No. 46 Women's Tennis Sweeps Singles Matches on Senior Day

SAN ANTONIO – In the final home match of the 2022 season, the 46th-ranked St. Mary's Women's Tennis team took care of business, defeating DBU 6-1 on Senior Day.
 
The Rattlers remained atop the Lone Star Conference standings with the victory and are 7-1 with a 15-3 overall record. They wrap up the regular season with a non-conference match at Southwestern on Monday, April 18 that was rescheduled from early in the season and the final LSC match at UT Tyler on Saturday, April 23 at 10 a.m.
 
Director of Tennis Bill Macom shook up the doubles pairings again and it was the only point the Patriots (13-10, 3-5 Lone Star), ranked No. 69 this week, were able to score. Seniors Maria Garcia (Valencia, Spain) and Ashley Penshorn (Montgomery, Texas), playing together for the first time this year, won 6-2 at No. 2 for the Rattlers only doubles win.
 
All six singles matches were won by the Gold & Blue. Both junior Angela Vargas (Del Rio, Texas) and senior Alice Thane (Elloughton, East Yorkshire, England) only dropped four games. Vargas won 6-3, 6-1 at No. 2, while Thane flipped the scores for her 6-1, 6-3 win at No. 5.
 
Penshorn was the first Rattler to complete her match, winning 6-0, 7-5 at No. 1. Sophomore Elena Munoz (Corrregidora, Queretaro, Mexico) clinched the win for the Rattlers with her 6-4, 6-4 straight sets win at No. 4.
 
Junior Gabi Ioannaou (Melbourne, Australia) started strong with a 6-2 win in the first set and recovered well after dropping the second set 6-3 to win the international doubles tiebreaker 10-7 in the third set.
 
Senior Marina Vigil (Gijon, Spain) fought back after dropping the first set in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (2) to win the next two sets 6-0, 6-4 to complete the singles sweep.
 
Garcia, Thane and Vigil were honored for their career accomplishments at the conclusion of the match. Penshorn has chosen to use her "Covid" year and will return for the 2023 season. The trio of seniors are all completing their degrees in business administration and have been key figures in the Rattlers success the last several years.