ABILENE, Texas – The Texans competed in their second of four fall tournaments at Abilene Christian this past Friday-Sunday.
Emma Persson had a highlight weekend with a semifinals singles win over Texas Tech.
"I am proud of our team this weekend," said head coach
Elianne Douglas-Miron. "We played a lot of matches and competed very well. Emma beating a top Texas Tech player and getting to the finals of the A bracket is showing us why she was the WAC Player of the Year last year. She looked dangerous on court. Ximena [Morales] also competed very well and deserves a lot of credit for her strong showing this weekend.
Persson went 2-1 on the weekend advancing to the A draw singles finals. She started the weekend off with a win over host Abilene Christian's Maria Cascos. Persson then faced off against Texas Tech for the first of two times, winning her semifinals match 6-2 and 6-4 over Jermine Sherif.
Persson's only defeat came on the final day of play in the finals. She once again faced off against Texas Tech, this time against Andreea Lila. Persson ultimately fell just short of what would have been a perfect singles run losing 6-3, 6-1.
"We continue to see improvements week in and week out and it's showing in our results," said head coach
Elianne Douglas-Miron. "We look forward to putting in another two weeks of work before regionals."
Persson also made a run on the doubles side of things with partner Morales. The pair went 2-1 on the weekend making their way to the finals on Saturday. The two got off to a great start in the quarterfinals winning 8-4 over host Abilene Chrisitan's Eva Arranz and Andrea Guerrero.
Persson and Morales matched up with UTSA in the semifinals winning 8-5 to punch their ticket to the finals on Saturday. The pair for the Purple and White beat Magda Tuells and Ekua Youri of UTSA 8-5.
The dominating pair saw things come to an end in the finals Saturday as they took their first loss of the tournament to Texas Tech's Arina Oreshchenkova and Camryn Stepp.
The Texans will have a week off before resuming action and heading to the ITA Regionals Oct. 12 – 16. The regional will be held at Baylor in Waco, Texas.
