HOUSTON – On Friday, UTSA Women’s Tennis wrapped up its stay in the Bayou City, visiting Houston of the Big 12. The Cougars took all seven team points on the day, remaining perfect. Houston (8-0) still has yet to relinquish a single point all season. With the loss, the Roadrunners fell to 4-3 on the campaign, still in search of their first road victory.
Match 7
Houston took the doubles point with little resistance, but the duo of Aoka Nagasawa and Akari Tomoyose put up a 5-4 fight on court two before singles play began. In the head-to-head contests, no Roadrunner racked up five games in a single set, but Giuliana Giardina came the closest. On court five, she went down 6-1, 6-4 to Petja Drame. Houston took all six points in singles, wrapping up a 7-0 triumph to remain unblemished this spring.
DOUBLES
Sophie Schouten/Chems Doha Zeghlouli (Houston) def. Natalia Castaneda Guerrero/Giuliana Giardina (UTSA) 6-4
Iva Sepa/Valeriia Krokhotina (Houston) vs. Aoka Nagasawa/Akari Tomoyose (UTSA) 5-4, unfinished
Elizaveta Morozova/Petja Drame (Houston) def. Celine Absawi/Laia Tarazona Peyro (UTSA) 6-0
SINGLES
Elizaveta Morozova (Houston) def. Celine Absawi (UTSA) 6-0, 6-1
Alexia Lavinia Puiac (Houston) def. Natalia Castaneda (UTSA) 6-3, 6-1
Chems Doha Zeghlouli (Houston) def. Akari Tomoyose (UTSA) 6-1, 6-1
Iva Sepa (Houston) def. Aoka Nagasawa (UTSA) 6-1, 6-2
Petja Drame (Houston) def. Giuliana Giardina (UTSA) 6-1, 6-4
Valeriia Krokhotina (Houston) def. Laia Tarazona Peyro (UTSA) 6-0, 6-1
FINAL SCORE: UTSA 0, Houston 7
Feb. 13, 2026
Barbara Wallace Winston Tennis Facility
Houston, Texas
Records: UTSA 4-3, Houston 8-0
Order of finish: Doubles: (3, 1); Singles: (6, 3, 4 1, 2, 5)
UP NEXT
After its two matches in Houston, UTSA will take a post-Mardi-Gras trip to New Orleans. The Roadrunners are set to visit Tulane on Friday, Feb. 20, before playing a doubleheader the next day. Conference foe South Florida will await at Noon before the Privateers of New Orleans will cap off the weekend at 4 p.m., on Saturday, Feb. 21.
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