Lady Vols tennis achieved the program’s first-ever back-to-back Elite Eight appearances after their dominant win over Virginia in the Sweet 16.

The action came to an end the weekend the Lady Vols matched up against the Texas A&M Aggies, losing 4-2, ending their 2025 postseason run.

The Lady Vols had a chance for a run late in the contest, but the Aggies persisted and advanced to the Final Four.

Lady Vols tennis defeated by Aggies: How it happened

Doubles action kicked off the Elite Eight. The meeting between the Aggies and the Lady Vols served as the second meeting between the teams this season.

The first time the two met didn’t end so pretty for the Lady Vols. It resulted in a 4-1 loss at home to the Aggies.

Just like March’s match, the Lady Vols took doubles action on Thursday against the Aggies.

On Thursday, the first court to complete doubles play was Court 3, led by Maeve Thornton and Vanesa Suarez, who defeated Aggies Nicole Khirin and Lucciana Perez in a quick 6-1 finish.

Court 1 wrapped up next, with Leyla Britez Risso and Catherine Aulia losing 6-0 to Mary Stoiana and Mia Kupres in quite the opposite finish to Court 3.

With courts split even at one apiece, Lady Vols Elza Tomase and Saray Yli-Piipari bunkered down and won court two 6-4 over Lexington Reed and Daria Smetannikov.

Doubles concluded in favor of the Lady Vols for the fourth-straight occasion in postseason play. With the 1-0 advantage over the Aggies, the game moved onto singles play.

The first court to complete was Court 2, which hosted Aulia against Khirin.

Khirin defeated Aulia, 2-6, 2-6, in a quick two-set victory. Khirin finds herself ranked 14th in the country in singles, while Aulia was 41st entering play.

In her 2025 postseason run, Aulia had completed two out of three matches before the Aggies contest, both wins over Elon and Virginia.

The fire ran out on Aulia’s run, as Khirin delivered a masterful 12-4 run to claim the Aggies’ first point of the day — which also happened to be the first point the Lady Vols had surrendered all postseason.

Court one concluded next, as Tomase dropped a two-set battle to No. 1 ranked singles player in the country, Stoiana.

Tomase, ranked seventh according to ITA rankings, couldn’t keep up in Thursday’s competition as Tennessee fell down 2-1 to the Aggies after the conclusion of the first two courts.

Court 6 came to a conclusion next, despite a late third-set push, the Lady Vols dropped their third straight singles point, finding themselves in a 3-1 hole to one of the best teams in the nation.

Yli-Piipari lost court six in three sets, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6. The freshman has been reliable in the postseason, completing two out of three of her matches. Both completed games finished in a victory for the freshman. Despite the run, it came to an end against Texas A&M’s Reed.

Thus, all remaining courts entered match-point. The Lady Vols seemed to have a chance at each of the remaining three courts, all remaining within striking distance.

After a lightning delay put the match on pause, the game kicked back into action with three remaining courts battling in close contests.

Suarez and Perez battled for three sets before Suarez ended the match with an impressive third-set comeback, scored 6-3, 5-7, 7-5.

Suarez’s win gave the Lady Vols their second point, yet it didn’t mean much as Britez Risso lost Court 3 in a full three-set battle with Kupres.

Kupres won 3-6, 7-6, 6-4, clinching the Aggies’ second straight Final Four appearance.