Complete Results
HOUSTON, Texas – In their final match before hosting the Great West Conference Championships, the University of Texas-Pan American Broncs women's tennis team fell to the University of Houston Cougars 7-0 on Sunday at John E. Hoff Courts.
Wanda Beguelin led the Broncs (2-12) with a hard fought match in the No. 3 position. She took the first set 7-5, but
Liselot Koenen came back to win a tiebreaker to take the second set 7-6. Koenen also won the final tiebreaker to earn the point.
The Cougars (10-7) took the other four singles matches played in straight sets, including double bagels at No. 4 and No. 5.
Blanca Garcia Izaguirre defaulted in the No. 6 spot.
The Broncs also defaulted in the No. 3 position of doubles, while the Cougars took the two played matches 8-5 and 8-2.
The Broncs return to action when they host the Great West Conference Championships on April 21 and 22 at the HEB Tennis Courts in Harlingen.
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.