Women's Tennis Battles Tough at UTRGV

Box Score EDINBURG, Texas – Headed into a long road trip, the St. Mary's Women's Tennis team put up a valiant effort in a 5-2 loss at Division I foe UTRGV on Friday.
 
The Rattlers (8-3) snapped a two-game winning streak over the Vaqueros (5-5) as they won the meetings each of the last two years.
 
Senior Ashley Penshorn (Montgomery, Texas), who was ranked a career-best tenth in the latest ITA singles poll, won her ninth straight match with a 6-3, 6-2 win at number one singles.
 
Sophomore Bailey Godwin (San Antonio) won her second-straight singles match, posting a 6-3, 6-1 victory at No. 6.
 
Junior Elena Munoz (Corregidora, Queretaro, Mexico) was the only match that went three sets, as she battled tough at No. 5 before falling 4-6, 6-2, 3-6. 
 
The Vaqueros started the match by winning the doubles point, but the Rattlers tandem of Gabi Ioannou (Melbourne, Australia) and freshman Stela Sifuentes (Eagle Pass, Texas) won by a tiebreaker at No. 3.
 
St. Mary's heads to Florida for five matches in five days, beginning at Eckerd on Monday at 2:30 p.m.