KINGSVILLE, Texas - With the non-conference portion of the schedule complete, the Texas A&M-Kingsville women's tennis team reopened conference play with a 7-0 sweep of the Arkansas-Fort Smith Lions on Friday afternoon.

The Javelinas (7-4, 1-1 LSC) get their first conference win on the season after dropping their first LSC match to No. 28 Angelo State on March 2. The Lions (2-11, 0-1 LSC) drop their first matchup of the LSC calendar.

The Hogs opened the day with a strong sweep of the doubles matches. Manuela Turolo and Luna Jokanovic got things going on Court 2 with a commanding 6-0 win while Kaitlin Blount and Raina Zaffar followed up on Court 3 with a 6-2 victory. The win is Blount's first in the Blue & Gold as the redshirt freshman made her first appearance on the court for the Javelinas.

On Court 1, trailing by as much as 2-5 at one point in the match, the team of Alessa Maier and Milou ter Morsche stormed back to send the match to a tiebreaker where the two completed the comeback to sweep the Lions in doubles play with a 7-6 win.

Staying hot on the singles courts, Ter Morsche kept the Hogs rolling with a dominant shutout win on Court 4, 6-0, 6-0. National No. 10 Maier followed up shortly after on Court 1 with a near-shutout win of her own, 6-0, 6-1. Annika Andersson Gomez delivered the match-securing third win on Court 5 with a 6-3, 6-4 win.

With the match won, the Hogs did not slow down as Ella Hester was the next to turn in a win on Court 6, coming back from a first set loss to take the next two sets and the win, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. The win was Hester's first appearance on the singles courts since a 6-0, 6-2 win in an exhibition match against Collin College on Feb. 17 and her second of the Spring.

Turolo and Jokanovic completed the 7-0 sweep for the Hogs as Turolo brought home the win on Court 3, 7-5, 6-3. Jokanovic mirrored Hester's performance on Court 2, taking sets two and three after dropping set one in a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win.

The Javelinas get right back to work as the take on they Cameron Aggies tomorrow at the Javelina Tennis Courts with first serve scheduled for 10 a.m.

DOUBLES

No. 30 Alessa Maier / Milou ter Morsche (TAMUK) def. Petra Csizmadia / Arianna Debernardo (UAFS) 7-6 [7-2]

Manuela Turolo / Luna Jokanovic (TAMUK) def. Taylor Conway / Camila Romero (UAFS) 6-0

Kaitlin Blount / Raina Zaffar (TAMUK) def. Antonietta Bocache / Isabella Serrano (UAFS) 6-2

SINGLES

No. 10 Alessa Maier (TAMUK) def. Petra Csizmadia (UAFS) 6-0, 6-1

Luna Jokanovic (TAMUK) def. Arianna Debernardo (UAFS) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4

Manuela Turolo (TAMUK) def. Camila Romero (UAFS) 7-5, 6-3

Milou ter Morsche (TAMUK) def. Antonietta Bocache (UAFS) 6-0, 6-0

Annika Andersson Gomez (TAMUK) def. Taylor Conway (UAFS) 6-3, 6-4

Ella Hester (TAMUK) def. Isabella Serrano (UAFS) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3