PHOENIX, Ariz. – The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs women's tennis start their second round of Western Athletic Conference play on Friday when they face the New Mexico State Aggies at the Paseo Racquet Center.
 
It is the first of three conference matches of the weekend for the Broncs. They will face Chicago State on Saturday and Kansas City on Sunday.
 
Last Time Out
The Broncs dropped their neutral site match 1-6 to the Nicholls State University Colonels.
 
The Broncs (7-10) picked up a doubles victory at court one as the team of Katia Stavroulaki and Reegan Greenwood defeated Stephanie Barnett and Klara Skopac 8-5. The Colonels (12-3) recorded wins on courts two and three to clinch the point.
 
The Colonels went on to win five of the six singles matches to take the match but the Broncs recorded their lone point on court five. Sophomore Mariana Ranzahuer dropped her first set to Katia Jordan 3-6. She bounced back with a win in the third set 7-6 and then went on to win the tiebreaker 10-6 to win the match.
 
Scouting the Aggies
The Aggies are 10-8 on the season and are currently riding a three-match losing streak after losing to Florida International, Florida Atlantic and Barry University.
 
The Aggies are 3-0 in conference play after defeating Kansas City, Chicago State and Seattle U.
 
Ashvarya Shrivistava who is coming off of her second straight WAC Athlete of the Week honor leads the Aggies. It is her fourth WAC Athlete of the Week award this season.
 
The Series
The Broncs are 1-3 all-time against the Aggies in a series that dates back to 2008. Both of these team met last season at the WAC Tournament as it was the Aggies who came away with the 4-2 victory in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
 
The last time the Broncs defeated the Aggies was on March 22, 2008 when the Broncs picked up the 5-2 victory at the Orville Cox Tennis Center.
 
Globetrotters
The Broncs currently have nine student-athletes on the roster representing six different countries including Colombia, England, France, Greece, Mexico and the United States.
 
Next Up
The Broncs continue conference play on Saturday when they face Chicago State at 12:30 p.m.

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