EDINBURG – The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs women' tennis team (0-5) hosts the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Ragin Cajuns (0-2) in their home opener on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. at the newly renovated Orville Cox Tennis Center.
 
The Broncs
The Broncs are set to host their first of four home matches this season, twice as many as last year. The Broncs were 1-1 at home last season and are 24-6 (.800) over the last eight seasons.
 
Scouting the Ragin Cajuns
The Ragin Cajuns are 0-2, having dropped road matches to Denver 0-7 and Air Force 1-6 on January 25 and 26. The Ragin Cajuns are 0-12 in singles and 2-4 in doubles, with their lone wins coming at No. 1 with Nicole Breaux and Bailey VanDyke and at No. 3 with Melissa Burckhartt and Juliette Clement at Air Force.
 
The Series
This is the sixth meeting all-time between the Broncs and Ragin Cajuns in a series dating back to 1989. The Broncs are looking for their second win.
 
The Broncs and Ragin Cajuns last met on March 21, 2010, a 0-4 loss for the Broncs.
 
Last Time Out
Freshman Reegan Greenwood recorded her first-career singles win in dual play in a 1-6 loss to the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders on Thursday.
 
Greenwood's win at the No. 6 position was one of three long singles match for the Broncs (0-5). Greenwood's was the first of those matches to finish, as she dispatched Ashley Garza 6-2, 4-6, 6-0.
 
It's Greenwood's fourth singles win of the year, including three from fall tournament play.
 
You Can Put it on the Board
The Broncs picked up their first match points of the season at UTSA on Feb. 3, as Wanda Beguelin defeated Alena Shichkova 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3 and Anastasia Burobina (UTPA) beat Kavya Menon (UTSA) 6-4, 6-2 at No. 4.
 
Ranked Win
The Broncs picked up their lone win of the season thus far in doubles against No. 36 Arkansas, as the No. 2 duo of Anastasia Burobina and Wanda Beguelin defeated Flavia Araujo and Kimberly - Ann Surin 8-5.
 
When in Roma…
The Broncs have one local student-athlete in Roma-native and freshman Julia Perez. During her four years at Roma High School, Perez went 72-0 and never lost a district match. She was District 32-4A MVP, First Team All-Valley and First Team All-District in Doubles all four years. She was also the 2009 and 2011 singles district champion, as well as the 2012 doubles district champion. The Gladiators won the district title every year she was there and were ranked No. 12 in the state in 2011. Perez also led the Gladiators on a 52-match winning streak in district play.
 
In addition to her stellar tennis play, Perez was a regional qualifier in swimming all four years, led the golf team to their first ever regional tournament, led the basketball team to the 2012 playoffs, and earned honorable mention in golf in 2011 and 2012 in basketball in 2011.
 
Globetrotters
The Broncs currently have eight student-athletes on the roster representing eight different countries, including Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, England, France, The Netherlands, Russia and the United States.
 
Next Up
The Broncs host Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Tuesday, February 19 at 2:00 p.m. at the Orville Cox Tennis Center. Admission is free.