SAN ANTONIO, Texas (March 10, 2025) – The UT Permian Basin women's tennis team started off its Spring Break trip on a high note on Monday, winning 4-2 at Our Lady of the Lady University, which is ranked No. 18 in the NAIA. It was the Falcons' second 4-2 win in a row after defeating the Metropolitan State University of Denver by the same score eight days ago.

Brooke Runyan and Paige Bott defeated Millie Wileman and Lucia Popluharova, who are ranked No. 24 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) NAIA women's doubles rankings, by a score of 6-1 at No. 1 doubles. Teodora Vrucan and Tuva Asplund followed with a 6-2 win over Alexandra Mille and Marie Peters at No. 2 doubles.

In singles, Runyan started things off with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Popluharova at No. 1 singles and Dinethya Dharmaratne defeated Michaela Muller 6-4, 6-0 at No. 5 singles to give UTPB a 3-0 lead.

After the Falcons fell at No. 6 and No. 4 singles, UTPB closed out the win with a 2-6, 6-0, 6-2 three-set win by Vrucan over Mille at No. 3 singles.
 
Results:
Doubles

• #1 – Brooke Runyan/Paige Bott (UTPB) def. No. 24 Millie Wileman/Lucia Popluharova (OLLU) 6-1
• #2 – Teodora Vrucan/Tuva Asplund (UTPB) def. Alexandra Mille/Marie Peters (OLLU) 6-2
• #3 – Fanny Bergstrom/Sophia Rashid (UTPB) vs. Ely Laure Ah-sou/Michaela Muller (OLLU) 5-1, unfinished

Singles

• #1 – Brooke Runyan (UTPB) def. Lucia Popluharova (OLLU) 6-2, 6-3
• #2 – Fanny Bergstrom (UTPB) vs. Millie Wileman (OLLU) 3-6, 6-3, unfinished
• #3 – Teodora Vrucan (UTPB) def. Alexandra Mille (OLLU) 2-6, 6-0, 6-2
• #4 – Marie Peters (OLLU) def. Paige Bott (UTPB) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
• #5 – Dinethya Dharmaratne (UTPB) def. Michaela Muller (OLLU) 6-4, 6-0
• #6 – Ely Laure Ah-sou (OLLU) def. Sophia Rashid (UTPB) 1-6, 7-5, 6-2

Next Up: UTPB continues its Spring Break trip with an exhibition at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (NCAA Division I) at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 13.