SAN ANTONIO — The No. 48 St. Mary's women's tennis team bounced back from Sunday's loss to ACU in commanding fashion, winning 8-1 over Heartland Conference newcomer McMurry University.
The Lady Rattlers started fast, sweeping the doubles matches to go up 3-0 heading into singles play.
In singles, the St. Mary's women jumped McMurry fast, winning five of the six matches in lopsided straight-set victories.
The only loss for the Rattlers came at the No. 6 position, where junior
Mia Jupe lost in a closely contested three-setter. After winning the first set, Jupe was unable to close out the match and fell in a match deciding tiebreaker 10-4. The final score was 1-6, 6-2, 10-4 in favor of McMurry's Autumn Patterson.
“We came out firing on all cylinders,” said St. Mary's head coach
Lisa Dausin. “This is a great way to bounce back from a loss.”
St. Mary's women's tennis moves to 12-4 on the season.
St. Mary's University, as a Catholic Marianist University, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community service, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence. The University has six athletic national titles: men's basketball (1989–NAIA), baseball (2001–NCAA Div. II), softball (1986–NAIA and 2002–NCAA Div. II) and an individual national champion in men's golf (2006–NCAA Div. II) and a national academic championship in men's golf (2009–NCAA Div. II). St. Mary's also had more than 40 percent of its athletes named to conference, regional and/or national honor rolls this past year. St. Mary's student–athletes graduation rate is 65 percent, higher than the NCAA Division II average of 55 percent. To learn more about St. Mary's, visit www.rattlerathletics.com.
