Mavericks Advance to SBC Championship Match - University of Texas Arlington Athletics

Saturday, April 23

Peachtree City, GA

1 pm

University of Texas Arlington

Georgia State

Box Score (PDF)

Photo by: Sharon Ellman

4/23/2022 5:26:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

By: Ian Applegate (@Ian_Applegate)

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. – The UT Arlington women's tennis team punched its ticket to the Sun Belt Conference Championship game with a 4-2 win over #3 Georgia State on Saturday at the Peachtree City Tennis Center.

Momoka Horiguchi and Tara Gorinsek were the first to finish in doubles action, taking court one 6-3 to put the Mavericks a point away from gaining the early advantage. Sarina Reinertsen and Carla Pons fell in a hard-fought battle on court three 7-6. After trailing 6-5 on court two, Liz Chileno and Ana Paula Jimenez won the final two points to clinch the doubles point for the Mavericks, 7-6.

Sarina Reinertsen continued the momentum with a straight set win on court five, 6-2, 6-2 to put the Mavs up two points. However, the Panthers would respond after taking courts three and four over the Mavericks.

Tara Gorinsek lost 6-3, 6-2 on court four, while Carla Pons fell 7-5 on court three.

Ana Paula Jimenez would put the Mavericks just one point away from a match win with a 6-4, 6-2 win on court six.

After dropping the first set 6-7 (5-7), Momoka Horiguchi battled back on court two to take the next two sets 6-3, 6-2 to clinch the match point and send the Mavericks to the Sun Belt Conference Championship match.

UTA will play for the title tomorrow (April 24) at 12 p.m. against top-seeded South Alabama.

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