EDINBURG – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley women's tennis team fell 1-6 to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Wednesday to close out their home stand at the Orville Cox Tennis Center.
 
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2-0) grabbed the early lead after picking up wins on two of the three courts. The team of Dominique Esparza and Anastasia Belyaeva was leading on court one 4-3 before it went unfinished.
 
In singles, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi added to their lead with wins on courts one and two but it was sophomore Dominique Ibarra who got UTRGV (1-5) on the board with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Louise Trigona on court three.
 
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi took the matches at the No. 5 and No. 6 spots to clinch the match. At No. 4 singles, Belyaeva opened her match with Maria Maldonado with a 6-2 win but dropped the second set 1-6 to force a third. Belyaeva went back-and-forth in a hard fought set with Maldonado before falling 5-7.
 
With the win by Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, they now hold a 19-17 lead in the South Texas Showdown, Presented by Navy Army Community Credit Union. The next event will be from February 27-28 when Texas A&M-Corpus Christi hosts a women's golf tournament.
 
UTRGV are back in action on Saturday when they hit the road to face off against SMU at 5 p.m. at the SMU Tennis Complex.
 
Complete Results
 
Singles (1,2,3,5,6,4)
1. Hortense Boscher (AMCC) def. Dominique Esparza (UTRGV) 6-3, 6-0
2. Judit Vives (AMCC) def. Marine Darzyan (UTRGV) 6-4, 6-4
3. Dominique Ibarra (UTRGV) def. Louise Trigona (AMCC) 6-4, 6-4
4. Maria Maldonado (AMCC) def. Anastasia Belyaeva (UTRGV) 6-2, 1-6, 7-5
5. Marina Vicens Miguel (AMCC) def. Chloe Leclere (UTRGV) 6-3, 6-0
6. Kerry Galhos (AMCC) def. Amanda Guardia (UTRGV) 6-2, 6-1
 
Doubles (2,3)
1. Dominique Esparza/Anastasia Belyaeva (UTRGV) vs. Jelena Dzinic/Judit Vives (AMCC) 4-3 unfinished
2. Louise Trigona/Maria Vecens Miguel (AMCC) def. Marine Darzyan/Chloe Leclere (UTRGV) 6-2
3. Hortense Boscher/Alexandra Belle (AMCC) def. Dominique Ibarra/Amanda Guardia (UTRGV) 6-3

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