EDINBURG – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley women's tennis team returns home to host Lamar University on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Orville Cox Tennis Center.
Last Time Out
UTRGV (1-8) dropped a hard fought 3-4 match to Texas A&M-Kingsville on Sunday at the Javelina Tennis Courts.
Texas A&M-Kingsville took two out of three doubles matches but it was
Marine Darzyan and
Dominique Ibarra who got UTRGV on the board with a win over Valerie Ruiz and Victoria Romanovskaia on court one.
Texas A&M-Kingsville pushed their lead to 3-1 with a win on court six but UTRGV answered with three straight wins as Ibarra won on court four, Darzyan won on court two and
Anastasia Belyaeva beat Romanovskaia on court three to give them the lead.
Texas A&M-Kingsville closed out the match with wins on courts one and five to seal the victory.
Scouting Lamar
Lamar is coming off of a two-week hiatus in play as they have posted a 3-2 record so far this season.
Lamar has won two in a row after defeating Alcorn State twice back on February 11 in Beaumont.
They started off the season with a 7-0 win over Prairie View A&M back on January 21 in Prairie View. Lamar followed that with a pair of losses to Rice and North Texas before beating Alcorn State.
Jasmin Buchta leads Lamar with a 4-1 singles record while playing all of her matches at the No. 3 spot. Katya Lapayeva has played at the No. 1 spot all year while posting a 3-2 record on the season.
Sanja Jolic, Talisa Merchiers and Anna Spengler have each recorded two wins on the season.
In doubles, Buchta and Hanna Elfving have teamed up to post a 4-1 record while playing at the No. 3 spot. Merchiers and Stephanie Marchena have recorded a 3-2 record while playing at the No. 2 spot.
Lamar has only used three doubles teams this semester.
The All-Time Series
UTRGV is 7-18 against Lamar all-time in a series that dates back to 1989.
This will be the first time these two teams have faced each other since 2012 when Lamar came away with the 7-0 victory in Beaumont.
The last time UTRGV defeated Lamar was back on February 1, 2002 when picked up the 6-1 win at the Orville Cox Tennis Center.
Globetrotters
UTRGV currently has seven student-athletes on the roster representing six different countries, including the United States of America, France, Macedonia, Mexico, Russia and Spain.
Next Up
UTRGV will be back in action on Sunday when they welcome Sam Houston State to the Orville Cox Tennis Center for an 11 a.m. match.
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