April 8, 2006
ARLINGTON, Texas - The Texas-Arlington women's tennis team defeated #66 Louisiana-Lafayette, 5-2, Friday afternoon at the UTA Tennis Center.
The Lady Mavericks who opened the season dropping seven of their first eight matches. They have responded by winning six straight matches.
Texas-Arlington (7-7) opened the match taking all three doubles matches to garner the doubles point. Junior Daniela Novakova and freshman Klara Jagosova ran their doubles record to 10-4, with an 8-6 victory over Tammy Day and Chanell Meijer at the number one position.
In singles play, Jagosova bested Clemence Remy, 6-2, 6-1, for her ninth straight singles victory. She now has a 11-3 record on the season. After opening the season 1-7, junior Simri van Rooyen has won six straight matches. That includes her victory Friday over Chanell Meijer, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4, at the number three position. Senior Anete Rozkalne also ran her match winning streak to five as she downed Kimmie Lyles, 7-5, 6-2, at the number five position.
The Lady Mavericks will be back in action Saturday, when they host SLC-foe Stephen F. Austin. First-serve is set for 11 a.m. at the UTA Tennis Center.
Tennis Match Results Louisiana-Lafayette vs Texas-Arlington Apr 07, 2006 at Arlington, Texas
Texas-Arlington 5, #66 Louisiana-Lafayette 2
Singles competition 1. Klara Jagosova (UTAW) def. Clemence Remy (ULLW) 6-2, 6-1 2. Celine VanWeydeveld (ULLW) def. Daniela Novakova (UTAW) 6-3, 6-3 3. Simri van Rooyen (UTAW) def. Chanell Meijer (ULLW) 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 4. Laura Martelli (ULLW) def. Monika Peciulionyte (UTAW) 6-1, 7-6 5. Anete Rozkalne (UTAW) def. Kimmie Lyles (ULLW) 7-5, 6-2 6. Marissa Brown (UTAW) def. Marine Neveu (ULLW) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Doubles competition 1. Klara Jagosova/Daniela Novakova (UTAW) def. Tammy Day/Chanell Meijer (ULLW) 8-6 2. Simri van Rooyen/Monika Peciulionyte (UTAW) def. Kimmie Lyles/Clemence Remy (ULLW) 8-3 3. Marissa Brown/Anete Rozkalne (UTAW) def. Laura Martelli/Celine VanWeydeveld (ULLW) 9-7
Match Notes: Louisiana-Lafayette 11-5; National ranking #66 Texas-Arlington 7-7
