PREVIEW: #29 Tennis Travels to Tempe and Tucson

Friday, March 6

Tempe, Ariz.

6 PM CT

University of Houston

Arizona State

Elizaveta Morozova and Petja Drame high five

Photo by: Erik Williams

3/5/2026 11:57:00 AM | Tennis

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Cougars face #12 Arizona State on Friday and #73 Arizona on Sunday

TEMPE, Ariz. — The #29 University of Houston Tennis team continues Big 12 Conference action in the desert as it faces #12 Arizona on Friday and #73 Arizona on Sunday.

The Cougars (11-0, 2-0 Big 12) face the Sun Devils (9-3, 1-1 Big 12) at 6 p.m. CT at the Whiteman Tennis Center in Tempe, Ariz. Houston and Arizona (7-7, 0-2 Big 12) meet at noon CT from the LaNelle Robson Tennis Center.

No stream will be available for the match at Arizona State, but live stats can be found here. The match at Arizona will be streamed for free on PlaySight with live stats available here.

LAST TIME OUT
The Cougars opened Big 12 play with wins over #35 Utah, 4-3, and #29 BYU, 4-0 on Thursday and Saturday, respectively.

Houston cruised to a doubles point victory against Utah only dropping two games on the two finishing courts.

Senior Sophie Schouten and junior Petja Drame added to the lead before the Utes stormed back to take the next three singles points to tie the match at three. After dropping the first set and edging out Utah's Emmie Moore in set two, senior Chems Doha Zeghlouli clinched the winning point to help the Cougars keep their undefeated streak alive.

After a shutout from Schouten and Zeghlouli on doubles court one against BYU, both the remaining courts needed the tiebreaker to decide a winner. Drame and junior partner Elizaveta Morozova were first to the finish as they clinched the doubles point with a 7-6(2) win on court three.

Singles action was much less dramatic as Schouten, Drame and Zeghlouli completed the sweep for Houston.

ABOUT HOUSTON
Houston enters its second season under the direction of Head Coach Katarina Adamovic and returns five starters from a season ago.

The Cougars are off to their best start since 1990 at 11-0, swept its first eight opponents for the first time in program history and is ranked #29 in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association team poll.

Doubles pair of Schouten and Zeghlouli dropped to #89 in the doubles rankings.

After an undefeated weekend and clinching both matches for the Cougars, Zeghlouli earned Big 12 Player of the Week. She is the second Cougars to be named the league's Player of the Week after junior Valeriia Krokhotina earned the honor after week two.

Schouten and Drame hold undefeated singles records at 9-0 and 6-0, respectively.

Prame and Morozova lead the Cougars with a 9-0 doubles record with Schouten and Zeghlouli right behind them with a 8-1 record.

ABOUT ARIZONA STATE
Arizona State split its opening weekend in Big 12 play with a 4-0 loss to TCU on Friday in Fort Worth, Texas before beating Baylor, 4-3, on Sunday in Waco, Texas.

Vivian Ovrootsky leads the Sun Devils with a perfect 9-0 singles record including eight wins on court three. Emilija Tverijonaite comes into the week ranked #19 in the ITA Singles Rankings and boasts a 6-2 record on court one.

Ovrootsky and Tverijonaite pace Arizona State with a 5-2 doubles record and sit 3-0 on court two.

ABOUT ARIZONA
Arizona dropped both matches in the league's opening weekend falling at Baylor, 4-3 and TCU, 4-1.

Tanvi Narendran leads the Wildcats with a 10-2 singles record including a 7-1 record on court five.

Ciara Moore and Martyna Ostrzygalo pace Arizona with five doubles victories including four on court one.

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