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MT: UTA celebrates Senior Day with sweep

April 8, 2017

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ARLINGTON, Texas - Four seniors celebrated their Senior Day in helping UTA sweep UTSA on Saturday in a Texas Region matchup at UTA Tennis Center.

The Mavericks (14-7) won their third consecutive home match in the 7-0 result against UTSA. All four senior picked up wins across the board.

"It was just a great match for us against UTSA," UTA coach Diego Benitez said. "UTSA is a very good team. The score doesn't show how close the match really was. I am very proud of the seniors. They all won today, so it was the perfect script and they couldn't write it a better way. A lot of them were down and they fought trough adversity and decided that today wasn't the day they would lose.

"There is still a lot of tennis to be played and we are looking forward to hosting Texas Tech here. They are taking this win with a lot of pride and then we can carry the momentum into New Orleans."

The doubles point proved tough as the Mavericks had to pick up a win at No. 1 to clinch the result. UTA grabbed wins from Daniel Armengol and Guanrteme Nuez (6-2) at No. 3, while Jhonathan Gonzalez joined with Mauricio Del Rio to take No. 1 6-3.

Gonzalez and Nuez were the lone Mavs to take straight-set wins in singles as UTSA didn't go quietly. Armengol battled back from dropping his first set to take No. 4 singles. Del Rio and Pablo Colvee each split the first two sets and won a third-set tiebreak.

UTA finishes off the regular season on April 13 when it hosts Texas Tech at the UTA Tennis Center at 10 a.m. Admission is free.

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Players Mentioned

Mauricio Del Rio Hinojosa

Mauricio Del Rio Hinojosa

Freshman
1L
Jhonathan Gonzalez

Jhonathan Gonzalez

Sophomore
3L
Daniel Armengol

Daniel Armengol

6' 2"
Freshman
HS
Pablo Colvee

Pablo Colvee

5' 9"
Freshman
HS

Players Mentioned

Mauricio Del Rio Hinojosa

Mauricio Del Rio Hinojosa

Freshman
1L
Jhonathan Gonzalez

Jhonathan Gonzalez

Sophomore
3L
Daniel Armengol

Daniel Armengol

6' 2"
Freshman
HS
Pablo Colvee

Pablo Colvee

5' 9"
Freshman
HS