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Women’s Tennis Goes Down at No. 2 Texas A&M
1/18/2026 1:19:00 PM | Women's Tennis
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Air Force Women's Tennis capped off a two-stop, Power Four spring debut in Texas falling 7-0 to No. 2 Texas A&M on Sunday afternoon in College Station, Texas.
The Falcons (0-2) dropped the opening doubles points on courts two and one in order. Sophomore Sofia Mavor and freshman Yule Kang fell to TAMU's #76 Violeta Martinez/Anna Perelman, 6-2. Aggie lead-off pair Mia Kupres/Lucciana Perez secured the 1-0 A&M lead with a 6-3 victory over senior Abby Cotuna and freshman Maya Michalski.
In singles, A&M scored wins across the board. Air Force fell on lines two (Perez vs. Mavor, 6-1, 6-0), three (Reed vs. Michalski, 6-0, 6-1), one (No. 34 Kupres vs. Cotuna, 6-2, 6-1), five (Martinez vs. Kang, 6-3, 6-2), six (Perelman vs. Selvan, 6-1, 6-3) and four (#83 Daria Smetannikov vs. Kojonroj, 6-0, 6-5) in order. On the final court Kojonroj battled to a 5-all tie in her second set with ranked Smetannikov before falling in her final two games.
Up Next:
The second leg of Air Force Women's Tennis nine-match road stint to open 2026 takes the Falcons to Boulder to face CU on Sunday, Jan. 25.
The Falcons (0-2) dropped the opening doubles points on courts two and one in order. Sophomore Sofia Mavor and freshman Yule Kang fell to TAMU's #76 Violeta Martinez/Anna Perelman, 6-2. Aggie lead-off pair Mia Kupres/Lucciana Perez secured the 1-0 A&M lead with a 6-3 victory over senior Abby Cotuna and freshman Maya Michalski.
In singles, A&M scored wins across the board. Air Force fell on lines two (Perez vs. Mavor, 6-1, 6-0), three (Reed vs. Michalski, 6-0, 6-1), one (No. 34 Kupres vs. Cotuna, 6-2, 6-1), five (Martinez vs. Kang, 6-3, 6-2), six (Perelman vs. Selvan, 6-1, 6-3) and four (#83 Daria Smetannikov vs. Kojonroj, 6-0, 6-5) in order. On the final court Kojonroj battled to a 5-all tie in her second set with ranked Smetannikov before falling in her final two games.
Up Next:
The second leg of Air Force Women's Tennis nine-match road stint to open 2026 takes the Falcons to Boulder to face CU on Sunday, Jan. 25.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1
#1 Singles Match
12
21
Mia Kupres / 0 (34/-) [TAMU]
66
#2 Singles Match
12
10
Lucciana Perez / 0 [TAMU]
66
#3 Singles Match
12
01
Lexington Reed / 0 [TAMU]
66
#4 Singles Match
12
05
Daria Smetannikov / 0 (83/-) [TAMU]
67
#5 Singles Match
12
32
Violeta Martinez / 0 [TAMU]
66
#6 Singles Match
12
13
Anna Perelman / 0 [TAMU]
66
Order of Finish:
2,3,1,5,6,4
Players Mentioned
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