SAN ANTONIO – The UTSA women's tennis team will return to action, hosting McNeese State on Friday at 1 p.m. and Stephen F. Austin on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the UTSA Tennis Center.
UTSA had its match last week, scheduled with Northwestern State, cancelled due to inclement weather.
UTSA (4-4) has had a fully-loaded start to the spring dual-match season after posting sweeps over UIW and Prairie View A&M last time out. UTSA - under the direction of first-year head coach Ki Kroll and assistant coach Kelli Ritchie - posted 4-0 wins over the UIW and Prairie View A&M. The Roadrunners opened the year with six consecutive matches away from the UTSA Tennis Center, including wins in neutral-site venues vs. Abilene Christian and Cameron. Overall, the Roadrunners are 18-20 in singles and 11-6 in doubles.
Junior Kylee Kato (Kahului, Hawai) has led UTSA with a 4-2 mark in singles in 2019, with Kato and freshman standout Jasmin Starr (Templestowe Victoria, Australia) have posted a team-best 5-2 mark in doubles. Junior Laura Cabrera (Barcelona, Spain) has gone 3-3 in singles and has teamed with graduate transfer Mariah Plauth (Florianopolis, Brazil) in doubles in the second flight. Plauth is 2-3 in singles in the second spot.
Junior Diya Menon (Plano, Texas) is 1-1 in singles and along with freshman Sophie Omoworare (Plano, Texas) is 2-0 in doubles as the No. 3 pairing. Senior Charleen Tiwari (Perth, Australia) has posted a 2-4 mark in singles and has teamed with Omoworare to go 3-1 in doubles. Omoworare is a combined 5-1 in her two double pairings combined in 2019.
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