UT Pan American Women's Tennis News Release Archive

4/18/02-Lady Broncs Drop Finale: The Lady Broncs lost to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Thursday, 5-2. 

4/12/02-Lady Broncs Down NSU:
The Lady Broncs defeated Nicholls State at UTSA. 

4/12/02-Lady Broncs Fall To UTSA: The Lady Broncs fell to UTSA, 7-0. 

4/5/02-Lady Broncs Rained Out: The Lady Broncs' match against Lee College was cancelled because of rain. 

3/31/02-Lady Broncs Lose to UALR:
The Lady Broncs lost to Arkansas-Little Rock, 6-0. 

3/30/02-Lady Broncs Fall to ASU, UTA:
The Lady Broncs lost to Arkansas State and Texas-Arlington, 7-0. 

3/24/02-Lady Broncs Down Centenary:
The Lady Broncs defeated Centenary, 7-0 Sunday in Corpus Christi.

3/23/02-Lady Broncs Win Two:
The Lady Broncs defeated St. Mary's (TX), 6-1, and Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 7-0, at the Cox Tennis Center Saturday. 

3/12/02-Lady Broncs Fall at SJSU:
San Jose State defeated the Lady Broncs, 4-3. 

3/11/02-Lady Broncs Fall at USF:
San Francisco defeated the Lady Broncs, 6-1. 

3/10/02-Lady Broncs Down Gators:
The Lady Broncs defeated San Francisco State, 7-0. 

3/09/02-Lady Broncs Fall at St. Mary's (CA):
The Lady Broncs dropped a 7-0 decision at St. Mary's (CA).

3/03/02-Lady Broncs Lose at McNeese State
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The Lady Broncs fell at McNeese State, 4-3. 

3/02/02-Lady Broncs Fall at NSU:
The Lady Broncs dropped a 6-1 decision to Northwestern State (LA) Saturday. 

2/27/02-Lady Broncs Lose at TAMU-CC:
The Lady Broncs lost at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 4-3 Wednesday. 

2/16/02-Lady Broncs Fall to SFA:
The Lady Broncs lost to Stephen F. Austin Saturday, 4-3. 

2/9/02-Lady Broncs Lose at SHSU:
The UTPA women’s tennis team fell at Sam Houston State Saturday, 4-3.

2/8/02-SMU Downs Lady Broncs:
Southern Methodist defeated the Lady Broncs, 6-0, at Haggar Tennis Stadium in Dallas Friday.

2/1/02-Lady Broncs Defeat Lamar:
The UTPA women's tennis team won their home opener against Lamar Friday. 

1/26/02-Lady Broncs Fall: The UTPA women's tennis team dropped their opener at Houston Saturday.  

1/16/02-Tennis Schedules Released:
The University of Texas-Pan American tennis teams will face some tough opponents this spring.

1/09/02-Elizabeth Middleton Named Assistant Coach:
Elizabeth Middleton is UTPA's new assistant tennis coach. 

11/03/01
-Lady Broncs Earn Places at UTSA:
Four Lady Broncs won in singles and a pair of doubles teams were successful as the University of Texas-San Antonio Fall Invitational Tournament concluded Saturday at the UTSA Tennis Center.

11/02/01-Lady Broncs Advance at UTSA:
Several Lady Broncs advanced on the first day of action at the University of Texas-San Antonio Tournament at the UTSA Tennis Center Friday.

10/21/01-Merlini Bows in Cons. Quarterfinals: Celine Merlini of the University of Texas-Pan American advanced as far as the quarterfinals of the consolation round at the Omni Hotels Southwest Intercollegiate Tennis Association Championships Sunday at TCU.

10/20/01-UTPA's Merlini Advances at ITA: Celine Merlini of the University of Texas-Pan American advanced to the round of 16 in consolation action at the Omni Hotels Southwest Intercollegiate Tennis Association Championships Saturday at TCU.

10/19/01-UTPA Doubles Pair Wins at ITA: The University of Texas-Pan American’s doubles team of Eve Nickelson and Kathryn Waslen won their first round match at the Omni Hotels Southwest Intercollegiate Tennis Association Championships at TCU Friday.

10/07/01-Lady Broncs Win at Rice:  Several members of the University of Texas-Pan American women’s tennis team were victorious as the Rice Tennis Classic concluded at Jake Hess Tennis Stadium Sunday.

10/06/01-Lady Broncs Advance at Rice: Several members of the University of Texas-Pan American women’s tennis team advanced as the Rice Tennis Classic continued at Jake Hess Tennis Stadium Saturday.

10/05/01-Merlini Advances at Rice: Celine Merlini of the  women’s tennis team advanced in first round play at the rain-delayed Rice Tennis Classic at Jake Hess Tennis Stadium Friday. Merlini defeated Adrian Lopez of Arkansas, 6-7, 7-6, 6-1, advancing to the second round.

10/01/01- Todd Chapman Named Head Coach: As a player and as a coach, Todd Chapman has always been a winner. Chapman hopes to continue his success as the new Head Men’s and Women’s Tennis Coach at the University of Texas-Pan American.

9/30/01-Pena and Brown Consolation Champs at Lamar: Ana Pena and Jessica Brown of the University of Texas-Pan American women’s tennis team claimed the consolation championship in flight B doubles at the Lady Cardinal Invitational Tournament at Lamar University. 

9/29/01-Lady Broncs Advance at Lamar: Five of six University of Texas-Pan American singles entrants and two of three Lady Bronc doubles teams advanced in consolation round action on the first day of the Lady Cardinal Invitational Tournament at the Cardinal Courts at Lamar University Saturday.

UT Pan American Women’s Tennis Falls to JUCO Power, Lee College

UTPA Honors Senior Mireya Villarreal
EDINBURG – The University of Texas-Pan American women’s tennis team dropped a tough match against Lee College Thursday afternoon at the Orville Cox Tennis Complex.

UTPA Women's Tennis Defeats Alcorn State 4-2
EDINBURG, TX - The University of Texas-Pan American women’s tennis team defeated Alcorn State 4-2 at the Cox Tennis Center in Edinburg. With the win the Lady Broncs improve to 7-12 overall.

3/29/01 U TPA Tennis Teams Play Host to Alcorn State and Lamar
EDINBURG - The University of Texas-Pan American men’s tennis team plays host to Alcorn State and Lamar University (3-12, 1-4 SLC) on Friday, March 30, 2001 at the Orville Cox Tennis Courts.  The first match, versus Alcorn State, will begin at 12:00 p.m. while the second match of the day will start at 5:30 p.m. and pit our men against Southland Conference foes, Lamar University. 

3/24/01 Lady Bronc Tennis Tops Belmont University 7-2: The University of Texas-Pan American women’s tennis team defeated the Belmont Bruins 7-2 at the Belmont University Tennis Center Friday. The Lady Broncs claimed four of the five singles matches to clinch the victory.

3/10/01 - UT Pan American Women’s Tennis Falls to Northwestern State, Louisiana-Monroe on Sunday: The University of Texas-Pan American women’s tennis team dropped two matches on Sunday, 5-1 to Northwestern State and 5-0 to Louisiana-Monroe.

3/6/01 - UT Pan American Men Win, Women Fall to Laredo Community College in Tennis Action: The University of Texas-Pan American split a men’s-women’s doubleheader with Laredo Community College in tennis action Tuesday night at the Cox Tennis Courts.

3/5/01 - UTPA Tennis Teams to Take on Nationally Ranked Laredo Community College Tuesday: The University of Texas-Pan American men’s and women’s tennis teams will take on junior college power Laredo Community College in a men’s and women’s tennis doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon at the Orville Cox Tennis Courts.

3/2/01 - Incarnate Word Defeats UT Pan American in Women's Tennis, 6-2, Friday Afternoon: The University of the Incarnate Word won five of six singles matches and two of the three doubles matches to defeat the University of Texas-Pan American, 6-2, in women's tennis action Friday afternoon.

2/18/01 - UT Pan American Tennis Rolls Past Lamar in Men’s, Women’s Tennis Action: The University of Texas-Pan American men’s and women’s tennis teams swept a doubleheader from Lamar University in tennis action Sunday afternoon at the Cardinal Courts.

2/17/01 - McNeese State Too Much for UT Pan American in Women's Tennis Action Saturday: McNeese State won the close matches and held off the Lady Broncs of the University of Texas-Pan American for a 5-2 win in women's tennis action Saturday.

2/16/01 - #75 Rice University Defeats UT Pan American Women’s Tennis, 7-0 Friday: 75th ranked Rice University swept their way past the University of Texas-Pan American 7-0, in women’s tennis action Friday afternoon at Jake Hess Tennis Stadium.

2/9/01 - UTPA Women’s Tennis Splits Pair of Matches Against Texas Lutheran, Nicholls State: Celine Merlini continued her winning ways and helped the University of Texas-Pan American women’s tennis team to a split of a pair of matches held at the Cox Tennis Courts on Friday afternoon.  UTPA defeated Texas Lutheran 7-0, and dropped a tough 4-3 decision to Nicholls State.

2/5/01 - Tennis Weekly Release (Adobe Acrobat PDF Format)
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2/5/01 - Merlini Wins, But UT-San Antonio Defeats UT Pan American in Women’s Tennis, 6-1: Celine Merlini won her 13th match of the season, but it wasn’t enough as the University of Texas-San Antonio defeated the University of Texas-Pan American, 6-1, in women’s tennis action Monday.

2/3/01 - UTPA Women’s Tennis Wins Third Match of the Season, 6-1, Over Southwest Texas St. : The University of Texas-Pan American women’s tennis team rolled to it’s third win of the season, by a 6-1 count over Southwest Texas State in action Saturday afternoon.

2/2/01 - UT Pan American Women’s Tennis Splits Pair of Matches Against Missouri, Sam Houston: The University of Texas-Pan American women’s tennis team won four of six singles matches to defeat Sam Houston State University 4-3, and earn a split of matches for the day in action Friday.

1/27/01 - UT Pan American Women’s Tennis Opens Season with Win Over Southeastern Louisiana: Celine Merlini won a tough three-set match to help lead the University of Texas-Pan American to a 4-3 win over Southeastern Louisiana in women’s tennis action Saturday at the University of Houston Tennis Courts.

1/22/01 - Tennis Weekly Release (Adobe Acrobat PDF Format)
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11/6/00 - Tennis Weekly Release (Adobe Acrobat PDF Format)
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11/6/00 - UT Pan American Women’s Tennis Closes Out Fall Season at ITA Regionals: The UT Pan American women’s tennis team closed its fall season at the ITA Southwest Regional tournament this weekend held on the campus of Texas A&M University with one player advancing from the first round.

10/30/00 - Tennis Weekly Release (Adobe Acrobat PDF Format)
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10/29/00 - UT Pan American Women’s Tennis Wins Two Flights at UT San Antonio Fall Invitational: Maria Fernandez won singles and doubles titles to highlight play for the University of Texas-Pan American at the University of Texas-San Antonio Fall Invitational Sunday.

10/16/00 - UTPA Closes Stephen F. Austin Tennis Tournament with Titles in Flights 1 & 4: The University of Texas-Pan American Lady Bronc Tennis wrapped up tournament play with titles in flight “1” and flight “4” singles and second place in flight “5” singles at the Stephen F. Austin Invitational Saturday.

10/13/00 - UT Pan American Women's Tennis Shines in Singles Play on First Day of Tournament: The University of Texas-Pan American women’s tennis team opened tournament play at the Stephen F. Austin Invitational with 11 wins in singles play on Friday.

9/30/00 - Merlini, Fernandez Star as UTPA Women’s Tennis Wraps Up Play at Lady Cardinal Invite.: Freshmen Celine Merlini and Julie Fife finished third in their brackets, while Merlini and Maria Fernandez teamed to win the Flight A Doubles Title as UTPA wrapped up play at the season-opening Lady Cardinal Invitational on Saturday.

9/29/00 - Merlini, Fife Lead UT Pan American Women’s Tennis at Lady Cardinal Invitational: Freshmen Celine Merlini and Julie Fife made immediate impacts in their first day of collegiate tennis, helping to lead the University of Texas-Pan American women’s tennis team on the first day of the Lady Cardinal Invitational, held at the Cardinal Courts, on Friday.

7/28/00 - UT Pan American Tennis Announces Signing of British Columbia Native Alana Breen: The University of Texas-Pan American Women’s Tennis Program announced on Friday the signing of Whistler, British Columbia, native Alana Breen to a national letter of intent for the 2000-01 academic year.

7/15/00 - UT Pan American Tennis Announces Signing of Sioux City, Iowa Native Jessica Brown: The University of Texas-Pan American Women’s Tennis Program announced on Saturday the signing of Sioux City, Iowa, native Jessica Brown to a national letter of intent for the 2000-01 academic year.

6/3/00 - UT Pan American Tennis Team Announces Signing of Franklin, Texas, Native Eve Nickelson : The University of Texas-Pan American Tennis Program announced on Friday the signing of Franklin, Texas, native Eve Nickelson to a letter of intent for the 2000-01 academic year.

6/2/00 - UT Pan American Tennis Team Announces Signing of New Mexico Native Julie Fife : The University of Texas-Pan American Tennis Program announced on Friday the signing of Los Alamos, New Mexico, native Julie Fife to a letter of intent for the 2000-01 academic year.

4/16/00 - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Downs UT Pan American in Men’s, Women’s Tennis Sunday: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi defeated the University of Texas-Pan American in both men’s and women’s tennis matches played Sunday afternoon at the Orville Cox Tennis Courts.

4/8/00 - UTPA Tennis Teams Split with Centenary College in First Home Match of Season: The University of Texas-Pan American men’s tennis team picked up its seventh win of the season, while the women’s team fell in a tough 5-4 decision in tennis action Saturday afternoon against Centenary College at the Orville Cox Tennis Stadium.

3/17/00 - UT Pan American Women’s Tennis Wins First Match of Season 5-4 Over Alcorn St.: The University of Texas-Pan American Women’s Tennis team picked up its first win of the season, a 5-4 victory over Alcorn State in tennis action Friday afternoon.

3/14/00 - Louisiana-Lafayette Rolls by UT Pan American Lady Broncs in Tennis 9-0: The University of Louisiana-Lafayette defeated the Lady Broncs in tennis action the Monday 9-0.

3/14/00 - UT Pan American Women's Tennis Continues to Improve, But Falls 5-4 to Nicholls State: Nicholls State University won four of the six singles matches to come from behind and defeat the University of Texas-Pan American in women's tennis action Tuesday afternoon.

3/13/00 - Villareal, Garcia Pick up First Wins, but Broncs Fall to Lousiana-Hammond, 7-2: Mireya Villareal picked up her first collegiate win, while Sagnite Garcia won her first match of the year, but it wasn't enough as Louisiana-Hammond defeated UTPA in women's tennis action 7-2 on Monday.

2/28/00 - Southwest Texas State, Lamar Down UT-Pan American in Women's Tennis: Southwest Texas and Lamar defeated the University of Texas-Pan American Lady Broncs in women’s tennis action on Monday.  The Lady Broncs fell to SWT by a score of 9-0, while Lamar defeated UTPA 9-0.

2/25/00 - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Defeats UTPA Women’s Tennis 8-1: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi defeated the University of Texas-Pan American 8-1 in women's tennis action at the Kings Crossing Golf and Country Club, Friday evening.

2/19/00 - UT Pan American Women’s Tennis Falls to UT-San Antonio, 7-2: Maria Fernandez won her third straight singles match, but it wasn’t enough as the University of Texas Pan American fell to the University of Texas-San Antonio in women’s tennis action Saturday afternoon.

2/12/00 - Fernandez Plays Strong, But UT-Pan American Women’s Tennis Falls to 0-5: Maria Fernandez won her first two singles matches of the season and one doubles match, but it wasn’t enough as the University of Texas-Pan American dropped matches to Stephen F. Austin State and Centenary in women’s tennis action Saturday.

2/11/00 - UT-Pan American Women’s Tennis Falls to Sam Houston State, 8-1: Sam Houston State swept all six singles matches and won two of the three doubles matches to defeat the University of Texas-Pan American women’s tennis team 8-1, in action Friday afternoon.

2/7/00 - UT Pan American Women's Tennis Falls to North Texas, 9-0: The University of Texas-Pan American women's tennis team fell to the University of North Texas, 9-0, in second match of the spring season.

11/7/99 - UTPA Women's Tennis Closes Out Fall Season at ITA Southwest Regional: The University of Texas-Pan American women's tennis team wrapped up the fall season at the Rolex Region VI Qualifier, which was hled on the Texas A&M University campus on Sunday.

10/24/99 - Reyes Leads UT-Pan American Women’s Tennis at UT-San Antonio Fall Invite.: Amanda Reyes won two singles matches, leading the way for the UT-Pan American women’s tennis team at the UT-San Antonio Fall Invitational on Sunday.

10/6/99 - UT Pan American Announces Hiring of Scott Howard as Head Tennis Coach: The University of Texas-Pan American announced on Wednesday the hiring of Scott Howard as the new Men’s and Women’s Tennis Coach.  Howard replaces Greg Hilley, who had led the Broncs for the past five seasons.

8/27/99 - Pedro Perata Named New Assistant Tennis Coach at UT-Pan American: The University of Texas Pan American announced the hiring of Pedro Perata as the Graduate Assistant Tennis Coach on Friday.

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