EL PASO — UTEP ended UTSA's three-match winning streak with a narrow 4-3 victory on Sunday.
The Miners (6-2) jumped out to an early 1-0 lead after winning on courts one and three of doubles play.
The Roadrunners (6-4) picked up their lone victory in the opening three tits when Jacobea Junger and Miriam Rosell Canudas defeated Jeannez Daniel and Matilda Tench at the No. 2 position, 6-2.
The squads the split the six singles contests.
Rosell Canudas downed Daniel on the second court in three sets (6-4, 1-6, 6-4), while Lina Hallgren got past Lois Wagenvoort at the No. 4 spot in the lineup, 4-6, 6-4, 11-9, and Irene Gandara Gonzalez outlasted Daphne Visscher at the fifth position in three sets, 2-6, 7-6 (5-7), 13-11.
UTSA will continue its season-long five-match road trip next Saturday, March 7, at Troy (4-4). First serve is scheduled for 11 a.m.
UTEP 4, UTSA 3
Doubles
1. Meza/Santos (UTEP) def. Karaklis/Madroñal Medina (UTSA) 6-0
2. Junger/Rosell Canudas (UTSA) def. Daniel/Tench (UTEP) 6-2
3. Visscher/Wagenvoort (UTEP) def. Garcia-Diaz/Hallgren (UTSA) 6-3
Singles
1. Davina Meza (UTEP) def. Jacobea Junger (UTSA) 6-3, 6-2
2. Miriam Rosell Canudas (UTSA) def. Jeannez Daniel (UTEP) 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
3. Duda Santos (UTEP) def. Nicole Karaklis (UTSA) 6-3, 6-4
4. Lina Hallgren (UTSA) def. Lois Wagenvoort (UTEP) 4-6, 6-4, 11-9
5. Irene Gandara Gonzalez (UTSA) def. Daphne Visscher (UTEP) 2-6, 7-6 (5-7), 13-11
6. Matilda Tench (UTEP) def. Sonia Madroñal Medina (UTSA) 6-2, 6-0