NATCHITOCHES, La. – The UTSA women's tennis team was defeated by Northwestern State, 5-2, on Sunday at the Jack Fisher Tennis Complex.
The Roadrunners (3-5) dropped the doubles point and earned only two victories in singles competition.
With UTSA trailing 4-0, Denisa Ibrahimovic won a 6-4, 1-6, 1-0 (10-4) decision over Polina Mutel at the top position. Charleen Tiwari won her fifth singles matchup of the campaign after she upended Ela Iwaniuk at the fourth spot, 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-7).
Laura Cabrera suffered her first singles loss of the dual-match season. She was on the wrong side of a 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) decision after moving up to the second flight.
UP NEXT
With the five-match road trip complete, the Roadrunners will return to San Antonio to face Eastern Michigan on Friday, Feb. 23, at the UTSA Tennis Center. First serve is scheduled for 1 p.m.
FINAL RESULTS
Northwestern State 5, UTSA 2
Doubles
1. Ivanova/Mutel (NWST) def. Ibrahimovic/Kato (UTSA) 6-2
2. Avram/Dancetovic (NWST) def. Cabrera/Madroñal (UTSA) 6-3
3. Castillo/Iwaniuk (NWST) def. Ilic/Tiwari (UTSA) 6-3
Singles
1. Denisa Ibrahimovic (UTSA) def. Polina Mutel (NWST) 6-4, 1-6, 1-0 (10-4)
2. Polina Ivanova (NWST) def. Laura Cabrera (UTSA) 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)
3. Emilija Dancetovic (NWST) def. Ivana Ilic (UTSA) 6-3, 6-1
4. Charleen Tiwari (UTSA) def. Ela Iwaniuk (NWST) 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-7)
5. Kateryna Avram (NWST) def. Kylee Kato (UTSA) 6-2, 6-4
6. Judit Castillo (NWST) def. Sonia Madroñal (UTSA) 6-1, 6-1
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (6,3,5,1,2,4)
