No. 58 Mavericks set for final two league matches
4/11/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 11, 2011
Arlington, Texas -
UT Arlington Women's Tennis Notes 
The No. 58 women's tennis team heads into their final two conference matches with an unblemished 9-0 league record.
The Mavericks improved to 15-4 overall and recorded their sixth straight victory after winning a 4-3 non-conference match against North Texas and a 7-0 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
UT Arlington's domination of the Southland Conference all season is due to the caliber of players on the team. Lone senior Daiana Negreanu has been a top player for the Mavericks in each year.
The four-year letter winner played in her final home match of the season Sunday afternoon against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi where she recorded wins in both singles and doubles. Negreanu, the Mavericks No. 1 singles player has an 8-1 SLC record and a 13-6 overall mark.
Together, UTA's veteran players have accounted for 39 of the Mavericks 81 total singles victories this season. Junior Maria Martinez-Romero leads the way with a near perfect record of 18-1.
The Mavericks newcomers are not to be forgotten as they have been another huge part of UT Arlington's success this year. Linda Aqvist and Giada D'ortona each own a 9-0 singles conference record and combined the trio have a 26-1 singles league mark.
UT Arlington's domination has also extended to doubles action where together they have registered a 40-16 overall and 24-3 conference record. Doubles team of Martinez-Romero and Nikola Matovicova lead the way with a perfect 9-0 SLC record.
UTA will play its final two conference matches on the road. The Mavs first travel to Hammond. LA for a match up against SE Louisiana then closes out the regular season with an 11 a.m. meeting at Nicholls State.
Match time for the SELU match is set for 1 p.m.
