2017 UWF Women's Tennis Seniors
Bill Stockland

Women's Tennis

Argos Sweep Xavier (La.) on Senior Day

Both Argonaut teams enter next week’s GSC Tournament as the No. 1 seeds

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PENSACOLA, Fla. – The UWF tennis teams had a Senior Day celebration on Saturday, with both teams cruising to wins over Xavier of Louisiana.
 
The men's team played an all seniors lineup for a 7-2 win to improve to 23-1 on the year. The Argonauts have now won 17-consecutive matches and are 15-0 at home.
 
In men's doubles, Warren Kuhn and Douglas Boe breezed to an 8-2 win at the third spot. Alex Peyrot and Pedro Dumont – the top-ranked doubles team in the country – collected their 11th-consecutive triumph with an 8-5 decision. Gabriel Dias and Pedro Roese helped UWF remained perfect at the middle doubles sport this season – 24-0 – with an 8-4 decision. Individually, Kuhn saw his doubles record rise to 17-0 and Dias is 22-0 this year.
 
In singles action, Dias won his match at No. 2, while Dumont, Sebastian Sanchez and Boe earned team points at Nos. 4-6. Sanchez remained perfect at 15-0, including 10-0 while playing at the five or six spot.
 
The UWF women only had one senior – Paula Lopez – but she was victorious in both her doubles and singles matches to help the sixth-ranked Argos tally a 9-0 win and move to 20-6 overall and 15-2 at the Ralph "Skeeter" Carson Tennis Complex.
 
UWF jumped out to a 3-0 lead with dominating wins in doubles play. At No. 1, Lopez and Paula Coyos, along with No. 3 duo of Heather Mixon and Samantha Echevarria won their matches 8-3, while Diana Vlad and Valeria Mantilla registered an 8-4 win at No. 2.
 
The Argos won five of the six singles matches in straight sets. Coyos needed three sets to win 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 at No. 2 after dropping the first set.
 
The UWF women are the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Gulf South Conference Tournament and will face Delta State on Thursday, April 20 at 9:00 a.m. The top-seeded Argo men will open GSC tourney play the same day against Alabama-Huntsville at 1:30 p.m. Both matches will be played at Lagoon Park Tennis Center, 2855 Lagoon Park Drive in Montgomery, Ala.
 

 
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Players Mentioned

Paula Coyos

Paula Coyos

5' 8"
Junior
Paula Lopez

Paula Lopez

5' 3"
Senior
Valeria Mantilla

Valeria Mantilla

5' 7"
Sophomore
Heather Mixon

Heather Mixon

5' 0"
Sophomore
Dianna Vlad

Dianna Vlad

5' 3"
Sophomore
Samantha Echevarria

Samantha Echevarria

5' 6"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Paula Coyos

Paula Coyos

5' 8"
Junior
Paula Lopez

Paula Lopez

5' 3"
Senior
Valeria Mantilla

Valeria Mantilla

5' 7"
Sophomore
Heather Mixon

Heather Mixon

5' 0"
Sophomore
Dianna Vlad

Dianna Vlad

5' 3"
Sophomore
Samantha Echevarria

Samantha Echevarria

5' 6"
Junior