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Tennis

Labraña comes out on top at Furman Invitational

Labraña comes out on top at Furman Invitational

Shezan Samanani, Sports Reporter September 20, 2021

Senior Fernanda Labraña claimed the Flight 5 singles title at the 34th annual Debbie Southern Furman Fall Classic. The Texas women’s tennis team sent six Longhorns to compete in the tournament in Greenville,...

Men’s Tennis kicks off season with seven wins at San Francisco tournament

Men’s Tennis kicks off season with seven wins at San Francisco tournament

Nikhil Guddati, Sports Reporter September 20, 2021

Graduate transfer Richard Ciamarra started his Longhorn career off strong as the Texas men’s tennis team began its 2021 season in San Francisco, California, at the Battle of the Bay Classic. Over...

Meet the 2021-22 Texas men’s tennis team: Same lineup, now with NCAA tournament and US Open experience

Meet the 2021-22 Texas men’s tennis team: Same lineup, now with NCAA tournament and US Open experience

Ross Fisher, Sports Reporter September 13, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the September 8 flipbook.  Last season, a freshmen and sophomore-laden Texas men’s tennis team exceeded all expectations, beating top-ranked...

Eliot Spizzirri awarded wild card spot for U.S. Open Qualifying after dominant pro tennis summer

Eliot Spizzirri awarded wild card spot for U.S. Open Qualifying after dominant pro tennis summer

Ross Fisher August 25, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the August 23 flipbook. Like many other 19-year-old University of Texas students, tennis sophomore Eliot Spizzirri was busy building his professional...

Learning a valuable lesson: How the Texas women’s tennis freshmen propelled the program to a national championship

Learning a valuable lesson: How the Texas women’s tennis freshmen propelled the program to a national championship

Nathan Han, Sports Reporter July 2, 2021

In 2019, Longhorn head coach Howard Joffe knew his incoming class of 2020 recruits could make or break the future of the Texas women’s tennis program.  Anna and Bianca Turati, part of his first key...

No. 4 Texas men’s tennis loses out in semifinals to No. 1 Florida, reflects on run

No. 4 Texas men’s tennis loses out in semifinals to No. 1 Florida, reflects on run

Ross Fisher May 22, 2021

With Texas men’s tennis’ flair for the dramatic, head coach Bruce Berque woke up Friday believing his team could do the unlikely and knock off Florida, the No. 1-ranked team in the country. Not to...

More May Madness: Texas men’s tennis wins 4-3 again, advances to Final Four

More May Madness: Texas men’s tennis wins 4-3 again, advances to Final Four

Ross Fisher May 20, 2021

Back in February at the ITA Indoor Championship, Cleeve Harper clinched Texas’s win over then-ranked No. 1 USC. But on Thursday, with his third set tied at 5-5 and a trip to the Final Four on the line,...

May Madness: No. 4 Texas men’s tennis comes back to beat No. 13 South Carolina, advances to Elite 8

May Madness: No. 4 Texas men’s tennis comes back to beat No. 13 South Carolina, advances to Elite 8

Ross Fisher May 18, 2021

The No. 4-ranked Texas men’s tennis team found itself down 3-0 against No.13 South Carolina on Monday afternoon as the end of the season loomed ever nearer. For most teams, a 3-0 deficit to a team of...

Texas sweeps Northwestern 4-0, heads back to Sweet 16 in Orlando

Texas sweeps Northwestern 4-0, heads back to Sweet 16 in Orlando

Ross Fisher May 9, 2021

The Texas men’s tennis team is heading back to Orlando, Florida, where the program took home its first ever National Championship back in 2019. No. 4 Texas put away Northwestern 4-0 in the second...

Texas rolls over NAU, 4-0 in NCAA Championship first round

Texas rolls over NAU, 4-0 in NCAA Championship first round

Ross Fisher May 8, 2021

There was no tempestuous aura around the Texas Tennis Center, as there had been previously during Big 12 Conference play — Texas’ NCAA Regional match against Northern Arizona on Saturday was more of...

Same situation, fresh faces: No. 4 Texas men’s tennis begins national championship defense with new lineup and high hopes

Same situation, fresh faces: No. 4 Texas men’s tennis begins national championship defense with new lineup and high hopes

Ross Fisher May 7, 2021

After men’s tennis head coach Bruce Berque’s men fell short against Baylor in the final of the Big 12 Championship, he told his young team about his 2019 team, who were in the same position and ultimately...

No. 2 Texas loses to No. 3 Baylor in Big 12 Championship, looks ahead to NCAA Championship

No. 2 Texas loses to No. 3 Baylor in Big 12 Championship, looks ahead to NCAA Championship

Ross Fisher April 26, 2021

Cleeve Harper booted the tennis ball off the court as the Baylor fans mocked him after he double faulted in his second set. It was that kind of day for the Longhorns. For the second consecutive season,...

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