Aggies Women's Tennis Finishes ACU Tournament

NM State secures three singles wins on final day.

Source: NMSU Athletics (Photo: Courtesy)

NM State closed out the ACU Tournament with three singles victories, heading back to Las Cruces on a high note.

In the ACU Tournament, NM State showed steady improvement, bouncing back after a challenging first day. The Aggies secured five victories on day two, with a couple coming from doubles action.

Junior Anna Pinaieva capped off the tournament strong, defeating SMU’s June Bjork 6-4, 6-3, (10-3). Freshman Nadia Nemeth impressed throughout the weekend, finishing 2-1 in both singles and doubles, including a 6-4, 6-3, (10-4) win over Tarleton’s Ximena Morales Araneda. Lisa Zhu also secured a win on the final day, advancing over Texas State’s Tadiwanashe Mauchi via walkover.

The Aggies showed steady improvement after a tough start, ending the tournament with five overall victories, including two from doubles play.

Singles Draws

Flight A

Anna Pinaieva def. June Bjork (SMU) 6-4, 6-3, (10-3)

Flight B

Lisa Zhu def. Tadiwanashe Mauchi (Texas State), wo [inj]

Flight D

Nadia Nemeth def. Ximena Morales Araneda (Tarleton) 6-4, 6-3, (10-4)

UP NEXT

The Aggies will be back in Las Cruces to host the ITA Mountain Regional and the Aggie Classic on Thursday, Oct. 17.

For complete coverage of NM State women’s tennis throughout the 2024-25 year, visit NMStateSports.com – the official home of Aggie athletics – and follow the Aggies on Facebook (NM State Women’s Tennis), Twitter (@NMStateWTEN) and Instagram (@NMStateWTEN).

Article posted by:

Levi Gwaltney

Levi Gwaltney is the Editor In Chief of Las Cruces Digest. The Editor makes editorial and posting decisions regarding content published on this site. In most cases, the Editor makes little if any contribution to content published, and takes no credit for the content of republished posts. If available, the source or author of posts is provided at the top of the article.