KINGSVILLE, Texas - Hosting their final two home matches of the regular season, the Texas A&M-Kingsville women's tennis team opened the weekend with a dominant sweep over the Western New Mexico Mustangs, 7-0.

The Javelinas (8-8, 2-5 LSC) snap a four-match skid after narrowly falling to No. 39 St. Mary's their last time out. The Mustangs (1-18, 0-8 LSC) continue their struggles, dropping their twelfth match in a row. 

The Hogs got the day started on the right foot with a clean sweep of the doubles matches to take the early 1-0 lead. The team of Luna Jokanovic and Manuela Turolo tallied the first win of nine on the day for the Javelinas, 6-1.

The No. 17 team of Alessa Maier and Milou ter Morsche as well as the duo of Ella Hester and Annika Andersson Gomez followed up in quick succession at 6-2 and 6-3, respectively. Maier and Ter Morsche extend their doubles win streak to seven matches.

Things kept rolling for the Javelinas in singles play as Ter Morche and Raina Zaffar both delivered 6-1, 6-0 victories on Courts 4 and 6. National No. 6 Maier chalked up the match-securing win ten minutes later on Court 1, 6-2, 6-2. With the win, Maier extends her singles streak into double digits with an incredible ten wins in a row. 

Jokanovic and Gomez ticked off two more straight set victories on Courts 3 and 5. Jokanovic dominated with a commanding 6-1, 6-2 win while Gomez controlled her match from start to finish to take the win, 6-3, 6-3.

Court 2 was the only court where the Mustangs were able to take a set off of the Javelinas, as Turolo fell into an early deficit after dropping the first set, 6-4. Turolo roared back with a 6-4 response of her own, however, to send the match into a super tiebreaker third set. She took early control of the tiebreaker, though her opponent managed to come back and tie it at 9-9. Turolo was not rattled though, and after trailing at 9-10, rattled off three straight points to win the tiebreaker, 12-10.

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The Javelinas host their final home match of the season against UT Permian Basin on Saturday at 10 a.m. The match will also be Senior Day with festivities kicking off close to the match at 9:45 a.m.

DOUBLES

No. 17 Alessa Maier / Milou ter Morsche (TAMUK) def. Livia Leite / Ana Montero (WNMU) 6-2

Ella Hester / Annika Andersson Gomez (TAMUK) def. Mann-Ning Li / Andreea Arnautu (WNMU) 6-3

Luna Jokanovic / Manuela Turolo (TAMUK) def. Caini Wang / Gabriella Bloomberg (WNMU) 6-1

SINGLES

No. 6 Alessa Maier (TAMUK) def. Livia Leite (WNMU) 6-2, 6-2

Manuela Turolo (TAMUK) def. Mann-Ning Li (WNMU) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 [12-10]

Luna Jokanovic (TAMUK) def. Caini Wang (WNMU) 6-1, 6-2

Milou ter Morsche (TAMUK) def. Andreea Arnautu (WNMU) 6-1, 6-0

Annika Andersson Gomez (TAMUK) def. Ana Montero (WNMU) 6-3, 6-3

Raina Zaffar (TAMUK) def. Gabriella Bloomberg (WNMU) 6-1, 6-0