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Pons Advances to ITA Fall Circuit Championship
10/12/2020 9:17:00 AM | Women's Tennis
WACO, Texas – The UT Arlington women's tennis team competed in the ITA Fall Circuit over the weekend with Carla Pons had a strong showing, advancing to the finals of the winner's bracket.
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Pons began the tournament with 6-3, 6-4 win over Tiffany Hollebeck of Midwestern State. In the quarterfinals, she defeated the No. 2 seed, Sierra Berry 6-0, 6-1. Another sweep in the semi-finals (6-3, 6-3) pushed her to the championship match where she faced off against Siri Kongara. Pons fought hard, but fell in the tiebreaker set 0-6, 6-3, 7-10.
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Momoka Horiguchi, Polina Akimova and Lucia Natal each fell in their opening rounds. Akimova bounced back in the North bracket finals with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Horiguchi before defeating Margaret Jaraczewski 6-1, 6-0 in the championship match.
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The Mavs will be back in action this weekend (Oct. 17-18) at the North Richland Hills ITA Fall Circuit in North Richland Hills, Texas.
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For updates, behind-the-scenes photos, videos and more engaging and personal content, be sure to follow the women's tennis program on Twitter (@UTAMavsWTEN), Instagram (@UTAMavsWTEN) and Facebook (Â /UTAMavsWTEN).
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Pons began the tournament with 6-3, 6-4 win over Tiffany Hollebeck of Midwestern State. In the quarterfinals, she defeated the No. 2 seed, Sierra Berry 6-0, 6-1. Another sweep in the semi-finals (6-3, 6-3) pushed her to the championship match where she faced off against Siri Kongara. Pons fought hard, but fell in the tiebreaker set 0-6, 6-3, 7-10.
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Momoka Horiguchi, Polina Akimova and Lucia Natal each fell in their opening rounds. Akimova bounced back in the North bracket finals with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Horiguchi before defeating Margaret Jaraczewski 6-1, 6-0 in the championship match.
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The Mavs will be back in action this weekend (Oct. 17-18) at the North Richland Hills ITA Fall Circuit in North Richland Hills, Texas.
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FOLLOW ALONG
For updates, behind-the-scenes photos, videos and more engaging and personal content, be sure to follow the women's tennis program on Twitter (@UTAMavsWTEN), Instagram (@UTAMavsWTEN) and Facebook (Â /UTAMavsWTEN).
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