Mean Green Lose At Iowa, 5-2

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Mean Green tennis team lost its second match in as many days as they fell 5-2 at Iowa on Saturday

North Texas (1-2) senior Tamuna Kutubidze improved to 3-0 on the year in singles as she won 4-6, 7-5, 12-10. Junior Alexandra Heczey picked up the other win for the Mean Green, which she got at the No. 4 position in the lineup.

"We competed at a higher level today but still need to clean up in a lot of areas," said head coach Sujay Lama. "We'll get to work on Tuesday and look forward to improving."

This weekend was the first road trip for North Texas who won its season-opener 7-0 over Abilene Christian at home.

Kutubidze, who in the ITA preseason ranking earned a personal-best No. 45 national singles ranking, is coming off one of the best fall seasons in program history that included a Rice Invite singles championship, a ITA Regional championship and has now started her spring with three straight singles wins.

Singles
1. Samanta Mannix (IOWA) def. Maria Kononova (UNT) 7-5, 5-7, 10-8
2. #45 Tamuna Kutubidze (UNT) def. Elise Van Heuvelen (IOWA) 4-6, 7-5, 12-10
3. Ashleigh Jacobs (IOWA) def. Nidhi Surapaneni (UNT) 6-3, 6-3
4. Sophie Clark (IOWA) def. #102 Minying Liang (UNT) 6-0, 6-2
5. Alexandra Heczey (UNT) def. Adorabol Huckleby (IOWA) 6-4, 0-6, 10-8
6. Cloe Ruette (IOWA) def. Sille Tranberg (UNT) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles
1. Maria Kononova/Minying Liang (UNT) def. Samanta Mannix/Sophie Clark (IOWA) 6-3
2. Adorabol Huckleby/Elise Van Heuvelen (IOWA) def. Ivana Babic/Alexandra Heczey (UNT) 6-4
3. Ashleigh Jacobs/Cloe Ruette (IOWA) def. Haruka Sasaki/Tamuna Kutubidze (UNT) 6-1

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