SAN ANTONIO – Texas State tennis dropped their road match against UTSA 4-1 at the UTSA Tennis Center on Sunday, Feb. 12. The Bobcats won the top doubles match and Kate Malazonia won the lone singles match for Texas State.
 
Doubles
Texas State (1-4) won the first doubles match when Kate Malazonia and Mae McCutcheon defeated Aleksandra Zlatarova and Fatima Gutierrez 6-4 on the top court. 
 
The Roadrunners (5-3, 1-0 C-USA) responded with a 6-3 win from Magda Tuells and Stanislava Bobrovnikova over Kiana Graham and Sofia Fortuno on line two.
 
UTSA's Alexandra Weir and Adeliya Mukhutdinova clinched the doubles point in a close 7-5 over Emily Niers and Jadeh Chan on court three. 
 
Singles
Kiana Graham lost the first singles match 6-0, 6-3 to Zlatarova on the top court. The Roadrunners were up 3-0 after Wier won the court two match 6-3, 6-3 over freshman Emily Niers. 
 
Kate Malazonia earned the lone point of the match and singles win for the Bobcats beating Mukhutdinova 6-2, 6-4 on line three. 
 
Andrea Pineda had her two-match singles win streak snapped after losing 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) on line four to Gutierrez to give UTSA the victory.  
 
Sofia Fortuno and Maria Lora were both in the third sets of their matches when UTSA clinched their fourth point. 
 
Up Next
Texas State begins a seven-match homestand with UTRGV on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 1 p.m. at the Bobcat Tennis Complex, followed by SFA on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 11 a.m.