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WACO – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's tennis team kicks off their spring dual match season on Thursday when they face the No. 11 Baylor University Bears at 6 p.m. at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center.
 
Last Time Out
The Vaqueros competed at the ITA Texas Regional where competition was cut short because of bad weather.
 
Freshman Dominique Ibarra posted a singles victory in the opening round after defeating Sam Houston State's Carrie Casey 6-3, 6-4.
 
Scouting the Bears
The Bears are 1-0 on the season after defeating Hawai'i 4-3 on January 9. The Bears will face McNeese State on Thursday before facing the Vaqueros.
 
Last season the Bears finished 28-7 while going 21-3 at home. They welcome back Blair Shankle, who finished the dual match season with a 23-2 record while mainly playing the No. 2 and 3 positions.
 
Along with Shankle, the Bears have four returners who won 14 or more matches in 2015. Kelley Anderson went 21-7, Kiah Generette posted a 14-6 record, Theresa Van Zyl went 15-6.
 
In doubles, the Bears used 22 different team combinations. Out of those 22 different teams, only three posted more than five victories. The team of Generette and Shankle posted a 9-1 record with Shankle also teaming with Ema Burgic to go 8-4 and the team of Anderson and Leolia Jean Jean went 9-3.
 
The All-Time Series
The Vaqueros are 0-4 against the Bears all-time in a series that dates back to 1990. The Bears and Vaqueros faced off last season and it was the Bears who came away with the 7-0 victory.
 
Climbing the Ranks
Senior Reegan Greenwood currently ranks eighth in program history with 43 career singles wins. She is one win away from tying Wanda Beguelin (2011-14) for seventh all-time and just seven wins away from Tania Webster (1988-91) for fifth place. Ellen Nelissen (1991-95) tops the all-time list with 67 wins.
 
Career Singles Wins
1. Ellen Nelissen (1991-95) – 67
2. Leah Viloria (1988-91) – 64
3. Barbara Barrera (1988-90) – 55
4. Mary Jane Meyer (1987-90) – 51
5. Tania Webster (1988-91) – 50
6. Silke Buksik (2005-08) – 47
7. Wanda Beguelin (2011-14) – 44
8. Reegan Greenwood (2013-Present) – 43
 
Globetrotters
The Vaqueros currently have nine student-athletes on the roster representing seven different countries, including the United States of America, England, France, Macedonia, Mexico, Spain and Ukraine.
 
Next Up
The Vaqueros will continue their start of the season on the road when they face McNeese State on Friday in a neutral site match at 10 a.m.

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