The UTA men’s and women’s tennis teams defended home court over the weekend at the UTA Tennis Center.
The women (2-1) defeated UT-Rio Grande Valley 4-1 Friday to open their 2018 dual campaign.
Freshman Lucia Natal completed a sweep of her matches.
First, Natal teamed up with freshman Almudena Boza to win their doubles match 6-4. Natal then defeated junior Doris Aleksovska 6-1, 6-1.
UTA improved to 9-2 all-time over UTRGV.
Head coach Diego Benitez said he was impressed by this team’s performance.
“We faced a very good UTRGV, very tough with a deep lineup,” Benitez said.