Texas Tech men's tennis upsets No. 1 Oklahoma
Texas Tech pulled off one of its biggest wins in program history Sunday, upsetting No. 1 Oklahoma at the McLeod Tennis Center. The Sooners (21-2, 3-1 Big 12) entered the match winners of 11 straight...
View ArticleLady Raiders tennis upset by TCU 4-0
WACO — Texas Tech’s JaCorian Duffield and Bradley Adkins went 1-2 in the men’s high jump to lead the men’s and women’s track and field teams at Saturday’s Michael Johnson Classic, in Waco, Texas.A...
View ArticleKilgo, Dvorak, Talaba earn All-Big 12 honors
Gabriela Talaba was named Co-Big 12 Freshman of the Year, while Talaba, freshman Sarah Dvorak and senior Kenna Kilgo earned All-Big 12 honors.Talaba, a freshman from Galati, Romania, is only the second...
View ArticleEasy as ABC? Texas Tech men's tennis team to face UCSB in NCAA, with UCLA...
UC Santa Barbara shocked Texas Tech three years ago.Red Raider men’s tennis was No. 22 at the time, while the Gauchos were No. 61.Given the history, UCSB coach Marty Davis “loved” the match-up when he...
View ArticleRed Raiders women's tennis team hosting opening round of NCAAs this weekend
With the youngest starting lineup in the country, most of the Lady Raiders aren’t sure what to expect.“We aren’t exactly sure what all this means,” said Sarah Dvorak, one of four Texas Tech freshmen...
View ArticleLady Raiders advance to second round of NCAA Championships
For most of the season, Texas Tech women’s tennis won matches with the top half of its lineup.Friday afternoon, the Lady Raiders advanced to the second round of the NCAA Championships off the bottom...
View ArticleLady Raiders tennis advances to NCAA Sweet 16
With Texas Tech holding a 3-2 lead and ahead in two more sets, all eyes were on a pair of Lady Raider freshmen. Sabrina Federici was one game away from winning on court five, as was Katelyn Jackson all...
View ArticleTexas Tech tennis season ends in L.A. against UCLA
Red Raiders’ season ends against UCLA LOS ANGELES, Calif. – No. 19 Texas Tech’s run in the NCAA men’s tennis tournament came to an end on Saturday, as the Red Raiders fell to No. 16 UCLA, 4-0, in the...
View ArticleLady Raiders tennis to face No. 1 USC
WACO — No. 16 Texas Tech is embarking on something new on Friday, when the Lady Raiders face No. 1 Southern Cal at 7 p.m. at Baylor’s Hurd Tennis Center.The Lady Raiders (21-6) face USC (23-2) for the...
View ArticleSoares wins big
WACO — Texas Tech’s Felipe Soares defeated Wichita State’s Tin Ostojic 6-4, 6-2 Thursday, advancing to the round of 16 at the NCAA tennis individual championships.With the victory, Soares became Tech’s...
View ArticleSoares, Dojas advance to quarterfinals of NCAA tennis championships
WACO — Felipe Soares is on a roll.The Texas Tech junior from Brazil won his singles match Friday at the NCAA tennis individual championships to reach uncharted territory for a Red Raiders player, then...
View ArticleTech's Soares, Dojas upset top seeds in NCAA tennis doubles quarterfinals
The Texas Tech doubles team of Felipe Soares and Hugo Dojas are within two victories of a national title.Even better: They just took out the No. 1 team.Shaking off Soares’ loss in singles earlier in...
View ArticleSoares, Dojas roll into the NCAA doubles final
Felipe Soares and his roommate, Hugo Dojas weren’t supposed to be here.They were ranked No. 22 in the country and needed to upset the No. 18, No. 5 and the No. 1 team in order to make the NCAA doubles...
View ArticleTexas holds off Red Raiders to win NCAA championship
Felipe Soares and Hugo Dojas weren’t sure they were going to make the NCAA Championships in doubles.Serving down 4-3 in the third set, the Red Raider All-American tandem had a chance to tie things up...
View ArticleTexas Tech tennis coach Tim Siegel announces retirement, will coach at Cooper
Ellie Siegel walked up to her father and threw her little arms around him.“No more trips for you,” the 10-year-old said. Her father, Texas Tech tennis coach Tim Siegel won’t be hitting the road for...
View ArticleFundraising effort for Luke Siegel raises more than $40,000, so far
It only took five minutes for Courtney Davis to be reminded how much the Siegel family has impacted not just Texas Tech, but all of West Texas.Davis set up a fundraiser through gofundme.com Thursday...
View ArticleBrett Masi named Texas Tech men's tennis coach
It's in his blood. It only made sense that Brett Masi became a coach. He picked up most of coaching style from his father, John, who coached basketball at UC Riverside for 26 years.“I come from a...
View ArticleTexas Tech coaches make Masi feel at home with men's tennis program
Brett Masi already feels like part of the Red Raider family.A big part of that is the help the other Texas Tech coaches have given him since his arrival in Lubbock, especially women’s tennis coach Todd...
View ArticleNo. 9 Tech stops William & Mary, reaches 20-win mark
HOUSTON — Felipe Soares closed out Christian Cargill, 7-6 (7-3), 7-5, at No. 1 singles Saturday to finish off ninth-ranked Texas Tech’s 4-1 victory over William & Mary at the Rice Invitational...
View ArticleNo. 9 Tech tennis falls to Rice, 4-3
HOUSTON — The No. 9 Texas Tech men’s tennis team saw its comeback fall just short in a 4-3 defeat at No. 40 Rice Sunday at the George R. Brown Tennis Center.The Red Raiders (21-3) had their six-match...
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