Troy women’s tennis closed out the month of February with a two-match homestand. The Trojans faced Jacksonville State to open the week and concluded the week by taking on Mercer. While Troy ultimately dropped both matches, they pushed their opponents to seven and six matches, respectively. Maria Guirguis hits a shot during a 2026 match. (Troy Athletics photo) Starting with JSU, the Trojans ultimately fell, 4-3, but secured some key victories along the way. On court one, Maria

In a tight matchup against North Alabama, the Troy’s men’s tennis team managed to bring home a 4-3 win against the Lions. The Trojans improved to 9-4 on the season with the big road win.  From the jump, the match was hotly contested. While North Alabama took the first doubles match, the Trojans punched back to win the other two doubles matches by a combined two games.  The doubles match up on court two started strong, as freshman Ryusei Miyazato and junior Luciano Alcocer sec

Troy women’s tennis is now 4-3 in the spring season following its 4-2 defeat at the hands of Kennesaw State. With this defeat, the Trojans are on a two-match losing streak heading into a two-match homestand to close out the month of February.  While Troy lost the doubles point, it pushed Kennesaw State to play all three doubles matches. From the No. 3 position, Veena Nazar and Emilia Namyslo defeated the Kennesaw State duo of Maria Ivankovic and Irene Serrano, 6-2. The duo of

Trojans beat South Carolina State, have two matches postponed due to weather The Troy men’s tennis team faced nail‑biting, tough matches and a few delayed matchups this past week.  On Thursday, the Trojans scrapped for every point in their close 5-4 victory against South Carolina State. Things started off easy for the Trojans as the doubles duos of Yeray Andres Pastor and Henrique de Brito won 6-2 on court three, and Ryusei Miyazato and Luciano Alcocer added another win of 6-

Troy men’s tennis fell short to Jacksonville State, 4-1, at the Jax State Tennis Courts on Saturday. The Trojans fall to 7-4 on the season after falling to an undefeated Gamecock squad to continue non-conference play.  Troy started the match off strong with a doubles point advantage against Jacksonville State. Sophomore Thiago Drozdowski and freshman Stephan Tavares Noale continue being a dynamic duo by winning on Court one, 6-3, with senior Yeray Andres Pastor and sophomore

Troy women’s tennis returned from a late week trip to Florida 4-2 after matches with Florida A&M and Florida. They defeated the Rattlers 6-1 on Thursday before being swept by the No. 24 ranked Gators on Friday – ending their four-match win streak.   The Trojans suffered a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Florida in what marks their second loss of the spring season. The duo of ValeriiaAvdeeva and Maria Guirguis won two games before being defeated by the Florida duo of No. 22 Xinyi N

Trojans fall to 5-3 in non-conference play with loss to Bulldogs on the road The Troy men’s tennis team took an unfortunate 4-3 loss to Samford this past Sunday evening.   Troy fell after a tight match, with the Trojans starting off strong in doubles play.  On court one, the pairing of Thiago Drozdowski and Stephan Tavares Noale secured a 6-2 victory. Ryusei Miyazato and Luciano Alcocer added in another win on court two, 6-3. The win earned Troy the doubles point to open the

Troy women’s tennis is now 2-0 at home and 3-1 on the season after defeating in-state foe Alabama A&M, 7-0. This victory pushes the Trojans’ win streak to three games with their lone loss coming at the hands of UNF in their first match of the season.   Troy opened the day by taking the doubles point in convincing fashion. Valeriia Avdeeva teamed up with Maria Guirguis to defeat Tstitsi Mahere and Alicia Owegi of AAMU, 6-2. Hiba Heni and Emilia Namyslofollowed suit by crushing

The Troy men’s tennis team locked in their first home and spring season win this past Friday against the AUM Warhawks. The Trojans secured two wins in 4-0 fashion.  The Trojans took an early advantage in doubles play, with Ryusei Miyazato and Henrique de Brito paired together and beating out the Warhawks 6-2. The other Trojan duo of Luciano Alcocer and Thiago Drozdowski dominated with a strong score of 6-0.   Troy Athletics photo Hiro Sakamoto serves against AUM. The trio of

The spring tennis season is officially underway for the Troy women’s tennis team following its debut matches against UNF and Stetson. The Trojans split the weekend series by dropping the first match 4-3 but bounced back the following day claiming victory, 4-3.   Troy’s nail-biting victory over Stetson served as their first of the season. After taking the doubles point, the Trojans were pushed into a “game seven” scenario with Sama Hindawy taking the court against Stetson’s Cl

The Troy men’s tennis team fell 4-0 to the Miami Hurricanes this past Wednesday. The match continued their Florida trip, as they faced Florida State last Sunday.  With the match set to be played on Tuesday morning, the south Florida weather disrupted things and pushed the match to Wednesday. Because of the weather, singles matches were played first in Miami’s sweep.  Troy Athletics photo Auslas Martin Melo scoops a ball On court three, Trojan freshman Ryusei Miyazato dropped

Following an eventful fall season, the Troy women’s tennis team is counting down to its spring debut. The season is set to open in Jacksonville, Florida, when the Trojans take on North Florida. Saturday Jan. 24 marks the beginning of a journey that concludes in April at the Sun Belt Tournament.  Leading the team is the senior duo of Valeriia Avdeeva and Maria Guirguis. Avdeeva finished the fall season with a 6-5 record in singles play, while Guirguis went 8-3. As a duo, the s

Alcoer and Andres Pastor travel to Athens, Ga. to play in doubles draw The Troy men’s tennis team wrapped up its 2025 fall season at the ITA Sectional Championships in Athens, Georgia this past Friday.   The ITA Sectionals are where the top players from the ITA Regions gather into four sections -- East, South, Central, and West -- to compete for a bid to play in the NCAA Championships.   Troy competed in the 16-team doubles draw, being represented by seniors Luciano Alcocer a

Maria Guirguis is a Trojan by the very nature of the word. She has spent all her collegiate years here, never transferring and truly embodying what it means to be a Troy Trojan.   After dominating in her high school years overseas, Guirguis came to Troy and has done nothing but dominate anyone who gets in her way. Her 3-0 weekend against tough competition at the Roberta Alison Fall Classic proved her skill.  Guirguis opened the final fall event with a bang, downing Mississipp

Over a two-day span, the Troy women’s tennis team competed with conference foes and Power Four opponents alike to claim victory at the Roberta Alison Fall Classic. Each day consisted of three rounds of both singles and doubles action.  While there was success for the Trojans on both fronts, there were some hiccups. Overall, the team went 13-8 in singles play and 4-8 in doubles action. Troy was held under five points in all but one of their doubles losses.  “The Roberta Alison

The Troy women’s tennis team competed at the ITA Southern Regional last week, with a player and a doubles pairing advancing to the round of 16 against tough competition from around the Southeast.  The Trojans started off with success in the qualifying draw -- Alexia Zarate began the day by taking down Samford’s Lea Erenda in the qualifying round of 64. Zarate claimed victory in two sets, 6-3 and 7-5.  Veena Nazar defeated Elani Liakonis, also of Samford. Her round of 64 victo

Troy participated in the ITA Southern Regional this past weekend after a double feature of tournaments last weekend. NCAA Championship bids were on the line as the Trojans faced teams from all across the southeast.  "We're getting ready to go to Tuscaloosa, and we've prepared very well," said head coach Rolando Vargas. “The best teams in the region are all going to be there, and all our players have a spot. We're excited."  On day one, the Trojans had some big wins, achieving

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