Women's Tennis Wins 15 Straight Sun Belt Match

Saturday, April 2

Arlington, TX

10 AM

University of Texas Arlington

Georgia Southern

Box Score (PDF)

Photo by: Sharon Ellman

4/2/2022 1:53:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

By: Ian Applegate (@Ian_Applegate)

ARLINGTON– The 68th ranked UT Arlington women's tennis team (17-1, 6-0 SBC) picked up another conference win on Saturday, defeating Georgia Southern 4-0 at the UTA Tennis Center and improving its SBC win streak to 15 matches dating back to 2019. The Mavericks still stand at first place in the Sun Belt Conference with a 6-0 record.

The Mavericks swept the doubles point and got the early 1-0 lead. Carla Pons and Sarina Reinertsen were the first to get a win, 6-2 on Court 3. Tara Gornisek and Momoka Horiguchi quickly followed, winning 6-3 on Court 1 to improve their record to 9-2 on the season.

UTA continued to dominate in the singles matches with wins at lines 6, 5, and 3. Ana Paula Jimenez started off strong on Court 6, winning 6-3, 6-0. Sarina Reinertsen continued her winning streak after defeating Mila Hartig with the same score on Court 5, improving her record to 14-0.

With the Mavericks up 3-0, the team needed one win to clinch the match. Carla Pons fought hard on Court 3 and triumphed 6-3, 6-1 in order to secure the win and sweep the Eagles 4-0.

The Mavericks will celebrate Senior Day tomorrow at 10 am against Georgia State as they honor Momoka Horiguchi and Carla Pons prior to the match.

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