Nothing unlucky about it as StMU tops TAMUK for 13th straight win

By Ruben Dominguez | St. Mary's Athletics Communications

SAN ANTONIO — An impressive season continued Sunday for St. Mary's Women's Tennis as they defeated Texas A&M-Kingsville, 7-2.

The Rattlers, whose last and only loss came at the hands of Air Force back on Feb. 7, made it 13 straight wins with the victory over the Javelinas (10-10).

Jamie Lee Denton (Jr., San Angelo, Texas) and Kaylin Kruseman (Fr., Houston, Texas), who are currently ranked as the No. 20 doubles team in the country, took an 8-5 decision over Mrija Dimitrovska and Mariaxi Herrera at No. 1.

The Snakes were not as fortunate at No. 2 doubles as Felicity Delgado (Sr., Universal City, Texas) and Kerry Wiegand (Jr., San Antonio) dropped a close 9-7 decision to Nadia Grlj and Tabata Lua.

Fortunately, No. 3 Mariana Rong (Sr., Jinan, China) and Joanie Bryant (Jr., San Antonio) were able to defeat Paula Saenz and Erika Larrea 8-3 to give St. Mary's the advantage heading into singles action.

Rong got singles started off with a bang as the reigning Heartland Conference Player of the Week won, with the No. 33-ranked player in the nation winning a decisive 6-0, 6-0 match over Herrera.

Denton and Kruseman would follow suit at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. Denton would see off Grlj 6-3, 6-3 before Kruseman defeated Dimitrovska 6-3, 6-1. The lone singles loss came for No. 5 Wiegand by the same 6-3, 6-1 score line at the hands of Saenz.

With the match already decided, Delgado finished off Lua 6-4, 6-1 at No. 4 and Bryant battled in a tough three-set battle with Larrea 7-6 (3), 3-6, 10-3 to cap off yet another win for the No. 1 team in the Heartland Conference and also the South Central Region.

Coach Lisa Dausin's team improved to 14-1 on the season and will return to the courts Tuesday when they take on Our Lady of the Lake.

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Players Mentioned

Joanie Bryant: 5' 6"; Junior

Felicity Delgado: 5' 2"; Senior

Jamie Lee Denton: 5' 8"; Junior

Mariana Rong: 5' 10"; Senior

Kaylin Kruseman: 5' 4"; Freshman

Kerry Wiegand: 5' 8"; Junior

Players Mentioned

Joanie Bryant
: 5' 6"; Junior

Felicity Delgado
: 5' 2"; Senior

Jamie Lee Denton
: 5' 8"; Junior

Mariana Rong
: 5' 10"; Senior

Kaylin Kruseman
: 5' 4"; Freshman

Kerry Wiegand
: 5' 8"; Junior

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Nothing unlucky about it as StMU tops TAMUK for 13th straight win

Players Mentioned

Joanie Bryant

Felicity Delgado

Jamie Lee Denton

Mariana Rong

Kaylin Kruseman

Kerry Wiegand

Players Mentioned

Joanie Bryant

Felicity Delgado

Jamie Lee Denton

Mariana Rong

Kaylin Kruseman

Kerry Wiegand

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