Complete Results
FULLERTON, California –
Wanda Beguelin picked up her first victory of the season, but it wasn't enough as the University of Texas-Pan American Broncs women's tennis team fell to the California State University Fullerton Titans 6-1 on Friday at the Titan Courts.
Beguelin picked up the Broncs' (0-2) lone victory, defeating
Kalika Slevcove 7-6, 3-6, 12-10 in the #4 position. The Titans (3-3) dispatched the Broncs in straight-sets in the other five singles matches, as
Tiffany Mai beat
Dana Nazarova 6-0, 6-0 in the #1 position,
Morgan McIntosh defeated
Malin Andersen 6-1, 6-2 in the #2 position,
Monica Rodriguez beat
Suncica Strkic 6-1, 6-1 in the #3 position,
Avriel Tomalko defeated
Blanca Garcia Izaguirre 6-0, 6-0 in the #5 position and
Jessica Pepa beat
Cyndi Sands 6-2, 6-1 in the #6 position.
In doubles, the team of Beguelin and Nazarova gave Slevcove and Rodriguez a tough match in the #2 position before falling 8-4. The #1 team of Andersen and Strkic fell to Mai and McIntosh 8-1 and the #3 pairing of Garcia Izaguirre and Sands fell to Pepa and Tomalko 8-2.
The Broncs return to action on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. when they visit California State University Bakersfield in their lone Great West Conference match of the season.
The University of Texas-Pan American Department of Intercollegiate Athletics competes at the NCAA Division I classification. UTPA, formerly known as Pan American College and Pan American University, is a part of the University of Texas System of Schools. The Broncs compete in 14 varsity sports; men's and women's basketball, golf, tennis, track and field, and cross country, along with women's volleyball and men's baseball. In 1963, then known as Pan American College, the Broncs men's basketball program won the NAIA National Championship with a 73-62 victory over Western Carolina. In 2008 UTPA joined the new all-sports division of the Great West Conference.