CONWAY, Ark. – The UT Arlington women's tennis team (5-5) returned to the win column after a 4-1 victory of Central Arkansas (5-6) on Friday afternoon at the Conway Tennis Center.
 
The win gives the Mavericks their first victory in the month of March and makes UTA 3-2 in their last five matches.
 
Despite dropping the doubles point, the Mavs secured the match behind dominant singles play.
 
In doubles action, the duo of Mialy Ranaivo and Valeriia Ivanovskaia picked up the Mavs lone win in doubles, defeating Konomi Miyakawa and Vichit Vimuktananda 6-4 on Court 1.
 
UTA secured the victory behind win on Courts 1, 2, 3 and 4. Ioana Dumitrescu defeated Harune Shigemasu 6-2, 6-2 on Court 4 to knot the score up at one apiece. Ivanovskaia took care of business on Court 3, winning 6-1, 6-4 over Miyakawa to give the Mavs the 2-1 edge. Ana Paula Jiminez defeated Vichit Vimuktananda 6-4, 7-5 on Court 1 to make it 3-1 in favor of the Mavs. Ranaivo secured the UTA victory after defeating Nanoka Kazama 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 on Court 2.
 
The Mavs remain perfect in the all-time series, holding steady at 7-0 after the victory and now are 4-0 in Conway.
 
UTA returns to action on Wednesday, March 12, when they head to Abilene to take on WAC foe, the Wildcats of Abilene Christian.
 
UTA 4, UCA 1
Singles
 
1. Ana Paula Jimenez (UTA) def. Vichit Vimuktananda (UCA) 6-4, 7-5
2. Mialy Ranaivo (UTA) def. Nanoka Kazama (UCA) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6
3. Valeriia Ivanovskaia (UTA) def. Konomi Miyakawa (UCA) 6-1, 6-4
4. Ioana Dumitrescu (UTA) def. Harune Shigemasu (UCA) 6-2, 6-2
5. Nika Novikova (UTA) vs. Ting-An Chen (UCA) 4-6, 7-5, 4-5, unfinished
6. Maria Lucia Araoz-Gosn (UTA) vs. Seohyun Park (UCA) 6-7, 6-2, 3-0, unfinished

Doubles 

1. Valeriia Ivanovskaia / Mialy Ranaivo (UTA) def. Konomi Miyakawa / Vichit Vimuktananda (UCA) 6-4
2. Nanami Fukushima / Nanoka Kazama (UCA) def. Ana Paula Jimenez / Ioana Dumitrescu (UTA) 6-3
3. Ting-An Chen / Harune Shigemasu (UCA) def. Maria Lucia Araoz-Gosn / Nika Novikova (UTA) 6-4
   
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