{"id":9786,"date":"2026-04-17T09:46:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/no-8-womens-tennis-advances-to-sec-championship-quarterfinals-university-of-texas-athletics\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T09:46:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:46:39","slug":"no-8-womens-tennis-advances-to-sec-championship-quarterfinals-university-of-texas-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/no-8-womens-tennis-advances-to-sec-championship-quarterfinals-university-of-texas-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 8 Women\u2019s Tennis advances to SEC Championship quarterfinals – University of Texas Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"

University of Texas
Alabama
04.16.2026 | Women's Tennis
The Longhorns swept 12 seed No. 55 Alabama, 4-0, in the second round and will next face 4 seed No. 1 Georgia on Friday.
Norman, Okla. \u2013<\/strong> No. 8 Texas Women’s Tennis advanced to the SEC Championship quarterfinals with a 4-0 sweep of 12 seed No. 55 Alabama on Thursday at the Headington Family Tennis Center in Norman, Okla. The fifth-seeded Longhorns will next face 4 seed No. 1 Georgia on Friday at 6 p.m. CT.
Texas secured the doubles point with wins at Nos. 3 and 1 around a win by Alabama at No. 2. The Longhorns then followed with singles victories by sophomores No. 3 Carmen Herea<\/a><\/dfn> at No. 1, and No. 50 Eszter Meri<\/a><\/dfn> at No. 3, and freshman No. 6 Anastasia Abbagnato<\/a><\/dfn> at No. 2 for the clinch.
Texas was without freshman Christasha McNeil<\/a><\/dfn> due to injury, which shifted the doubles lineup, but sophomore Salma Drugdova<\/a><\/dfn> paired with Meri, and the duo was first off the court with a 6-3 win over Addison Bowman and Mary Sidelnyk at No. 3. Herea and freshman Mathilde Ngijol-Carré then moved up to No. 2 but came up short in back-and-forth match, 6-4, to Maria Andienko and Amina Salibayeva. That left it to No. 1, where Abbagnato and freshman Elizabeth Ionescu<\/a><\/dfn> partnered for a 7-5 victory over Karla Bartel and Klara Milicevic to clinch the points.
Herea was then quickly the first off the singles court with a 6-1, 6-1 top-80 victory over No. 78 Milicevic at No. 1. Meri was also efficient in her win, 6-1, 6-0, over Bartel at No. 3 to extend the lead to 3-0, and Abbagnato made it a trio of decisive victories with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Andienko at No. 2 for the clinch.
Three matches remained unfinished with Ngijol-Carré and freshman Kate Mansfield<\/a><\/dfn> both holding a set lead in their contests. Ngijol-Carré led Salibayeva, 6-2, 3-2, at No. 5, while Mansfield was up, 6-2, 1-5, against Sidelnyk at No. 6. The only set of the night for Alabama was won at No. 4 where Ionescu had a deuce point to break and go to a tiebreaker, but Bowman managed to hold and had a 7-5, 1-0 lead when play stopped.
#8 Texas 4, #55 Alabama 0<\/strong>
Singles \u2013 Order of Finish (1,3,2)
1. #3 Carmen Herea<\/a><\/dfn> (TEX) def. #78 Klara Milicevic (ALA) 6-1, 6-1
2. #6 Anastasia Abbagnato<\/a><\/dfn> (TEX) def. Maria Andienko (ALA) 6-3, 6-1
3. #50 Eszter Meri<\/a><\/dfn> (TEX) def. Karla Bartel (ALA) 6-1, 6-0
4. Elizabeth Ionescu<\/a><\/dfn> (TEX) vs. Addison Bowman (ALA) 5-7, 0-1, unf.
5. Mathilde Ngijol-Carré (TEX) vs. Amina Salibayeva (ALA) 6-2, 3-2, unf.
6. Kate Mansfield<\/a><\/dfn> (TEX) vs. Mary Sidelnyk (ALA) 6-2, 1-5, unf.
Doubles \u2013 Order of Finish (3,2,1)
1. Anastasia Abbagnato<\/a><\/dfn>\/Elizabeth Ionescu<\/a><\/dfn> (TEX) def. Karla Bartel\/Klara Milicevic (ALA) 7-5
2. Maria Andienko\/Amina Salibayeva (ALA) def. Carmen Herea<\/a><\/dfn>\/Mathilde Ngijol-Carré (TEX) 6-4
3. Salma Drugdova<\/a><\/dfn>\/Eszter Meri<\/a><\/dfn> (TEX) def. Addison Bowman\/Mary Sidelnyk (ALA) 6-3<\/p>\n

Individual Match Key Moments<\/u><\/strong>
(by order of finish)<\/em><\/p>\n

Doubles No. 3: Drugdova\/Meri (TEX) def. Bowman\/Mary Sidelnyk (ALA) 6-3<\/u>
Match:\u00a0<\/strong>Texas earned the only break for 4-2 and had a match point at deuce up 5-2, but Alabama held and the Longhorns served out in the next game.<\/p>\n

Doubles No. 2: Andienko\/Salibayeva (ALA) def. Herea\/Ngijol-Carré (TEX) 6-4<\/u>
Match:<\/strong>\u00a0Alabama started on a 3-0 run with two breaks, including the last two games at deuce. Texas went on a 4-0 run for the lead capped by a deuce-point hold, but the Crimson Tide broke again for a 5-4 lead and served out the match.<\/p>\n

Doubles No. 1: Abbagnato\/Ionescu (TEX) def. Bartel\/Milicevic (ALA) 7-5<\/u>
Match:<\/strong>\u00a0Texas held at deuce to start with a 3-0 run. Alabama held at deuce and broke for 3-2, and although the Longhorns broke again, the Crimson Tide won consecutive deuce points for 4-4. Texas later broke for 7-5 and the match.<\/p>\n

Singles No. 1: Herea (TEX) def. Milicevic (ALA) 6-1, 6-1<\/u>
Set One:<\/strong>\u00a0Herea held at deuce to start, and after Milicevic also held, Herea swept the rest of the set.\u00a0
Set Two:<\/strong>\u00a0Herea opened with consecutive deuce points and a 4-0 run, completing an overall 9-0 run. Milicevic held in the next game, but two games later, Herea broke at deuce for the match.<\/p>\n

Singles No. 3: Meri (TEX) def. Bartel (ALA) 6-1, 6-0<\/u>
Set One:<\/strong>\u00a0Meri began on a 5-0 run, holding at deuce for 3-0. She allowed only a deuce-point hold in the set for 5-1.
Set Two:<\/strong>\u00a0Meri swept the second set with deuce-point holds for 1-0 and 3-0.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Singles No. 2: Abbagnato (TEX) def. Andienko (ALA) 6-3, 6-1<\/u>
Set One:<\/strong>\u00a0Andienko borke at deuce in the first game, but Abbagnato broke back to start a 3-0 run. Andienko broke and then held at deuce for 3-3, but Abbagnato finished 3-0.
Set Two:<\/strong>\u00a0Abbagnato broke and then held at deuce for 2-0, and after Andienko held at deuce for 2-1, Abbagnato\u00a0\u00a0closed on a 4-0 run.<\/p>\n

Singles No. 4: Ionescu (TEX) vs. Bowman (ALA) 5-7, 0-1, unf.<\/u>
Set One:<\/strong>\u00a0After three-straight breaks, Bowan held for a 4-2 lead. Ionescu won consecutive deuce points for 4-4, but the players exchanged three-straight breaks for a 6-5 lead for Bowman. Ionescu had a break chance at deuce in the next game, but Bowman held for the set.\u00a0
Set Two:<\/strong>\u00a0Bowman won the hold game on a deuce-point break.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Singles No. 5: Ngijol-Carré (TEX) vs. Salibayeva (ALA) 6-2, 3-2, unf.<\/u>
Set One:<\/strong>\u00a0Ngijol-Carré broke first for 2-0, and after Salibayeva broke back at deuce and held for 2-2, Ngijol-Carré went on a 4-0 run with deuce-points for a break for 4-2 and hold for 5-2.
Set Two:<\/strong>\u00a0Salibayeva broke to start, but Ngijol-Carré broke back. The last three games were on serve with the final two won at deuce.<\/p>\n

Singles No. 6: Mansfield (TEX) vs. Sidelnyk (ALA) 6-2, 1-5, unf.<\/u>
Set One:<\/strong>\u00a0Mansfield broke for 1-0, and after Sidelnyk held at deuce for 2-1, Mansfield broke again for 4-1. Sidelnyk broke back, but so did the Longhorns.
Set Two:<\/strong>\u00a0Sidelnyk started 2-0 and ended on a 3-0 run.
Apr 17 (Fri)<\/span><\/p>\n

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