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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
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