Gorinsek, Reinertsen Wins Highlight Day 1 of SMU Invitational

DALLAS, Texas --- The UT Arlington women's tennis team completed the first day of the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Invitational on Friday afternoon at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex, highlighted by a pair of singles victories for Tara Gorinsek and Sarina Reinertsen over their opponents from Arkansas.

Liz Chileno and Nika Novikova also produced singles victories for the Mavericks while two of the three doubles teams won as Gorinsek and Chileno teamed up to defeat SMU 6-2 while Bruna Casasampere and Novikova knocked off Wichita State 6-3.

The second day of the event began Saturday morning at 9 a.m. with the final day scheduled for Sunday.

Singles
1. Lenka Stara (Arkansas) d. Francisca Vergara (UTA) 6-1, 6-4
2. Tara Gorinsek (UTA) d. Grace O'Donnell (Arkansas) 6-1, 6-2
3. Yuhan Liu (Arkansas) d. Ana Paula Jimenez (UTA) 7-5, 6-2
4. Sarina Reinertsen (UTA) d. Morgan McCarthy (Arkansas) 7-5, 6-2
5. Liz Chileno (UTA) d. Whitney Robbins (Arkansas) 6-0, 6-3
6. Nika Novikova (UTA) d. Drew Morris (SMU) 6-3, 6-0

Doubles
1. Tara Gorinsek / Liz Chileno (UTA) d. Maja Mkoric / Lana Mavor (SMU) 6-2
2. Drew Morris / Taylor Johnson (SMU) d. Ana Paula Jimenez / Ioana Dumitrescu (UTA) 6-0
3. Bruna Casasampere / Nika Novikova (UTA) d. Harriet Hamilton / Clara Whitaker (Wichita State) 6-3

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Players Mentioned

Bruna Casasampere

Liz Chileno

Ioana Dumitrescu

Tara Gorinsek

Nika Novikova

Ana Paula Jimenez

Sarina Reinertsen

Francisca Vergara

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