LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros women's tennis team closes out the regular season with a pair of matches in the final Western Athletic Conference cluster, hosted by New Mexico State, starting on Friday at the NMSU Tennis Center.
The Vaqueros will play Seattle U on Friday at 2 p.m. and then close out the season against Dixie State on Saturday at 10 a.m.
Last Time Out
UTRGV fell 0-4 to UTEP to close out its non-conference portion of the schedule.
The Vaqueros (3-16) opened up doubles with a win at the No. 2 spot as the team of
Valeria Montero and
Lea Karren picked up the 6-2 win over Vanessa Valdez and Lina Sachica.
The Miners answered with back-to-back win at the No. 3 and 1 spots to clinch the doubles point taking the 1-0 lead.
In singles, UTEP got wins at the No. 2, 4, and 5 spots to clinch the win with the rest of the matches going unfinished.
Isabelle Bahr was up in her match against Valdez at the No. 1 spot after winning the first set 6-3 but had her match stop midway through the second set.
Karren was also up a set in her match against Sachica at the No. 3 spot after winning 7-6 but her match was stopped with the score 1-1 in the second.
Facing Seattle U
- Seattle U is 0-12 on the season.
- Seattle U has already faced New Mexico State, Dixie State, Chicago State, and Grand Canyon in WAC play.
- Seattle U is 10-59 in singles play this season while posting a 4-30 record in doubles.
- Hannah Gianan, Peggy Rooke, and Aranza Sanabria lead the team with a pair of singles victories.
- Rooke and Hannah Grossman have teamed for a team-leading pair of doubles victories.
- UTRGV is 6-2 all-time against Seattle U in a series that dates back to 2009.
- UTRGV has won the last five matchups with the last win coming on March 24, 2019 in Phoenix.
Facing Dixie State
- Dixie State is 5-13 on the season.
- Dixie State is coming off of a 1-6 loss to Weber State.
- Their five wins this season have come against College of Idaho, Seattle U, Colorado Mesa (twice), and Chicago State.
- This will be the first meeting between the two programs.
Upcoming Schedule
- Apr. 30-May 2 – WAC Tournament
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