Complete Results

HARLINGEN, Texas – The third-seeded University of Texas-Pan American Broncs women's tennis team fell to the second-seeded Seattle University Redhawks 4-0 on Saturday at the HEB Tennis Center.
 
The Broncs (3-13) will face fifth-seeded Chicago State (6-17) in the third-place match on Sunday at 9:00 a.m.
 
The Redhawks (13-13) started doubles with an 8-2 victory at the No. 3 position. In a tightly contested match at No. 1, Malin Andersen and Suncica Strkic defeated Katrina Schwab and Corinne Wurden 8-5. The No. 2 match was close, but Gabriella Weissmann and Sarah Lucas won three-straight games to close out an 8-4 victory over Wanda Beguelin and Dana Nazarova, making it 1-0 Redhawks.
 
In singles, Andersen, Beguelin and Strkic jumped out to early leads by winning their first sets. However, Lindsey Newman defeated Nazarova 6-2, 6-2 at No. 2, Weissmann bested Cindy Sands 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 and Lucas beat Blanca Garcia Izaguirre 6-2, 6-1 to end the match.

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.