Ioana Dumitresu Senior buried his head after a defeat during a match against the University of the Grand Canyon on April 18 at the Styslinger / Altec tennis complex in Dallas. Dumitrescu lost his double match with Ana Paula Jimenez 6-3 Senior.
Female tennis n ° 3 UTA fell at University No. 1 in the Grand Canyon, 4-0, during the Western Tennis Tournament Championship match Conference Woann’s Tennis on Saturday at the Styslinger / Altec tennis complex in Dallas.
Despite the end of the season, head coach Diego Benitez said he was proud of how the team intensified and acted as a unit throughout.
“This is a season that I will remember forever because of all the adversity that we had to go through,” said Benitez.
Senior Mialy Rananivo celebrates a point in a match against the University of the Grand Canyon on April 18 at the Styslinger / Altec tennis complex in Dallas. Rananivo was beaten in straight sets 6-3 and 6-2.
Benitez said the University of the Grand Canyon was a tough opponent and wished them good luck representing WAC in the NCAA tournament.
The double was the closest he got the whole match. The senior duo Nika Novikova and the recruit Maria Lucia Araoz-Gosn took the only duplicate point from UTA, winning their set 6-3.
The other two UTA duets failed under pressure, with Junior Valeriia Ivanovskaia and the senior Mialy Rananivo falling 6-4 against the second-year gala of the University of Grand Canyon and the Karina Hofbauer recruit on the decisive whole.
Senior Nika Novikova arrives on the ball during a match against the University of the Grand Canyon on April 18 at the Tennis complex Styslinger / Altec in Dallas. Novikova won his first match in single 7-5, but the second set was left unfinished.
Due to the weather conditions, the match was moved to an internal court, which, according to Ioana Dumitrescu, said that the team has disadvantaged. The double game was close, but she said that a few abandoned points had made the difference.
Despite a brief intermission when the court lights have temporarily extinguished, the team failed to rally and win a single match. Novikova and Araoz-Gosn recorded the only winning sets before the others were interrupted.
Upon entering the match, the University of the Grand Canyon was looking for a three peat.
Junior Valeriia Ivanovskaia left the field during a match against the University of the Grand Canyon on April 18 at the Styslinger / Altec tennis complex in Dallas. Ivanovskaia lost in right sets 6-3 and 6-1.
“They have won the tournament for three years in a row, so we knew that they were going to be hard and that they were going to fight until the end,” said Ana Paula Jimenez.
Dumitrescu was the first to fall in single, dropping straight sets for the junior of the University of the Grand Canyon Dania Deaifi, the most remarkable player of the Western Athletic Conference 2025 tournament.
Ivanovskaia and Ranavio fell next to two sets, finally ending the match to win the title of Grand Canyon University.
The team met to console themselves, their eyes filled with tears, but the heads retained their supporters.
Nika Novikova Senior, Center, comforts the senior Ioana Dumitrescu after a match against the University of Grand Canyon on April 18 at the Styslinger / Altec tennis complex in Dallas. Dumitrescu was ousted in right sets 6-1 and 6-2.
With this defeat, the Mavericks race ended and ended its 2025 season. The team will say goodbye to Dumitrescu, Jimenez and Novikova.
“They came to train every day by giving everything. In each match, day after day, there was no opportunity that they did not play the hardest,” said Beniz. “So proud of that. It’s a large group of girls. ”
The goal is now traveling to the future, with a new talent on the horizon and to talk about newcomers, he said.
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