SAN ANTONIO – The St. Mary's Women's Tennis Team took care of business on Saturday afternoon, defeating Texas A&M-Kingsville, 5-2 to remain undefeated in Lone Star Conference play.
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Junior
Angela Vargas (Del Rio, Texas) clinched the win for the Rattlers with the late break of serve in the second set at No. 3 singles, winning 6-3, 7-5 for the fourth point of the match.
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Senior
Alice Thane (Elloughton, East Yorkshire, England) put the exclamation point on the win, coming back after dropping the first set 6-1 to win 6-2, 6-4 in the next two sets.
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The Rattlers (10-2, 2-0 Lone Star Conference) started the match by winning the doubles point. Freshman
Bailey Godwin (San Antoni) and senior
Ashley Penshorn (Montgomery, Texas) won 6-4 at No. 2 and just minutes later the No. 1 team of sophomore
Elena Munoz (Corregidora, Queretaro, Mexico) and Thane with the same score.
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Penshorn continued her dominant weekend, winning 6-2, 6-0 at No. 1 and junior
Gabi Ioannou (Melbourne, Australia) dropped only one game in the 6-0, 6-1 victory at No. 6 for the five points.
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The Rattlers remain at home, hosting UAFS on Thursday at 12:30 on campus and Cameron on Friday at 10 am at the John Newcombe Tennis Ranch in New Braunfels.
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