Tennis Opens Season at New Orleans, Tulane This Weekend
DENTON, Texas (1/15/09) - The North Texas tennis team begins its season on the road this weekend as the squad squares off against New Orleans on Saturday and Tulane on Sunday. Both of these tilts are scheduled for 12 P.M.
DENTON, Texas (1/15/09) - The North Texas tennis team begins its season on the road this weekend as the squad squares off against New Orleans on Saturday and Tulane on Sunday. Both of these tilts are scheduled for 12 P.M.
It will be a welcome site for the UNO Privateers and Tulane Green Wave as these two schools have not played a full season since 2004-05 due to Hurricane Katrina.
New Orleans holds a 4-0 lifetime mark against North Texas, the last match taking place at UNO in 2003-04 where the Privateers prevailed 5-0.
In '04-05, New Orleans went 14-5 overall before losing to New Mexico State in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. UNO faced one ranked team that season in No. 75 Mississippi State where the Bulldogs finished on top.
Tulane and North Texas have only faced each other once in the history of the two schools. The Green Wave won this decision at home 9-0 back in 1991-92.
Tulane will look to dupilcate the '04-05 campaign as the team went 25-6 overall making it to the NCAA's Round of 16. The Green Wave won the Conference USA Championships beating TCU in the finals and advanced to the NCAA Tournament where they took out Southeast Louisiana and TCU before dropping a contest to No. 3 Kentucky. The squad was ranked as high as No. 9 in the country and had an impressive record of 18-6 against ranked opponents.
The North Texas Mean Green looks to continue where it left off last season as the team posted a 13-9 record earning a No. 13 final ranking in the southwest region.
Two NT players have already been honored this season. Freshman Irina Paraschiv and sophomore Madura Ranganathan earned top 10 doubles and top 20 singles preseason rankings in the ITA Southwest Region. The pair are highly ranked at No. 8 in doubles and in singles Paraschiv is No. 14 and Ranganathan is No. 16.
Ranganathan finished the '07-08 season with a No. 30 regional ranking going 13-9 while knocking off two ranked opponents.
It will be a welcome site for the UNO Privateers and Tulane Green Wave as these two schools have not played a full season since 2004-05 due to Hurricane Katrina.
New Orleans holds a 4-0 lifetime mark against North Texas, the last match taking place at UNO in 2003-04 where the Privateers prevailed 5-0.
In '04-05, New Orleans went 14-5 overall before losing to New Mexico State in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. UNO faced one ranked team that season in No. 75 Mississippi State where the Bulldogs finished on top.
Tulane and North Texas have only faced each other once in the history of the two schools. The Green Wave won this decision at home 9-0 back in 1991-92.
Tulane will look to dupilcate the '04-05 campaign as the team went 25-6 overall making it to the NCAA's Round of 16. The Green Wave won the Conference USA Championships beating TCU in the finals and advanced to the NCAA Tournament where they took out Southeast Louisiana and TCU before dropping a contest to No. 3 Kentucky. The squad was ranked as high as No. 9 in the country and had an impressive record of 18-6 against ranked opponents.
The North Texas Mean Green looks to continue where it left off last season as the team posted a 13-9 record earning a No. 13 final ranking in the southwest region.
Two NT players have already been honored this season. Freshman Irina Paraschiv and sophomore Madura Ranganathan earned top 10 doubles and top 20 singles preseason rankings in the ITA Southwest Region. The pair are highly ranked at No. 8 in doubles and in singles Paraschiv is No. 14 and Ranganathan is No. 16.
Ranganathan finished the '07-08 season with a No. 30 regional ranking going 13-9 while knocking off two ranked opponents.
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