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.
 
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.
 
Rice took a 2-0 lead to begin singles play with a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 6 over Nanaka Takeuchi.
 
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.
 
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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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.