NATCHITOCHES, La. – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros women's tennis team suffered its first Southland Conference (SLC) loss of the season Friday as it fell, 5-2, to the Northwestern State (NSU) Lady Demons at the Jack Fisher Lady Demon Complex.
The Vaqueros (4-4, 2-1 SLC) dropped the doubles point for the first time in conference action as the Lady Demons (3-5, 3-0 SLC) picked up wins on the first and second courts to take the 1-0 lead. UTRGV's No. 3 duo of sophomores
Madeleine Joffe and
Hitakamya Narwal were locked in a 3-4 battle when the match went unfinished.
Junior
Kristal Dule captured her third consecutive conference singles win at No. 3, fighting through a tight first set before taking control of the second to defeat
Tjasa Klevisar 7-5, 6-2. But Northwestern State opened up a 3-1 advantage with straight set wins in the first and fifth singles flights.
The Lady Demons secured the team victory with a win on Court Six. Freshman
Mariia Bakhtina was competitive in a back-and-forth match, but
Sofia Garcia held on for the 7-5, 7-6 (7:3) clinching win. NSU added a point in the fourth flight with another hard-earned win. Joffe and
Maria Farina played a grueling tiebreaker in their tight match and Farina took the 7-6 (7:5), 2-6, 1-0 (17:15) victory.
UTRGV continues its inaugural SLC road trip with a match Monday at 10 a.m. at Stephen F. Austin.
Results
Doubles
1. Pika Doberlet/Tjasa Klevisar (NSU) def.
Rhea Makesar/
Mariia Bakhtina (UTRGV) 6-1
2. Maria Farina/Sofia Garcia (NSU) def.
Kristal Dule/
Yaiza Vazquez (UTRGV) 6-2
3.
Madeleine Joffe/
Hitakamya Narwal (UTRGV) vs. Zoi Spyrou/Honoka Umeda (NSU) 3-4, unf.
Singles
1. Zoi Spyrou (NSU) def.
Yaiza Vazquez (UTRGV) 6-4, 6-3
2.
Rhea Makesar (UTRGV) def. Honoka Umeda (NSU) 6-3, 4-6, 3-1 (inj. wo)
3.
Kristal Dule (UTRGV) def. Tjasa Klevisar (NSU) 7-5, 6-2
4. Maria Farina (NSU) def.
Madeleine Joffe (UTRGV) 7-6 (7:5), 2-6, 1-0 (17:15)
5. Ayu Isibashi (NSU) def.
Hitakamya Narwal (UTRGV) 6-2, 7-5
6. Sofia Garcia (NSU) def.
Mariia Bakhtina (UTRGV) 7-5, 7-6 (7:3)
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