WOMEN'S BOX SCORE
PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Nationally ranked women and men's tennis teams both had a victory against Midwestern State on Friday at the Ralph "Skeeter" Carson Tennis Complex.
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The seventh-ranked women advanced to 10-5 on the season with a 6-3 victory over the 15th-ranked Mustangs, while the ninth-ranked men remained perfect against NCAA competition after a 9-0 win against MSU's 21st-ranked squad. It was also UWF's eight shutout in 13 matches.
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On the women's side, the Argos went ahead 2-1 in doubles. The No. 1 duo of
Paula Lopez and
Paula Coyos defeated the Mustangs 8-3 before
Diana Vlad and
Valeria Mantilla secured an 8-6 win at No. 3.
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The Argonauts won four singles matches with three of those coming in three sets. Both
Heather Mixon and
Samantha Echevarria dropped their first sets before regrouping for the victories. Mixon was down 4-0 in her second set before winning the final 12 games in the match.
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The UWF men went undefeated in doubles play, the No. 1 ranked tandem of Alex Peyrot and Pedro Dumont finished 8-5, No. 2 Gabriel Dias and Pedro Roese claimed an 8-5 win and Warren Kuhn and Pablo Tellez emerged with an 8-6 triumph.
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In singles play, the Argos won the first five positions in straight sets. Sebastian Sanchez won his match at No. 6 via a third-set super-tiebreaker after losing his first set.
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Both squads will return to action on Saturday at home against Gulf South Conference opponent West Alabama at 2 p.m.Â
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