WACO – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros women's tennis team earned seven wins, four singles and three doubles, in day two of the H-E-B Invitational, hosted by Baylor, Saturday at the Hurd Tennis Center.
Day two began with doubles as seniors
Barbara Martinez and
Yaiza Vazquez advanced to the consolation semifinals with a 6-2 win over Kansas State's (KSU) Martaa Chogsomjav and Margaret Jaraczewski. In extra matches, sophomore
Luna Buijtenhuijs and junior
Madeleine Joffe earned a 6-4 win over Illinois duo of Ariel Madatelli and Rose Seccia while sophomore
Mariia Bakhtina and senior
Valentina Urraco downed Natali Jaiani and Simryn Jacob from Kansas, 7-5.
The momentum carried into singles for the Vaqueros as Bakhtina dominated in her 6-1, 6-3 win over Ayra Salim from UT San Antonio (UTSA) to advance to the Pink Draw East Finals.
In the green draw, Martinez prevailed in a three-set battle against Baylor's Luna Ivkovic. The first set went the distance with Martinez winning 7-6 (7-5) then dropped the second set 7-5. In the deciding tiebreaker, Martinez recovered winning 10-5 to advance to the west finals.
Urraco advanced to the west finals of the pink draw with a commanding 6-2, 6-1 win over ISU's Kira Smith. Meanwhile, junior
Hitakamya Narwal advanced to the west finals of the orange draw after her opponent pulled out due to injury.
The Vaqueros will continue their run at the H-E-B Invitational Sunday with doubles set to begin at 9 a.m. The competition will be livestreamed via Baylor's
PlaySight account and fans can follow along on the
tournament site.
UTRGV Saturday Results
Doubles
Consolation Draw Quarterfinals
Barbara Martinez/
Yaiza Vazquez (UTRGV) def. Martaa Chogsomjav/Margaret Jaraczewski (KSU), 6-2
Consolation Draw Round of 16
Avery Esquivel/Anna Perelman (TAMU) def.
Rhea Makesar/
Hitakamya Narwal (UTRGV), 7-6 (8-6)
Extra Matches
Luna Buijtenhuijs/
Madeleine Joffe (UTRGV) def. Ariel Madatelli/Rose Seccia (UI), 6-4
Mariia Bakhtina/
Valentina Urraco (UTRGV) def. Natali Jaiani/Simryn Jacob (KU), 7-5
Singles
Red Draw West Semifinals
Natalia Castandea Guerrero (UTSA) def.
Yaiza Vazquez (UTRGV), 6-0, 6-1
Green Draw West Semifinals
Barbara Martinez (UTRGV) vs. Luna Ivkovic (BU), 7-6 (7-5), 5-7, 1-0 (10-5)
Purple Draw West Semifinals
Risa Ueno (UI) def.
Madeleine Joffe (UTRGV), 6-3, 6-4
Orange Draw West Semifinals
Hitakamya Narwal (UTRGV) def. Kinley VanPelt (KU), Walkover
Yellow Draw East Semifinals
Gabriella Kellner (ISU) def.
Luna Buijtenhuijs (UTRGV), 6-2, 6-4
Yellow Draw West Semifinals
Valentina Ponce Serrano (Rice) def.
Rhea Makesar (UTRGV), Walkover
Pink Draw East Semifinals
Mariia Bakhtina (UTRGV) def. Ayra Salim (UTSA), 6-1, 6-3
Pink Draw West Semifinals
Valentina Urraco (UTRGV) def. Kira Smith (ISU), 6-2, 6-1
UTRGV Sunday Schedule
Doubles
Consolation Draw Semifinals
Luna Buijtenhuijs/
Madeleine Joffe (UTRGV) vs. Rose Seccio/Risa Ueno (UI), 9 a.m.
Singles
Red Draw South
Yaiza Vazquez (UTRGV) vs. Suzanie Pretorius (ISU), 10 a.m.
Green Draw West Finals
Barbara Martinez (UTRGV) vs. Elizabeth Isyanov (UI), 10 a.m.
Purple Draw South
Madeleine Joffe (UTRGV) vs. Hana Becirovic Novak (UD), 12 p.m.
Orange Draw West Finals
Hitakamya Narwal (UTRGV) vs. Avery Esquivel (TAMU), 12 p.m.
Yellow Draw 3-4 Playoff
Luna Buijtenhuijs (UTRGV) vs. Natali Jaiani (UD), 12:30 p.m.
Yellow Draw South
Rhea Makesar (UTRGV) vs. Valentina Ponce Serrano (Rice), 12:30 p.m.
Pink Draw East Finals
Mariia Bakhtina (UTRGV) vs. Ayra Salim (UTSA), 12:30 p.m.
Valentina Urraco (UTRGV) vs. Simryn Jacob (KU), 12:30 p.m.
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