UTSA managed two victories against former Southland foes as Women's Tennis defeated Northwestern State while the men managed a 6-1 win over Lamar on Sunday at the UTSA courts.
Northwestern State won the opening doubles encounter 8-5 but that was quickly followed by an 8-6 win for Daniela Garcia-Diaz and Jacobea Junger. The final match was a drawn out affair with Natalie Hand and Kavya Menon eventually managing a 9-7 win to claim the doubles point.
Northwestern took an early lead as Natalya Krutsova and Andrea Nedorostova recorded 6-1, 6-2 and 6-2, 6-2 victories to take a 2-1 lead.
UTSA quickly leveled things with Miranda Poile defeating Amy Williams 6-2, 6-2 to make it 2-2 before the Roadrunners took the lead thanks to Irene Gandara Gonzalez winning by the same margin.
The top position set up a thrilling finish as Northwestern State's Polina Konop defeated Junger in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 putting the whole tie on the remaining match between Isabelle Jonsson and Tatiana Larina.
Jonsson ended up the hero for UTSA as she won in three sets, recovering from dropping the second to give UTSA the victory thanks to a 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 win.
The men got off to a poor start as they dropped the opening doubles point, it seemed to be heading in the right direction with an opening position 6-0 win to the still undefeated combination of Martin Ayala and Diogo Costa.
From there Lamar recovered to claim to doubles point as their other two pairs won 8-5 and 8-6 to take an early 1-0 lead.
UTSA cruised through the singles matches, sweeping Lamar, winning all matches in straight sets as they recorded a 6-1 victory.
Martin Ayala and Kolby Kilgo both impressed as they both won 6-2, 6-0, cruising to their victories.
Tyler Brown continued to lead UTSA as he improved his personal record to 5-1 thanks to his own singles victory with a 6-3, 6-2 victory.
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