SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The University of Central Arkansas tennis team fell to Southland Conference foe UTSA 6-1 on Saturday. The Roadrunners improve to 4-5 overall and 1-1 in league play, while the Sugar Bears drop to 1-10 and 0-5.
Junior Allison Hartman picked up UCA's only point by defeating Katie Ottenbreit 6-3, 6-3 in number five singles. Freshman Simona Horsikyan took Stefanie Peana to a third set tiebreaker in number one singles, with Peana coming out on top 6-3, 6-7, 10-7.
Sophomore Kazumi Otani lost number three singles to Kavya Menon 7-5, 6-1 and senior Alex Rios fell in number six singles to Mariel Maffezzolli 6-2, 7-6.
UTSA took all three doubles matches by the score of 8-4.
UCA will be off until March 30 when they play at Arkansas-Fort Smith.
UTSA 6, Central Arkansas 1 March 12, 2011 at San Antonio, Texas
Singles competition
1. Stefanie Peana (UTSA) def. Simona Horsikyan (UCA) 6-3, 6-7, 1-0 (10-7)
2. Micaela Silva (UTSA) def. Sasha Ruocco (UCA) 6-2, 6-2
3. Kavya Menon (UTSA) def. Kazumi Otani (UCA) 7-5, 6-1
4. Caroline Dedering (UTSA) def. Kati Andersen (UCA) 6-2, 6-1
5. Allison Hartman (UCA) def. Katie Ottenbreit (UTSA) 6-3, 6-3
6. Mariel Maffezzolli (UTSA) def. Alex Rios (UCA) 6-2, 7-6
Doubles competition
1. Stefanie Peana/Micaela Silva (UTSA) def. Allison Hartman/Lisa Mainz (UCA) 8-4
2. Mariel Maffezzolli/Kavya Menon (UTSA) def. Kazumi Otani/Sasha Ruocco (UCA) 8-4
3. Caroline Dedering/Katie Ottenbreit (UTSA) def. Kati Andersen/Alex Rios (UCA) 8-4
Match Notes
Central Arkansas 1-10, 0-5 SLC
UTSA 4-5, 1-1 SLC
