Box Score MIDLAND, Texas -- The UT Tyler women's tennis team claimed its third consecutive win and its 10^th victory overall this season with a 7-0 sweep of UT Permian Basin on Thursday.
 
The Patriots posted identical 6-2 wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles positions to earn the doubles point.
 
Gaini Ibrasheva scored a 7-6 (7-5), 6-1 win at the top of the singles lineup, leading a group of four straight-set singles victories while Akshaya Suresh (No. 4) and Eva Riekenbrauck (No. 5) added victories in third-set tiebreakers to complete the sweep of the entire singles lineup.
 
With the victory, UT Tyler improved to 10-3 overall and 3-1 in Lone Star Conference play, while UT Permian Basin fell to 3-11 overall and 0-4 in the LSC.
 
The Patriots return to action Friday with an exhibition match at UTEP (NCAA Division I) before returning to LSC play by taking on Western New Mexico on April 10.
 
 
UT Tyler 7, UT Permian Basin 0
 
Doubles
No. 1 Anaya Singh/Krystal Smith (UTPB) def. Akshaya Suresh/Gaini Ibrasheva (UTT) 6-3
No. 2 Tanvikhaa Saravanan/Leony Deutschmann (UTT) def. Maria Briones/Mariah Briones (UTPB) 6-2
No. 3 Anna Claire Gerletti/Chloe Dix (UTT) def. Lea Mjertan/Monika Cantu (UTPB) 6-2
 
Singles
No. 1 Gaini Ibrasheva (UTT) def. Anaya Singh (UTPB) 7-6 (7-5), 6-1
No. 2 Tanvikhaa Saravanan (UTT) def. Krystal Smith (UTPB) 6-4, 6-1
No. 3 Leony Deutschmann (UTT) def. Lea Mjertan (UTPB) 6-1, 6-3
No. 4 Akshaya Suresh (UTT) def. Maria Briones (UTPB) 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (10-4)
No. 5 Eva Riekenbrauck (UTT) def. Monika Cantu (UTPB) 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 1-0 (10-4)
No. 6 Chloe Dix (UTT) def. Mariah Briones (UTPB) 6-0, 6-4