HUNTSVILLE, Ala. ^__ In just their second home game of the season, the Alabama A&M women's tennis team dropped a midweek home match to UAB, 7-0, on Thursday afternoon in non-conference play.
 
The Bulldogs (4-4, 3-0 SWAC) dropped the doubles point to open the match, as the pairing of Neha Ghare (Pune, India) and Alicia Owegi (Nairobi, Kenya) fell at No. 3, 6-0, followed by Jasmine Boyd (Marion, Ind.) and Yana Dhamija (Gurugram, Ind.), who lost 6-3 at No. 1.
 
The match including the pair of Camila Ruiz Diaz (Asuncion, Paraguay) and Deja Brown (Spring Valley, Calif.) went unfinished in the second spot at 5-4.
 
Brown dropped the first singles game at No. 2 by a score of 6-2, 6-1, while Ghare also fell in straight sets in the fourth spot 6-0, 6-2, followed by Owegi (6-0, 6-4) and Boyd (6-2,6-4), who both fell next at No. 6 and No. 1 respectively.
 
The last two games to finish were the two most contested games on the day, with Ruiz Diaz dropping a three-set decision (4-6, 6-3, 10-8) and Dhamija falling in straight sets 7-5, 7-5.
 
Up Next
Alabama A&M will return to play on Saturday, February 25 as they travel to UT Chattanooga for another non-conference match. Start time is set for 2 p.m. inside the UTC Tennis Center
 
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