OCT 17 - RED RAIDERS DROP MATCH TO. NO. 18 TCU - The Red Raiders were swept by the No. 18 TCU Horned Frogs on Wednesday with scores of 21-25, 20-25 and 13-25. Mia Wesley had 13 kills and 13 points in the loss.
The Red Raiders fall to 9-9 overall and 1-5 in Big 12 play while the Horned Frogs improve to 13-4 overall and 5-2 in league play.
Texas Tech outhit the Frogs in the first set with 15 kills and hit .303 to TCU's 14 kills and .286 hitting percentage, but the Frogs turned it up and hit .350 in the second set and .433 in the third.
Maddie Correa led all Tech defenders with 13 digs - her 13th match with 10-plus - and was perfect on serve receive at 11-for-11. Wesley had nine digs and Emily Contreras posted six.
Next, the Red Raiders travel to Ames, Iowa, to take on the Iowa State Cyclones on Friday at 6:30 p.m.
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OCT 16 - RED RAIDERS READY FOR ITA TEXAS REGIONALS - The Texas Tech Red Raiders men's tennis team heads to Waco on Thursday to compete in the ITA Texas Regional Tournament hosted by the Baylor Bears. The tournament will take place from Thursday through Tuesday.
Eight Red Raiders are making the trip including Sebastian Abboud, Niksa Arsic, Lorenzo Esquici, Brody Nejedly-Krall, Felipe Pagnacco, Piotr Pawlak, Takeyasu Sekiguchi and Tyler Stewart.
Texas Tech is fresh off the Big 12/SEC Challenge where the Big 12 came out on top with 48 victories to the SEC's 42, and Red Raiders posted six of those wins. Two singles players from this weekend and one doubles team will qualify for the NCAA Individual Championships next month.
OCT 15 - RED RAIDERS SECURE DOUBLE TITLE - The Texas Tech Lady Raiders put on a dominating performance at the ITA Texas Regional tourney this week with 18 overall wins.
The pair of Mariia Hlahola and Avelina Sayfetdinova secured their second double title this season with a win over a ranked doubles pair from TCU. This qualifies them for the NCAA Double Championship in November.
It's the third consecutive season that the Lady Raiders have had a doubles team in the regional finals and the second straight year winning a doubles trophy at the regionals.
Next up for the Lady Raiders is the TCU Invitational in Fort Worth on Oct. 31 - Nov. 3.
OCT 13 - VOLLEYBALL FALLS - The Red Raiders volleyball team fell to No. 13 Arizona State on Saturday 22-25, 21-25 and 20-25 inside United Supermarkets Arena. Texas Tech fell to 9-8 overall and 1-4 in Big 12 play, while the Sun Devils improved to 16-2 overall and 5-1 in league play.
The Red Raiders played a close game to the No. 13 team in the county with 19 ties and six lead changes, but could not close things out in any set while Arizona State tallied 53 kills.
Brynn Williams led the way with nine kills, 10.5 points and seven digs, while Maddie Correa closed things out with a team-high 25 digs and three assists.
Mia Wesley and Emily Merrick combined for 14 kills and three blocks while Reagan Leinen and Aliyah McDonald totaled seven kills and three blocks.
OCT 4 - RED RAIDERS VOLLEYBALL WINS AGAIN - The Texas Tech Red Raiders volleyball team beat Kansas State in four sets, 25-18, 25-21 and 25-15 as the Wildcats won the fourth set 25-18. Mia Wesley scored her fifth double-double this season with 14 kills and 19 digs to lead her team.
Brynn Williams totaled 13 kills and three blocks to end the night with a team-high 15.5 points, while Katelyn Cochran and Hanna Borer combined for 35 assists. Borer led the way with 19. Cochran also had three kills and a block.
Aliyah McDonald and Reagan Leinen had 13 kills between the two of them in addition to six blocks and 20.5 points along with just one error on 32 attacks. Emily Merrick had six kills.
SEPT 23 - RED RAIDERS DROP MATCH TO ARKANSAS - The 8-4 Red Raiders fell to the 10-2 No. 25 Razorbacks 21-25, 25-18, 22-25 and 19-25 on Saturday at the Knight Sports Complex to finish out the 305 Challenge tournament.
Emily Merrick led all Red Raiders with a career-high 14 kills, hit .344 and had two blocks. Mia Wesley posted 11 kills and 10 digs - her third double-double of the year. Wesley also registered a season-high four aces.
Simone Overbeck had a career-best 10 kills with 10 digs for her first double-double of the season. Maddie Correa led the backcourt with 21 digs while Emily Contreras posted eight. Aliyah McDonald had a team-high four blocks, and Katelyn Cochranand Reagan Leinen had three blocks each.
SEPT 20 - RED RAIDERS LOSE TO MIAMI - The Texas Tech Red Raiders volleyball team strolled into the Knight Sports Complex on Friday off a straight sets win over FIU on Thursday, and were beaten 23-25, 23-25 and 17-25 by the Miami Hurricanes.
The Red Raiders now sit at 8-3 on the season and had seven players pick up at least one block in the matchup against the 8-2 Hurricanes. Sophomore Reagan Engler lead the team with five.
Katelyn Cochran and Aliyah McDonald posted three blocks each and Cochran added 11 assists to McDonald's four kills.
Junior Brynn Williams led Tech with six kills.
Next up, the Red Raiders finish the 305 Challenge tournament against No. 25 Arkansas at 11 a.m. CT.
SEPT 19 - McDONALD POSTS SEASON BEST KILLS - Graduate Aliyah McDonald and the Texas Tech Red Raiders volleyball team swept the FIU Panthers, 25-15, 25-23 and 25-19 on Thursday at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center in University Park, Florida.
McDonald posted a season-high eight kills in the match, going 8-for-18 for a .389 hitting clip while leading the Red Raiders with four blocks. Mia Wesley led all Tech players with nine kills with Brynn Williams and Emily Merrick totaling seven apiece. Merrick also contributed two blocks and a .467 clip on 15 swings.
The Red Raiders next face Miami on Friday at 5 p.m. CT in the Knight Sports Complex.
SEPT 12 - TENNIS THIS WEEKEND - The Red Raiders men's tennis is in action for a pair of tournaments this weekend at the Battle in the Bay Classic (Sept. 12-15) in San Francisco and the Waco Fall Tennis Classic (Sept. 13-15) hosted by the Baylor Bears.
Battle in the Bay Schedule * All times TBD
Thursday, Sept. 12
Doubles at 11 a.m. CT with singles to follow
Friday, Sept. 13
Doubles at 11 a.m. CT with singles to follow
Saturday, Sept. 14
Doubles at 11 a.m. CT with singles semifinals to follow
Sunday, Sept. 15
Doubles finals, singles finals and singles consolation finals
Waco Fall Tennis Classic Schedule
To be determined
The women's tennis team will find action for the first tournament of the fall at the 37th Annual Debbie Southern 2024 Furman Fall Classic on Sept. 13-15 in Greenville, S.C.
The eight Lady Raiders – Elena Daskalova, Yekaterina Dmitrichenko, Mariia Hlahola, Andreea Lila, Hailey Murphy, Arina Oreshchenkova, Avelina Sayfetdinova and Jermine Sherif – head to Greenville, S.C. to compete in the first tournament of the fall season. The Lady Raiders are coming off a strong 2024 spring season that resulted in 20 victories. Five players returning to the roster from last year.
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Friday, September 13 Schedule (All times Eastern)
Singles Flight 1
Avelina Sayfetdinova vs. #108 Gabriella Broadfoot (NC State), 11 a.m.
Singles Flight 2
Yekaterina Dmitrichenko vs. Sophia Hatton (Clemson), 12:30 p.m.
Singles Flight 3
Andreea Lila vs. #47 Mai Nirundorn (Georgia), 12:30 p.m.
Singles Flight 4
Jermine Sherif vs. Romana Cisovska (Clemson), 2 p.m.
Singles Flight 5
Mariia Hlahola vs. Gianna Oboniye (Mississippi State), 11 a.m.
Singles Flight 6
Hailey Murphy vs. Chiara Di Genova (Mississippi State), 12:30 p.m.
Singles Flight 7
Arina Oreshchenkova vs. Carolina Troiano (Mississippi State), 9:30 a.m.
Singles Flight 8
Elena Daskalova vs. Brianna Baldi (Wake Forest), 9:30 a.m.
Doubles Flight 1
Mariia Hlahola/Avelina Sayfetdinova vs. Ellie Eades/Elizabeth Stevens (Kentucky), 3:30 p.m.
Doubles Flight 2
Yekaterina Dmitrichenko/Hailey Murphy vs. Sophia Hatton/Artemis Aslanisvili (Clemson), 3:30 p.m.
Doubles Flight 3
Andreea Lila/Jermine Sherif vs. Annabelle Davis/Candela Tecora (Clemson), 5 p.m.
Doubles Flight 5
Elena Daskalova/Arina Oreshchenkova vs. Ria Bhakta/Sophie Clayton (Clemson), 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 14
One round of doubles starting at 9 a.m. followed by one round of singles
Sunday, September 15
One round of singles starting at 9 a.m.
SEPT 11 - TENNIS TRANSFER - As the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's tennis program is gearing up for its 2024-25 season, it's added another transfer.
Tandil, Argentina, native Felipe Pagnacco is joining the program as coach Michael Breler announced on Wednesday morning.
Pagnacco has a stellar past in both junior and professional ranks with 15 singles titles this year alone. He holds a career-high ATP singles ranking of 1611 and a career-best ITF singles ranking of 423.
Pagnacco , who has three years of eligibility remaining, picked up wins over ITF No. 11 Maximilian Figl, ITF No. 225 Tadeo Meneo and ITF No. 83 Luciano Carraro, and advanced out of the qualifying round of the Tucuman 25k.
He beat Franco Roncadelli in the main draw.
Pagnacco also advanced out of both qualifying draws for the Quillota 15k and the Santiago 15k, winning six singles titles between the two tournaments.
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