May 05, 2019
AUSTIN, Texas – The No. 18 Texas A&M women's tennis team dominated the No. 9 Texas Longhorns, 4-1, at the Texas Tennis Center to advance to the NCAA Tournament Round of 16 next weekend at No. 8 Vanderbilt.
The Maroon & White clinched the doubles point with a pair of 6-3 wins and cruised to first set wins on four singles courts. A&M's Riley McQuaid and Lucia Quiterio posted their second straight win in the state's capital as they defeated Katie Poluta and Petra Granic. The Aggies clinched the point as No. 33 Tatiana Makarova and Jayci Goldsmith bested No. 68 Anna Turati and Bianca Turati on court one.
A&M picked up its second point of the day as Quiterio disposed of Tijana Spasojevic 6-3, 6-3 on court six. Quiterio, a freshman from Benedita, Portugal, won her seventh straight match to improve to 17-2 this spring.
The Longhorns earned their only point of the day as Fernanda Labrana bested A&M's Renee McBryde 6-4, 6-2 on court four to pull within 2-1.
A&M's Tatiana Makarova rounded out her stellar weekend in Austin with a 6-2, 6-4 win on court three over No. 54 Petra Granic to push the Aggies ahead 3-1. Makarova won the last match standing against Rice on Saturday to advance the Aggies into the second round. Makarova improved to 16-7 in dual matches and 22-9 overall this season. The win over No. 54 Granic was Makarova's highest ranked win of her career.
No. 52 Katya Townsend punched the Aggies ticket to Nashville with a 6-3, 6-3 triumph on court one over No. 28 Bianca Turati. Townsend, a freshman from Coconut Creek, Florida, posted her team-leading seventh ranked win of the year to improve to 24-9 this season.