PENSACOLA, Fla. - West Florida women's tennis (10-6, 4-2 GSC) celebrated its new No. 10 national ranking with a sweep of Arkansas Tech (5-8) at Ralph "Skeeter" Carson Tennis Complex on Wednesday afternoon to counterbalance a narrow 4-3 loss on Tuesday afternoon to Division I Jacksonville State (8-5, 1-1 C-USA).
Jacksonville State 4, No. 30 UWF 3
The Argos stunned the Gamecocks from Jacksonville, Ala., early to take the doubles point.
Giuliana Sacco and
Alberte Joergensen evened things up with a 6-4 win on court three over Irene Artigas and Aneka Patel.
Sandra Recuenco and
Carlota Verdu, now ranked No. 5 in the ITA DII National Doubles Rankings, then proved the mettle of the Division II ranks by clinching the opening score with a 7-5 final at the top of the lineup over Ella Tuomela and Polina Ramenskaja.
However, JSU came back to take the lead as its depth showed in two-set wins on courts one, four, five and six. The two additional Argo points came from Recuenco 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 over Lea Erenda and
Aline Midori Da Silva 7-6 (9-7), 6-4 over Artigas. Unfortunately, it was too little, too late.
No. 10 UWF 7, Arkansas Tech 0
With the 20-spot jump in the rankings fresh in their minds, the Blue and Green more than made up for the setback with a clean sweep of the Golden Suns from Russellville, Ark. Doubles was clinched early with a pair of 6-3 wins.
Guadalupe Martinez and Midori Da Silva won by that score on court two over Maria Krite and Elis Gergel, and Sacco and Joergensen followed one court down over Nabilah Dunn and Natalya Montoya.
The Argos then turned their advantage into a bloodbath in singles. Midori Da Silva and Martinez turned in a pair of 6-0 scores on the middle courts. In the bottom two matchups,
Nathalia Mossambani and Joergensen took down Melanie Griffiths and Maggie Holcomb, respectively, in 6-0, 6-1 battles. With the result finalized, Recuenco finished off a 6-1, 6-3 result over Gergel at No. 2. Verdu finished off the match at the top with a tight final score for this day, a margin of 7-5, 6-1 over Monica Balau.
The girls have a short turnaround before their next test, as No. 15 Mississippi College comes to town for a match moved up a day due to weather. The Argos and Lady Choctaws square off at 10 am on Friday, March 28.
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