CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Taking the court for the first time in the spring of 2022, the Texas A&M-Kingsville women's tennis team took on the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders on Tuesday afternoon in Corpus Christi, Texas, but ended up suffering a 7-0 defeat.

The Islanders secured the doubles portion of the match by winning the first flight, 6-0, and the taking the third 6-2. Junior Maya Donkor (McLean, Va.) and freshman Manuela Turolo (Cividale Del Friuli, Italy) put up a fight in the second flight, but eventually fell, 6-3.

Once the match shifted to singles play, A&M-CC captured the fourth, fifth and sixth matches to lock up a victory. Donkor managed to take a handful of games from Emma Aucagne in the first flight, but ultimately suffered a 6-2, 6-3 defeat.

Sophomore Noemi Sante (Dusseldorf, Germany) went up against Camille Townsend in the No. 3 match, but she ended up on the short end of a 6-3, 6-2 final.

The closest Javelina to taking a set on Tuesday was sophomore Alessa Maier (Hechingen, Germany) in the fourth spot, but she fell just short in a 6-4, 6-2 defeat.

The next chance for TAMUK to get on the court comes on Saturday, when they'll be battling Weatherford College at 2 p.m. To keep up with Javelina tennis throughout the season, follow @JavelinaTennis on Twitter and Instagram, like the Javelina Sports Facebook page, subscribe to the Javelina Athletics YouTube channel and visit Javelinaathletics.com.

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