Thursday, March 25
Houston, TX
1 PM
University of Texas Arlington
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Rice
Photo by: Sharon Ellman
Mavericks Fall at No. 27 Rice, 4-0
3/25/2021 4:01:00 PM | Women's Tennis
HOUSTON, Texas – The UT Arlington women's tennis team suffered their second straight loss on Thursday afternoon, losing to No. 27 Rice 4-0 in Houston. The Mavericks fall to 11-3 on the season.
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The double point was high contested between the Mavericks and Owls. Rice took the first match at the No. 2 position, 6-2 over Momoka Horiguchi and Bruna Casasampere. The Mavericks quickly responded with a 6-4 win by Almudena Boza and Carla Pons at No. 3 to even up the doubles matches at 1-1. The Owls would come away on top, however, battling out a 7-5 win on court one over Liz Chileno and Nanaka Takeuchi.
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Rice took a 2-0 lead to begin singles play with a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 6 over Nanaka Takeuchi.
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The lead increased to 3-0 with a 6-2, 6-3 win on court five over Bruna Casasampere before locking up the match on court two with a 6-2, 6-3 win.
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Momoka Horiguchi, Polina Akimova and Carla Pons were all battling in their matches as Horiguchi and Akimova led into the second set, while Pons forced a third set at No. 5.
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UP NEXT
The Mavericks will return to Arlington to take on Sun Belt foe Texas State at 10 am on Sunday, March 28 at the UTA Tennis Center.
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The double point was high contested between the Mavericks and Owls. Rice took the first match at the No. 2 position, 6-2 over Momoka Horiguchi and Bruna Casasampere. The Mavericks quickly responded with a 6-4 win by Almudena Boza and Carla Pons at No. 3 to even up the doubles matches at 1-1. The Owls would come away on top, however, battling out a 7-5 win on court one over Liz Chileno and Nanaka Takeuchi.
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Rice took a 2-0 lead to begin singles play with a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 6 over Nanaka Takeuchi.
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The lead increased to 3-0 with a 6-2, 6-3 win on court five over Bruna Casasampere before locking up the match on court two with a 6-2, 6-3 win.
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Momoka Horiguchi, Polina Akimova and Carla Pons were all battling in their matches as Horiguchi and Akimova led into the second set, while Pons forced a third set at No. 5.
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UP NEXT
The Mavericks will return to Arlington to take on Sun Belt foe Texas State at 10 am on Sunday, March 28 at the UTA Tennis Center.
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Players Mentioned
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3,1
#1 Singles Match
123
640
44UF
#2 Singles Match
12
23
66
#3 Singles Match
123
740
51UF
#4 Singles Match
123
160
63UF
#5 Singles Match
12
23
66
#6 Singles Match
12
32
66
Order of Finish:
6,5,2
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