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No. 10 Women’s Tennis sweeps UTRGV, 7-0
02.15.2026 | Women's Tennis
The Longhorns returned home on Sunday, dropping only one tiebreaker set in the match while moving to 5-2 this season.
Austin – No. 10 Texas Women's Tennis swept UTRGV, 7-0, on Sunday at the Texas Tennis Center in just their second home match of the season to move to 5-2 overall.
Both doubles and singles were played out with the Longhorns only dropping one set throughout the match, which came in a tiebreaker. They took the doubles point with wins at Nos. 1-3 in that order, and then followed with singles victories by freshman Elizabeth Ionescu at No. 3, freshman Mathilde Ngijol-Carré at No. 4, sophomore Eszter Meri at No. 2 for the clinch, freshman Kate Mansfield at No. 5, sophomore Salma Drugdova at No. 6, and sophomore No. 2 Carmen Herea at No. 1.
Herea and freshman Anastasia Abbagnato got the day started in doubles with a 6-0 sweep over Barbara Martinez and Rhea Makesar at No. 1. Meri and Ionescu then paired for a 6-2 win over Luna Buijtenhuijs and Valentina Urraco at No. 2 to clinch the point, and they were followed by Ngijol-Carré and Drugdova closing it out with a 6-4 win over Hitakamya Narwal and Mariia Bakhtina at No. 3.
In all during singles, Texas posted six combined set sweeps on five different courts, starting with Ionescu, who was first off with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Buijtenhuijs at No. 3. Ngijol-Carré had one in her first set and almost swept the match in collecting her first dual match singles victory as a Longhorn, 6-0, 6-1, over Makesar at No. 4. Meri then provided the clinch with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Narwal at No. 2 to clinch.
With the matches being played out, Mansfield was next off the court with a 6-0, 7-5 win over Bakhtina at No. 5, followed by Drugdova's 6-4, 6-2 win over Urraco at No. 6. Although Herea ended up coming up short in her opening set, she more than made up for it by sweeping the last two sets for a 6-7 (3), 6-0, 6-0 win over Martinez at No. 1 to finish overall match.
The Longhorns will return to the court next Sunday for the Cotton Holdings Lone Star Showdown at Texas A&M in College Station at 12 p.m. CT.
#10 Texas 7, UTRGV 0
Singles – Order of Finish (3,4,2,5,6,1)
1. #2 Carmen Herea (TEX) def. Barbara Martinez (RGV) 6-7 (3-7), 6-0, 6-0
2. Eszter Meri (TEX) def. Hitakamya Narwal (RGV) 6-0, 6-2
3. Elizabeth Ionescu (TEX) def. Luna Buijtenhuijs (RGV) 6-3, 6-0
4. Mathilde Ngijol-Carré (TEX) def. Rhea Makesar (RGV) 6-0, 6-1
5. Kate Mansfield (TEX) def. Mariia Bakhtina (RGV) 6-0, 7-5
6. Salma Drugdova (TEX) def. Valentina Urraco (RGV) 6-4, 6-2
Doubles – Order of Finish (1,2,3)
1. Anastasia Abbagnato/Carmen Herea (TEX) def. Barbara Martinez/Rhea Makesar (RGV) 6-0
2. Eszter Meri/Elizabeth Ionescu (TEX) def. Luna Buijtenhuijs/Valentina Urraco (RGV) 6-2
3. Mathilde Ngijol-Carré/Salma Drugdova (TEX) def. Hitakamya Narwal/Mariia Bakhtina (RGV) 6-4
Individual Match Key Moments
(by order of finish)
Doubles No. 1: Abbagnato/Herea (TEX) def. Martinez/Makesar (RGV) 6-0
Match: Texas broke at deuce in all three UTRGV service games.
Doubles No. 2: Meri/Ionescu (TEX) def. Buijtenhuijs/Urraco (RGV) 6-2
Match: The first three games were all held at deuce for a 2-1 UTRGV lead, but Texas took it from there with a 5-0 run including two deuce-point breaks for 4-2 and the match.
Doubles No. 3: Ngijol-Carre/Drugdova (TEX) def. Narwal/Bakhtina (RGV) 6-4
Match: Texas broke at deuce for 1-0 and 4-1, but UTRGV answered those for 4-4. The Longhorns then broke again at deuce and held for the match.
Singles No. 3: Ionescu (TEX) def. Buijtenhuijs (RGV) 6-3, 6-0
Set One: The first three games were breaks until Ionescu held and broke for 4-1. Buijtenhuijs won consecutive deuce points for 4-3, but Ionescu took the last two games.
Set Two: Ionescu swept the set to complete an 8-0 run to end the match.
Singles No. 4: Ngijol-Carré (TEX) def. Makesar (RGV) 6-0, 6-1
Set One: Ngijol-Carré swept the set with two deuce-point holds for 4-0 and 6-0.
Set Two: Ngijol-Carré won the first two games to complete an 8-0 run to start the match. Makesar picked up one game on a hold for 2-1, but Ngijol-Carré closed 4-0 from there with consecutive deuce points for 4-1 and 5-1.
Singles No. 2: Meri (TEX) def. Narwal (RGV) 6-0, 6-2
Set One: Meri swept the first set, opening with a deuce-point break.
Set Two: Meri took a 5-1 lead with a deuce-point hold and had another for the match.
Singles No. 5: Mansfield (TEX) def. Bakhtina (RGV) 6-0, 7-5
Set One: Mansfield swept the set only needing one deuce-point break for 5-0.
Set Two: The players exchanged breaks to start and Bakhtina later won consecutive deuce points for a 4-2 lead. Mansfield used a 3-0 run to take a 5-4 lead and later broke at deuce in the final game to win.
Singles No. 6: Drugdova (TEX) def. Urraco (RGV) 6-4, 6-2
Set One: Urraco broke first for a 3-1 lead, but Drudova broke back at deuce to start a 4-0 run that she capped with a deuce-point hold for 5-3.
Set Two: All but two games were breaks with Drugdova holding for 2-0 and 6-2.
Singles No. 1: Herea (TEX) def. Martinez (RGV) 6-7 (3), 6-0, 6-0
Set One: Herea broke first at deuce for 3-1 and the next three games were all breaks to be back on serve to a tiebreaker.
Set One Tiebreaker: Martinez pushed out to a 4-0 lead and maintained for a 7-3 win.
Set Two: Herea swept the set with deuce-point breaks for 1-0 and 5-0.
Set Three: Herea completed sweeping the last 12 games with deuce-point breaks for 3-0 and 5-0.
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