Xavier downs No. 23 TAMUT 4-3

ALEXANDRIA, La. - The No. 6 XULA women's tennis team bounced back from a tough loss Friday with a 4-3 conference win over No. 23Texas A&M Texarkana on a neutral court.

The Gold Nuggets dropped the doubles point, although the No. 2 pair of Asadah Ma'at and Valeria Ortega defeated Adrianne Guangko and Emmanouela Besi 6-2, but stormed back to win 4-of-6 singles matches.

Maja Brnic defeated Ana Gonzalez 6-2, 6-3 at No. 1, and McKenna Wheatley defeated Zahra Dreyer-Ferreira 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2, but it was Xavier's showing in the lower matches that proved the difference.

Anais Yakan, who was moved from No. 5 to No. 4 singles, picked up a 6-2, 6-0 win over Maryam Awais. Meanwhile, Makai Sales won the day for the Gold Nuggets with a 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 victory over Guangko at No. 6.

Xavier will wrap its 2026 regular season with a home match against No. 5 William Carey on Sunday at noon.

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Players Mentioned

McKenna Wheatley: Senior

Asadah Ma'at: Sophomore

Maja Brnic: Freshman

Anais Yakan: Freshman

Valeria Ortega: Freshman

Makai Sales: Freshman

Players Mentioned

McKenna Wheatley
: Senior

Asadah Ma'at
: Sophomore

Maja Brnic
: Freshman

Anais Yakan
: Freshman

Valeria Ortega
: Freshman

Makai Sales
: Freshman