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ARLINGTON, Texas \u2013 UT Arlington women’s tennis season came to an end in the 2026 Western Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Tournament semifinals. The No. 4 seed Mavericks lost to the top-seeded Tarleton State Texans 4-0.<\/p>\n
After taking the doubles point, the Texans picked up wins on courts one, two and four in straight sets to clinch the match. Tarleton’s Ximena Morales knocked off Vanja Cado<\/a> on Court 4, Maria Castano defeated Diana Kaibara<\/a> on Court 1 and Aya Ishii rattled off four consecutive games over Elizaveta Mladentseva<\/a> to end the match on Court 2.<\/p>\n Elsewhere in singles action, Natalia Gonzalez<\/a> took down the Texans’ Marissa Minetti 7-6 (7-3) in a marathon first set. The bout was left unfinished in the second set with Minetti ahead 2-1.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sofia Selle<\/a> and Tarleton’s Emma Persson made it to a decisive third set before it was called with Persson ahead 2-0. Selle won the first set 6-4 and Persson responded with a 6-0 victory in the second.<\/p>\n Tasnime Ahamout<\/a> was in the midst of rebounding from a 6-2 loss in the opening set before her bout was called off in the second. The UTA freshman led Adeliya Mukhutdinova 5-4.<\/p>\n UTA wraps up the season at 6-14. Tarleton State (16-7) will face No. 2 seed Abilene Christian in the WAC tournament championship at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Arlington Tennis Center.<\/p>\n TSU 4, UTA 0
Order of finish: 4, 1, 2<\/p>\n Doubles
Order of finish: 2, 3\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\n\tMaria Castano (TSU) def. Diana Kaibara<\/a> (UTA) 6-0, 6-4\u00a0
\n\tAya Ishii (TSU) def. Elizave Mladentseva (UTA) 6-1, 7-5\u00a0
\n\tEmma Persson (TSU) vs. Sofia Selle<\/a> (UTA) 4-6,6-0, 2-0, unfinished\u00a0
\n\tXimena Morales (TSU) def. Vanja Cado<\/a> (UTA) 6-0, 6-0\u00a0
\n\tMarissa Minetti (TSU) vs. Natalia Gonzalez<\/a> (UTA) 6-7 (3-7) 2-1, unfinished
\n\tAdeliya Mukhutdinova (TSU) vs. Tasnime Ahamout<\/a> (UTA) 6-2, 4-5, unfinished\u00a0
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\n\tAya Ishii\/Marissa Minetti (TSU) vs. Elizaveta Mladentseva<\/a>\/Sofia Selle<\/a> (UTA) 4-3, unfinished\u00a0
\n\tXimena Morales\/Emma Persson (TSU) def. Tasnime Ahamout<\/a>\/Natalia Gonzalez<\/a> (UTA) 6-0\u00a0
\n\tMaria Castano\/Duru Kuscu (TSU) def. Flora Farkaslaki<\/a>\/Diana Kaibara<\/a> (UTA) 6-3\u00a0
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\n\u2013 #BuckEm \u2013<\/p>\n
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