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ARLINGTON, Texas \u2013 UT Arlington women’s tennis is back in action after a 10-day layoff, taking on the Butler Bulldogs at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the UTA Tennis Center. The Mavericks showed positive signs in their previous two outings and are looking to get back into the win column.<\/p>\n
UTA (2-8) is coming off a pair of losses to Louisiana-Lafayette and Appalachian State. Despite the losses, the outings were the Mavericks most competitive since their victories over Lubbock Christian and Dallas Baptist.<\/p>\n
Both matches were still in play for the Mavericks with just two singles matches remaining. UTA, however, couldn’t quite get over the hump.<\/p>\n
The Mavericks bout against ULL came down to the singles bouts on Court 2 and Court 3. UTA had already won the doubles point for the first time this spring and Tasnime Ahamout<\/a> picked up a victory on Court 6 to give the Mavericks their second point.\u00a0<\/p>\n However, the Ragin’ Cajuns had won the other three singles tilts, leaving it up to Elizaveta Mladentseva<\/a> and Sofia Selle<\/a> to each win their matchups and \u2014 by extension \u2014 the day for the Mavericks. Selle and ULL’s Safia Zenbi had traded 7-5 wins in the first two sets on Court 3, and the final set was no different.<\/p>\n Selle had the upperhand early, but Zenbi rallied back to win another 7-5 set and clinch the match for the Ragin’ Cajuns. Mladentseva finished her Court 2 bout, defeating Marilou Bressan 7-5 in the final set and picking up the Mavericks third point.<\/p>\n Just two days later against Appalachian State, UTA found itself in a similar situation. The Mavericks fell behind 3-0 early, but Selle overcame a 6-0 first set loss to win her Court 2 bout and Flora Farkaslaki<\/a> won in a three-set Court 5 matchup to again bring the match down to its final two tilts.<\/p>\n All the while, Diana Kaibara<\/a> was giving Appalachian State’s Savannah Dada-Mascoll \u2014 the ITA No. 9 ranked singles player in the country \u2014 all she could handle on Court 1. Kaibara defeated Dada-Mascoll in a 7-6 (7-5) thriller of an opening set, but had to rebound after falling 6-3 in the second.\u00a0<\/p>\n Kaibara came out undeterred, jumping out to a 4-1 lead and putting herself on the precipice of a monumental win, but Dada-Mascoll regrouped, ultimately winning the final set 7-5. Meanwhile, Natalia Gonzalez<\/a> fell to App State’s Ruby Broadbent in a third set tilt on Court 4, giving the Mountaineers a 5-2 victory.<\/p>\n Scouting Butler Chase Metcalf leads the way for Butler, primarily competing on singles Court 1. Metcalf most recently picked up a win against UConn in a 4-3 Bulldogs loss on Feb. 27.<\/p>\n Live scoring for the match can be found on Statbroadcast<\/a>.
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\nThis will be the first ever meeting between the Bulldogs and the Mavericks. After getting off to an up-and-down start in the spring, Butler has lost its last eight matches, bringing the Bulldogs record to 3-12.<\/p>\n
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