UH picked up nine wins in its inaugural Big 12 Championship, three of which came with the help of sophomore Sophie Schouten. | Raphael Fernandez/The Cougar
The UH Tennis program competed in its first-ever Big 12 Individual Championship and earned nine wins at the Hurd Tennis Center in Waco over the weekend.
Sophomore Sophie Schouten picked up a pair of singles wins, first over Victoire de Samucewicz of Cincinnati then versus Danielle Tuhten of Baylor.
Freshman Nina Skoric made her impact as a Cougar, earning a pair of singles wins over Jillian Harkin of Kansas State and Isabel Pacheco of Cincinnati.
Junior Laura Slisane also got a singles victory over Zuzanna Frankouska of Baylor.
In the doubles, junior Maria Dzemeshkevich teamed up with Slisane and got a pair of doubles wins. Dzemeshkevich and Slisane beat Jacque Dunyon/Kendall Kovich of BYU 6-1 and Arina Oreshchenkova/Camryn Stepp of Texas Tech 7-6.
Senior Blanca Cortijo Parreno and sophomore Gabriela Cortes paired up to defeat Gabrielle Guenther and Rozalia Gruszczynska of Cincinnati 7-6.
The last win was sophomore Sophie Schouten and sophomore Sonya Kovalenko defeating Jillian Harkin and Aleen Qamar of Kansas State 6-4.
With the fall season concluded, UH will open its 2024 spring season on Sunday, January 28th vs Louisiana.
