March 15, 2007

Box Score

The University of Texas-Pan American women's tennis team recorded its fifth consecutive win as the Lady Broncs handed Stephen F. Austin a 4-3 setback at the Orville Cox Tennis Center on Thursday (Mar. 15).

The Lady Broncs captured all three doubles' match en route to taking an early 1-0 lead over the Ladyjacks. In the top flight of doubles' competition, Giana Oliveira (Santa Anna, Brazil/Eckerd College) and Luisa Cantu (Victoria, Tamps, Mexico/Colegio Jose de Escandon) handed Laura Harrison and Roxana Enica an 8-5 setback to lead the Lady Broncs.

Julia Cirne-Lima (Porto Alegre, Brazil/Eckerd College) and Stephanie Willerding (Toronto, Ontario, Canada/Northview Heights S.S.) posted an 8-2 victory over Gabriela Gadeva in the number-two position of doubles while Megan Bedeau (Scarborough, Ontario, Canada/Northview Heights S.S.) and Silke Buksik (Waiblingen, Germany/Salier-Gymnasium Waiblingen) captured an 8-4 victory over Lauren Nowicki and Mary Harrison in the number-three spot in the lineup.

While Stephen F. Austin made a late charge in singles' action to score three points, it was not enough to steal the victory away from the Lady Broncs as UTPA was able to match their opponents by capturing three matches of their own.

Cirne-Lima posted a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Gadeva in the number-three rotation while Buksik defeated Rijalda Zejnic in the number-five position by scores of 6-2 and 7-5. In the number-six spot of the lineup, Cantu handed Mary Harrison a 6-2, 6-2 setback allowing the Lady Broncs to come away with the victory.

With the victory, the Lady Broncs improved their overall record to 7-7 on the 2007 spring campaign.

The UTPA Lady Broncs will be back in action on Sunday (Mar. 19) at the Orville Cox Tennis Center when they welcome Monterrey Tech to the Rio Grande Valley. Match time is set for 11:0 a.m.

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