall: Texas leads 1-0
In Starkville: First Meeting between the two programs in Starkville
Last Meeting: Texas won in a neutral contest in Berkeley, California, 4-1 (2018)
State Wins Leaders
Overall singles – Jayna Clemens (14)
vs. ranked opponents – Gianna Oboniye (1)
Matches clinched – Carolina Troiano (4)
Overall doubles – Gianna Oboniye/Athina Pitta (10)
vs. ranked opponents – Chiara Di Genova/Tagliente (1), Oboniye/Pitta (1), Cohen/Tagliente (1)
Double clinches – Oboniye/Pitta (4)
Notes to know
• Mississippi State started the season with nine straight wins, its best start to a season in program history.
• The Bulldogs are 10-4 in home matches this season and are one of three SEC programs with 10 or more home wins.
• Gianna Oboniye and Athina Pitta moved up in the ITA Rankings this week coming in at No. 71 in the ITA doubles rankings. They are the first Mississippi State doubles team to be ranked since the 2022 season.
• Oboniye and Pitta have won nine of their 15 doubles matches in dual match play including a win over LSU's 11th-ranked duo of Cadence Brace and Kayla Cross.
• Emma Cohen and Alessia Tagliente picked up their first ranked victory as a pair against 77th-ranked Bella Bergqvist Larsson and Olympe Lancelot of South Carolina on March 28.
• Jayna Clemens and Chiara Di Genova secured their third SEC victory as a duo against South Carolina on March 28 to clinch the doubles point.
• Clemens boasts a 10-1 mark in singles dual matches.
• Di Genova has won three of her last four SEC singles matches and is 8-5 in dual match play.
• Oboniye has posted a 7-6 mark in singles matches this spring.
• Carolina Troiano leads the team with four singles match clinches.
•Women's tennis posted a 3.58 grade point average as a team during the fall semester. It was the second-highest GPA of any women's team at MSU during the fall.
• This year marks the 51st season of women's tennis at Mississippi State after playing its inaugural season in 1975. The Bulldogs have won 499 matches all-time.
• The Bulldogs signed five-star prospect Mia Robinson out of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Robinson is the top-ranked recruit in the state of South Carolina and the No. 14 prospect in the country. She is set to join the team in the fall.
For more Information on the Bulldog women's tennis program, visit Hailstate.com or search for "HailstateWT" on X, Instagram and Facebook.
The Bulldogs (10-11, 0-11 SEC), ranked 73rd in the latest ITA rankings, begin the weekend traveling to College Station to face No. 2 Texas A&M (19-2, 10-1 SEC) with the match starting at 10 a.m. CT on Friday. State will then return to Starkville for their final home match of the season against No. 14 Texas (11-9, 5-6 SEC) at 11 a.m. on Sunday.
Rankings
MSU
Singles – n/a
Doubles – Gianna Oboniye/Athina Pitta (71)
Texas A&M
Singles – Mary Stoiana (2), Nicole Khirin (11), Lucciana Perez (46), Mia Kupres (57), Daria Smetannikov (88)
Doubles – Mary Stoiana/Lucciana Perez (39), Mia Kupres/Daria Smetannikov (65), Mary Stoiana/Mia Kupres (77)
Texas
Singles – Carmen Herea (33), Sabina Zeynalova (54), Eszter Meri (76), Ariana Anazagasty-Pursoo (80), Ashton Bowers (91)
Doubles – Ashton Bowers/Ariana Anazagasty-Pursoo (26), Ashton Bowers/Sabina Zeynalova (48)
Series History
vs. Texas A&M
Overall: Texas A&M leads 13-1
In Starkville: Texas A&M leads 5-1
Last Meeting: Texas A&M won in Starkville, 4-0 (2024)
vs. Texas
Overall: Texas leads 1-0
In Starkville: First Meeting between the two programs in Starkville
Last Meeting: Texas won in a neutral contest in Berkeley, California, 4-1 (2018)
State Wins Leaders
Overall singles – Jayna Clemens (14)
vs. ranked opponents – Gianna Oboniye (1)
Matches clinched – Carolina Troiano (4)
Overall doubles – Gianna Oboniye/Athina Pitta (10)
vs. ranked opponents – Chiara Di Genova/Tagliente (1), Oboniye/Pitta (1), Cohen/Tagliente (1)
Double clinches – Oboniye/Pitta (4)
Notes to know
• Mississippi State started the season with nine straight wins, its best start to a season in program history.
• The Bulldogs are 10-4 in home matches this season and are one of three SEC programs with 10 or more home wins.
• Gianna Oboniye and Athina Pitta moved up in the ITA Rankings this week coming in at No. 71 in the ITA doubles rankings. They are the first Mississippi State doubles team to be ranked since the 2022 season.
• Oboniye and Pitta have won nine of their 15 doubles matches in dual match play including a win over LSU's 11th-ranked duo of Cadence Brace and Kayla Cross.
• Emma Cohen and Alessia Tagliente picked up their first ranked victory as a pair against 77th-ranked Bella Bergqvist Larsson and Olympe Lancelot of South Carolina on March 28.
• Jayna Clemens and Chiara Di Genova secured their third SEC victory as a duo against South Carolina on March 28 to clinch the doubles point.
• Clemens boasts a 10-1 mark in singles dual matches.
• Di Genova has won three of her last four SEC singles matches and is 8-5 in dual match play.
• Oboniye has posted a 7-6 mark in singles matches this spring.
• Carolina Troiano leads the team with four singles match clinches.
•Women's tennis posted a 3.58 grade point average as a team during the fall semester. It was the second-highest GPA of any women's team at MSU during the fall.
• This year marks the 51st season of women's tennis at Mississippi State after playing its inaugural season in 1975. The Bulldogs have won 499 matches all-time.
• The Bulldogs signed five-star prospect Mia Robinson out of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Robinson is the top-ranked recruit in the state of South Carolina and the No. 14 prospect in the country. She is set to join the team in the fall.
For more Information on the Bulldog women's tennis program, visit Hailstate.com or search for "HailstateWT" on X, Instagram and Facebook.
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