ARLINGTON – The UT Arlington women's tennis team opened the season with a pair of wins on Friday, securing a sweep over Dallas Baptist in the morning, before taking down Prairie View A&M 5-2 in the afternoon slot.
 
Against Dallas Baptist, the Mavericks started off strong, taking the doubles matches on court two and three. Ana Paula Jimenez and Liz Chileno finished first with a 6-0 win on court two, before Carla Pons and Nika Novikova followed up with a 6-2 win on court three.
 
The domination continued for the Mavericks with four of the six singles matches ending in straight sets. Momoka Horiguchi took court one 6-0, 6-4. Freshman Sarina Reinertsen claimed court three with a 6-3, 6-1 win. On court five, Tara Gorinsek won handidly 6-1, 6-2 before Ana Paula Jimenez won on court six 6-0, 6-1.
 
Both Carla Pons (#2) and Ioana Dumitrescu (#4) went to three sets, but they were both able to secure their wins to pick up the season-opening sweep.
 
The afternoon match was a bit tighter with the doubles point split through the first two matches.  Horiguchi and Gorinsek picked up their first win of the season 6-0 on court one, but Pons and Bruna Casasampere fell 0-6 on court three.  Paula Jimenez and Chileno claimed the doubles point on court two with a 6-2 win.
 
In singles play, all but one match went in straight sets.  Reinertsen won decisively  6-0, 6-0 on court five, while Gorinsek took court four 6-1, 6-1. Nika Novikova fell 6-3, 6-3 on court six, but Carla Pons made up for with a 6-3, 6-2 win on court three. Momoka Horiguchi took the number two slot 6-0, 6-4.  Liz Chileno battled on court one, but ultimately fell 6-7, 6-1, 5-10.
 
ON DECK
The Mavs will be back in action on Sunday when they take on New Mexico State (10 am) and Weatherford (2 pm)
 
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