University of North Texas Athletics
Wednesday, April 7
Denton
3 PM
University of North Texas
3
vs
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UT Arlington
Photo by: Mark Woods
UNT Drops Narrow Match To UTA, 4-3
4/7/2021 6:41:00 PM | Women's Tennis
DENTON — After an excellent start, the Mean Green tennis team lost 4-3 to UT Arlington on a windy Wednesday afternoon in Denton.
North Texas (6-11) began with a 2-0 lead but UTA managed to fight back and tie the match at 3-3 and put all the attention on court five where Saki Oyama sent her singles match into a third set. In the third set at court five with all the eyes watching, the Mavericks took a 4-1 lead in the set and grabbed all the momentum to finish off UNT.
"We started so well and it was one of our best doubles performances of the year," said head coach Sujay Lama. "We are invested as a team. This team is great and that shining moment is going to happen. We now have 14 days before our conference tournament. We have put so much into this season."
North Texas won the doubles point in less than 30 minutes after Lucie Devier and Oyama cruised to a 6-1 win at No. 1 and Kexuan Zhou and Sophia Hummel also won 6-1 at No. 3.
Then in singles Maria Ponomareva easily won her singles match 6-1, 6-2 to give the Mean Green a 2-0 overall lead over UTA (15-3).
However, after that the Mavericks rallied off two quick wins at the bottom of the lineup to tie the match. And then they ended Devier's four-match winning streak with a straight set victory at No. 1 to take a 3-2 overall lead.
Nidhi Surapaneni got the Mean Green in position to win with an impressive and hard fought straight set victory at No. 3 but UTA clinched the win at No. 5.
Doubles
1. DEVIER, Lucie/OYAMA, Saki (UNT) def. Chileno, Liz/Takeuchi, Nanaka (UTA) 6-1
2. SURAPANENI, Nidhi/PONOMAREVA, Maria (UNT) vs. Casasampere, Bruna/Horiguchi, Momoka (UTA) 2-4, unfinished
3. HUMMEL, Sophia/ZHOU, Kexuan (UNT) def. Boza, Almudena/Pons, Carla (UTA) 6-1
Singles
1. Horiguchi, Momoka (UTA) def. DEVIER, Lucie (UNT) 7-5, 6-4
2. PONOMAREVA, Maria (UNT) def. Chileno, Liz (UTA) 6-1, 6-2
3. SURAPANENI, Nidhi (UNT) def. Akimova, Polina (UTA) 7-5, 6-3
4. Pons, Carla (UTA) def. ZHOU, Kexuan (UNT) 6-3, 6-2
5. Natal, Lucia (UTA) def. OYAMA, Saki (UNT) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
6. Boza, Almudena (UTA) def. HUMMEL, Sophia (UNT) 6-2, 6-3
North Texas (6-11) began with a 2-0 lead but UTA managed to fight back and tie the match at 3-3 and put all the attention on court five where Saki Oyama sent her singles match into a third set. In the third set at court five with all the eyes watching, the Mavericks took a 4-1 lead in the set and grabbed all the momentum to finish off UNT.
"We started so well and it was one of our best doubles performances of the year," said head coach Sujay Lama. "We are invested as a team. This team is great and that shining moment is going to happen. We now have 14 days before our conference tournament. We have put so much into this season."
North Texas won the doubles point in less than 30 minutes after Lucie Devier and Oyama cruised to a 6-1 win at No. 1 and Kexuan Zhou and Sophia Hummel also won 6-1 at No. 3.
Then in singles Maria Ponomareva easily won her singles match 6-1, 6-2 to give the Mean Green a 2-0 overall lead over UTA (15-3).
However, after that the Mavericks rallied off two quick wins at the bottom of the lineup to tie the match. And then they ended Devier's four-match winning streak with a straight set victory at No. 1 to take a 3-2 overall lead.
Nidhi Surapaneni got the Mean Green in position to win with an impressive and hard fought straight set victory at No. 3 but UTA clinched the win at No. 5.
Doubles
1. DEVIER, Lucie/OYAMA, Saki (UNT) def. Chileno, Liz/Takeuchi, Nanaka (UTA) 6-1
2. SURAPANENI, Nidhi/PONOMAREVA, Maria (UNT) vs. Casasampere, Bruna/Horiguchi, Momoka (UTA) 2-4, unfinished
3. HUMMEL, Sophia/ZHOU, Kexuan (UNT) def. Boza, Almudena/Pons, Carla (UTA) 6-1
Singles
1. Horiguchi, Momoka (UTA) def. DEVIER, Lucie (UNT) 7-5, 6-4
2. PONOMAREVA, Maria (UNT) def. Chileno, Liz (UTA) 6-1, 6-2
3. SURAPANENI, Nidhi (UNT) def. Akimova, Polina (UTA) 7-5, 6-3
4. Pons, Carla (UTA) def. ZHOU, Kexuan (UNT) 6-3, 6-2
5. Natal, Lucia (UTA) def. OYAMA, Saki (UNT) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
6. Boza, Almudena (UTA) def. HUMMEL, Sophia (UNT) 6-2, 6-3
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3
#1 Singles Match
12
Horiguchi, Momoka / 0 [UTA]
76
54
#2 Singles Match
12
Chileno, Liz / 0 [UTA]
12
66
#3 Singles Match
12
Akimova, Polina / 0 [UTA]
53
76
#4 Singles Match
12
Pons, Carla / 0 [UTA]
66
32
#5 Singles Match
123
Natal, Lucia / 0 [UTA]
646
362
#6 Singles Match
12
Boza, Almudena / 0 [UTA]
66
23
Order of Finish:
2,6,4,1,3,5
Players Mentioned
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