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EDINBURG – In a match lasting seven and a half hours, the University of Texas-Pan American Broncs women's tennis team fell to the St. Mary's University Rattlers, the No. 48 ranked team in Division II, 3-4 on Friday at the newly renovated Orville Cox Tennis Center.
It was the Broncs' (1-9) second match of the day.
The Rattlers (4-3) swept through doubles to go up 1-0, with
Valentine Lambrechts and
Joanie Bryant beating
Lucie Chrastecka and
Manon Lavrijssen 8-3 at No. 3 and
Christian Lopez and
Felicity Delgado following with an 8-3 win over
Didi Fatchikova and
Wanda Beguelin at No. 2.
Dana Nazarova pulled the Broncs even with a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 2 singles, but
Mariana Rong followed with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Fatchikova at No. 1.
Beguelin engaged in a marathon match with
Christina Lopez, but came out on top 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 to tie the match at 2-2.
Reegan Greenwood beat
Ariana Saldana 6-2, 6-4 at No. 5, but Lambrechts responded with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Lavrijssen at No. 4 to tie the match at 3-3.
The match came down to No. 6 singles, where Chrastecka fell to Bryant 2-6, 5-7.
The Broncs are back in action on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. when they host Schreiner.
Complete Results:
Doubles (Order of Finish: 3,2,1)
1. Mariana Rong/Ariana Saldana (SMU) def.
Dana Nazarova/
Reegan Greenwood (UTPA) 8-7 (8-6)
2. Christian Lopez/Felicity Delgado (SMU) def.
Didi Fatchikova/
Wanda Beguelin (UTPA) 8-3
3. Valentine Lambrechts/Joanie Bryant (SMU) def.
Lucie Chrastecka/
Manon Lavrijssen (UTPA) 8-3
Singles (Order of Finish: 2,1,3,5,4,6)
1. Mariana Rong (SMU) def.
Didi Fatchikova (UTPA) 6-4, 6-4
2.
Dana Nazarova (UTPA) def. Felicity Delgado (SMU) 6-3, 6-2
3.
Wanda Beguelin (UTPA) def. Christina Lopez (SMU) 6-2, 3-6, 7-6
4. Valentine Lambrechts (SMU) def.
Manon Lavrijssen (UTPA) 6-3, 6-4
5.
Reegan Greenwood (UTPA) def. Ariana Saldana (SMU) 6-2, 6-4
6. Joanie Bryant (SMU) def,
Lucie Chrastecka (UTPA) 6-2, 7-5