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No. 6 Women’s Tennis sweeps No. 16 Florida, 4-0
04.02.2026 | Women's Tennis
The Longhorns returned home and completed a top-20 sweep against the Gators on Thursday for their 10th win in their last 11 matches.
Austin – No. 6 Texas Women's Tennis swept No. 16 Florida, 4-0, on Thursday at the Texas Tennis Center. The win was the Longhorns' 10th in their last 11 matches.
Texas secured the doubles point with wins at Nos. 2 and 3 after Florida had won at No. 1. The Longhorns then followed with straight-sets singles victories by freshman Elizabeth Ionescu at No. 4, freshman Mathilde Ngijol-Carré at No. 6, and sophomore No. 3 Carmen Herea at No. 1 for the clinch.
During doubles, Florida claimed the first match at No. 1 as the No. 31 pair of sophomore Salma Drugdova and freshman Anastasia Abbagnato fell to No. 22 Xinyi Nong and Nikola Daubnerova, 6-2. However, Texas responded with a 6-2 win of their own by the No. 88 duo of Ionescu and freshman Christasha McNeil over Brooke Black and Valery Gynina at No. 2. That left the deciding match at No. 3, where Herea and Ngijol-Carré came through with a 6-3 victory over Lucie Pawlak and India Houghton to clinch.
Ionescu quickly gave the Longhorns a 2-0 overall lead with her decisive 6-1, 6-1 ranked singles victory over No. 105 Pawlak at No. 4. Ngijol-Carré picked up a top-100 win of her own against No. 86 Daubnerova at No. 6. Just seconds later, the clinch came from Herea, who secured a 6-4, 6-3 top-80 win over No. 86 Houghton at No. 1.
That left three matches unfinished with sophomore No. 49 Eszter Meri potentially two games away from a win against No. 49 Gabia Paskauska, leading 6-4, 4-2, at No. 3 when play stopped. Meanwhile, No. 12 Abbagnato produced an impressive first set against No. 68 Gynina, but was down a break in a third set, 6-1, 4-6, 1-3, at No. 2. Additionally, freshman Kate Mansfield returned to the lineup after missing time due to an injury and had rallied to force a third set in her match versus Nong, but was slightly behind when play halted, 2-6, 6-2, 1-2, at No. 5.
The Longhorns (15-4, 10-2 SEC) will next host No. 4 Auburn on Saturday, April 4, at 12 p.m. CT.
#6 Texas 4, #16 Florida 0
Singles – Order of Finish (4,6,1)
1. #3 Carmen Herea (TEX) def. #79 India Houghton (UF) 6-4, 6-3
2. #12 Anastasia Abbagnato (TEX) vs. #68 Valery Gynina (UF) 6-1, 4-6, 1-3, unf.
3. #49 Eszter Meri (TEX) vs. #47 Gabia Paskauskas (UF) 6-4, 4-2, unf.
4. Elizabeth Ionescu (TEX) def. #105 Lucie Pawlak (UF) 6-1, 6-1
5. Kate Mansfield (TEX) vs. Xinyi Nong (UF) 2-6, 6-2, 1-2, unf.
6. Mathilde Ngijol-Carré (TEX) def. #86 Nikola Daubnerova (UF) 6-4, 6-2
Doubles – Order of Finish (1,2,3)
1. #22 Xinyi Nong/Nikola Daubnerova (UF) def. #31 Anastasia Abbagnato/Salma Drugdova (TEX) 6-2
2. #88 Elizabeth Ionescu/Christasha McNeil (TEX) def. Brooke Black/Valery Gynina (UF) 6-2
3. Carmen Herea/Mathilde Ngijol-Carré (TEX) def. Lucie Pawlak/India Houghton (UF) 6-3
Individual Match Key Moments
(by order of finish)
Doubles No. 1: Nong/Daubnerova (UF) def. Abbagnato/Drugdova (TEX) 6-2
Match: After the first four games were held starting with Texas, Florida closed on a 4-0 run.
Doubles No. 2: Ionescu/McNeil (TEX) def. Black/Gynina (UF) 6-2
Match: Florida broke first for a 2-1 lead, but Texas finished on a 5-0 run capped by consecutive deuce points.
Doubles No. 3: Herea/Ngijol-Carré (TEX) def. Pawlak/Houghton (UF) 6-3
Match: After the teams exchanged breaks, Texas held at deuce for 2-1 and broke for 3-1. Florida broke back at deuce and held for 3-3, but the Longhorns closed 3-0 with a deuce-point break for 5-3.
Singles No. 4: Ionescu (TEX) def. Pawlak (UF) 6-1, 6-1
Set One: Pawlak broke in the first game, but Ionescu ran the table, winning deuce points for 2-1, 4-1, 5-1 and 6-1.
Set Two: Ionescu won the first for games for 10 straight. Pawlak held at deuce for 4-1, but Ionescu did the same and broke for 6-1.
Singles No. 6: Ngijol-Carré (TEX) def. Daubnerova (UF) 6-4, 6-2
Set One: Daubnerova broke to start but Ngijol-Carré broke back at deuce and the set was on serve until Ngijol-Carré broke at deuce again for 5-3. The last two games were also breaks for Ngijol-Carré's win.
Set Two: Daubnerova again opened with a break, but Ngijol-Carré went on a 4-0 run. Daubnerova held at deuce for 4-2 but Ngijol-Carré took the last two games.
Singles No. 1: Herea (TEX) def. Houghton (UF) 6-4, 6-3
Set One: Herea broke for 2-0 and Houghton broke back at deuce. Despite Houghton twice holding at deuce for 3-3 and 4-4, the set stayed on serve until Herea broke again for 6-4.
Set Two: Herea earned the only break for 2-0. Three-straight games went to deuce from 4-2 to 5-3.
Singles No. 2: Abbagnato (TEX) vs. Gynina (UF) 6-1, 4-6, 1-3, unf.
Set One: Abbagnato jumped out to a 5-0 lead, capped by a deuce-point hold, and the last two games were holds.
Set Two: Abbagnato broke and held at deuce for 2-0. The next two games were also held at deuce for 3-1. Gynina got the break back at deuce for 3-3 and held at deuce for 4-3. She later broke again at deuce for the set for 6-4.
Set Three: Gynina won the first two games and the last game at deuce for a 3-1 lead.
Singles No. 3: Meri (TEX) vs. Paskauskas (UF) 6-4, 4-2, unf.
Set One: Meri broke for 2-0 and although Paskauskas got it back to trail, 4-3, it was the first of four-straight break's to Meri's 6-4 win.
Set Two: Meri held at deuce to start a 4-0 run before Paskauskas took the last two games.
Singles No. 5: Mansfield (TEX) vs. Nong (UF) 2-6, 6-2, 1-2, unf.
Set One: Nong broke first, doing so at deuce for 3-2 as part of a 5-0 run to end the set.
Set Two: The first five games were on serve with Mansfield closing on a 4-0 run.
Set Three: Nong broke for a 2-1 lead.
