PROVO, Utah — No. 36 ranked BYU women's tennis concludes its Big 12 road slate this week with matches against No. 23 Oklahoma on Thursday and No. 8 Texas on Saturday.
The Sooners match is scheduled for 4 p.m. MDT Thursday, and the Longhorns match starts at 11 a.m. MDT Saturday. Fans can follow @byuwtennis on social media for live updates and visit byucougars.com for match results.
No. 36 BYU Notes:
- Head coach Holly Hasler is in her sixth season with a record of 72-51. Assistant coach Gabby Curtis is in her third season.
- The Cougars are 14-4 (6-3, Big 12) this season, and are coming off two ranked victories over No. 31 Baylor (4-3) and No. 54 TCU (4-3) last week.
- Bobo Huang (13-3) leads BYU in singles victories with 13 and picked up two singles wins at No. 1 last week.
- Tina Li (11-6) is second on the team in singles victories with 11 wins and picked up a victory in No. 2 singles over the No. 31 Bears last week.
- Kara Wheatley secured a singles victory over the No. 54 Horned Frogs last week, improving her record in 2024 to 9-6.
- Kendall Kovick (8-8) and Emilee Astle (8-3) both have eight singles victories each this season.
- The Cougars have secured the doubles point in 17 of the 18 matches they have played this season.
- The doubles team of Wheatley and Li is currently is currently 12-1 on the season.
- Huang and Kaavya Sawhney's doubles record stands at 12-3 for the year, tied for the team lead in doubles victories.
- Astle and Kovick are ranked No. 53 nationally as a doubles tandem. The duo has a 7-4 record in 2024 together.
- Huang is currently ranked No. 105 in singles nationally.
- BYU is ranked No. 36 in the country.
- The Cougars have four victories over ranked opponents this season.
- BYU's six Big 12 victories in 2024 are tied for the most conference victories in a season under head coach Holly Hasler since she began leading the program in 2018.
No. 23 Oklahoma Notes:
- The Sooners are 12-5 overall, including 7-2 in Big 12 play with wins over Iowa State (7-0) and No. 50 Kansas (7-0) last week.
- Oklahoma is currently on a two-match win streak.
- The Sooners finished last season with a 22-10 record and were undefeated at home, 16-0.
- 2023 Big 12 Championships title match appearance.
- 2023 NCAA Tournament super regionals appearance.
- Head coach Audra Cohen is in her eighth season leading the program.
- The Sooners are ranked No. 23 in the country.
- Julia Garcia Ruiz (29), Dana Guzman (40), Florencia Urrutia (55), Alina Shcherbinina (97) and Ava Catanzarite (121) are currently nationally ranked in singles.
- Shcherbinina and Guzman (3), Guzman and Roisin Gilheany (19), and Ruiz and Zdena Safarova (71) are doubles tandems ranked nationally.
Series Information:
BYU leads the series 4-1
The last meeting ended with a 5-2 victory for BYU over Oklahoma on March 19, 2007.
No. 8 Texas Notes:
- The Longhorns are 15-4 overall, including 8-1 in Big 12 play with wins over No. 60 Kansas (4-2) and Iowa State (4-1) last week.
- Texas is currently on a three-match win streak.
- The Longhorns finished last season with a 24-5 record and were 14-2 at home.
- 2023 Big 12 regular-season champions.
- 2023 Big 12 Championships champions.
- 2023 NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals appearance.
- Head coach Howard Joffe is in his ninth season with the Longhorns.
- Texas is currently ranked No. 8 in the country.
- Sabina Zeynalova (23), Malaika Rapolu (27), Tanya Sasnouskaya (34) and Charlotte Chavatipon (117) are currently nationally ranked in singles.
- Taisiya Pachkaleva and Zeynalova (17), Pachkaleva and Nicole Rivkin (45), Sasnouskaya and Zeynalova (62), and Rapolu and Sasnouskaya (64) are doubles tandems ranked nationally.
Series Information:
This will be the first all-time meeting between both programs.