Women's Tennis Closes Out Florida Trip on a High Note

MELBOURNE, Fla. – The St. Mary's Women's Tennis Team ended its Spring Break trip on a high note with a 5-2 win over #45 Florida Southern.
 
"I'm pretty happy going 2-2 on this trip against nationally ranked competition," Director of Tennis Bill Macom said. "Especially since we played without one of our top singles and doubles players. Elena (Munoz) did a great job stepping into #1 doubles and all the girls battled well in their third sets in some pretty hot temperatures."
 
Munoz, a sophomore from Corregidora, Queretaro, Mexico, partnered with senior Alice Thane (Elloughton, East Yorkshire, England) to win 6-4 at No. 1 doubles, while sophomore Gabi Ioannou (Melbourne, Australia) and senior Marina Vigil (Gijon, Spain) won 6-2 at No. 3 to give the Rattlers the first point of the morning.
 
Senior Ashley Penshorn (Montgomery, Texas) was dominant in a 6-2, 6-1 victory at No. 1 singles, while the other three wins for the Rattlers were all decided in three sets. Ioannou won sets one and three by the identical score of 6-3, and she dropped a tiebreaker in the second set. Vigil won the opening set by the tally of 6-2, dropped the second set 6-4 and got a late break of serve to win the set and match 7-5. Angela Vargas, a junior from Del Rio, Texas, lost 6-4 in the opening set, but bounced back to win 6-1, 7-6 (4) in the final two sets to give StMU the 5-2 team win.
 
"This was a great tune up to get us ready for conference play," Macom continued. "It showed us especially what needs to be done in practice moving forward."
 
The Rattlers host Angelo State on Friday and Texas A&M Kingsville on Saturday. Both matches are scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.