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ARLINGTON, Texas \u2013 UT Arlington women’s tennis suffered a hard-fought loss in its match against the Appalachian State Mountaineers, dropping the bout 5-2. As was the case in its matchup against Louisiana-Lafayette just two days prior, the Mavericks (2-8) had a chance to win with two singles court matches remaining, but couldn’t come away with the victory.<\/p>\n

The action came down to Court 1 \u2014 where Diana Kaibara<\/a> was pushing App State’s Savannah Dada-Mascoll to the limit \u2014 and Court 4, which saw Natalia Gonzalez<\/a> battling the Mountaineers’ Ruby Broadbent in a decisive third set.<\/p>\n

Gonzalez had bested Broadbent 6-4 in the opening set, but now trying to bounce back after a 6-2 defeat in the second. UTA trailed the match 3-2, needing both Gonzalez and Kaibara to pull through for a victory.<\/p>\n

While Gonzalez worked on her Court 4 bout, Kaibara was looking to finish off her upset bid. Dada-Mascoll had entered her tilt with Kaibara as the ITA’s No. 9 ranked singles player in the country with a 5-1 record in dual matches for the spring.<\/p>\n

Kaibara outlasted Dada-Mascoll in tiebreakers in the first set, taking the win 7-6 (7-5) before dropping the second 6-3. The UTA freshman was taking the fight to the App State senior to begin the third and final set, jumping out to a 4-1 lead. Dada-Mascoll then took two games in a row, but Kaibara rallied to grow her lead back to 5-3 and move just one game from a victory.<\/p>\n

Dada-Mascoll, however, wouldn’t go down quietly. The senior went on a run to win the next four sets, escaping with a narrow 7-5 victory. All the while, Broadbent had earlier pulled away for a 6-3 win on Court 4, which secured the match for the Mountaineers (4-6).<\/p>\n

Along with Court 1 and Court 4, two other singles matches went to a decisive third set. Flora Farkaslaki<\/a> knocked off Alexi Cleveland 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 on Court 5 in a strong showing that grabbed the Mavericks their first point of the match.<\/p>\n

Sofia Selle<\/a> picked up UTA’s other point on Court 2 in singles play. The freshman overcame a rough 6-0 defeat in the first set, defeating Naledi Manyube 6-4 and 6-3 over the last two to win the tilt.<\/p>\n

UTA looks to rebound when it faces the Butler Bulldogs at 10 a.m. March 10 at the UTA Tennis Center.<\/p>\n

APP 5, UTA 2

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\n\tNo. 9 Savannah Dada-Mascoll (APP) def. Diana Kaibara<\/a> (UTA) 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 7-5
\n\tSofia Selle<\/a> (UTA) def. Naledi Manyube (APP) 0-6, 6-4, 6-3\u00a0
\n\tTaya Powell (APP) def. Elizaveta Mladentseva<\/a> (UTA) 6-2, 6-1\u00a0
\n\tRuby Broadbent (APP) def. Natalia Gonzalez<\/a> (UTA) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
\n\tFlora Farkaslaki<\/a> (UTA) def. Alexi Cleveland (APP) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
\n\tSreenidhi Balaji (APP) def. Tasnime Ahamout<\/a> (UTA) 7-5, 7-5\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Order of finish: 3, 6, 5, 2, 4, 1<\/p>\n

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\n\tTasnime Ahamout<\/a>\/Diana Kaibara<\/a> (UTA) vs. Savannah Dada-Mascoll\/Taya Powell (APP) 4-4, unfinished
\n\tRuby Broadbent\/Naledi Manyube (APP) def. Elizaveta Mladentseva<\/a>\/Sofia Selle<\/a> (UTA) 6-1
\n\tSreenidhi Balaji\/Allegra Hodson (APP) def. Flora Farkaslaki<\/a>\/Natalia Gonzalez<\/a> (UTA) 6-0\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Order of finish: 3, 2<\/p>\n


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