Women's Tennis Sweeps to Begin Spring Break Weekend

SAN ANTONIO — The St. Mary's University Women's Tennis team started its Spring Break weekend off on a high note, sweeping Bethel College 7-0 on Friday afternoon at Rohrbach Tennis Stadium.
 
All three doubles team won handily, dropping a combined three games. Junior Paula Garrote (Alicante, Spain) and sophomore Alessia Terlizzi (Andria, Italy) remained perfect this spring, improving to 6-0 with a 6-0 victory at number two. The pair have won eight straight, dating back to the fall tournament season.
 
The duo of junior Karen Kondo (Tokyo, Japan) and freshman Selina Wu (San Gabriel, Calif.) won 6-1 on court number one, while freshman Janel Ospanova (Karaganda, Kazakhstan) and sophomore Stela Sifuentes (Eagle Pass, Texas) posted a 6-2 victory at number three. Ospanova and Sifuentes win their third straight match together and improve to 4-1.
 
All six Rattlers won in straight sets for the second straight match, with both Ospanova (2) and Terlizzi (3) winning without dropping a single game. 
 
Garrote, playing on court number one, won 6-2, 6-0, while Sifuentes flipped the sets to win 6-0, 6-2 at number 5. 
 
Senior Kyndall Quiroz (San Antonio) posted identical 6-1 sets in her victory on court six and Kondo won 6-1, 6-3 at number four for the clean sweep.
 
The Rattlers hop on a bus and head to Richardson, Texas to face Ouachita Baptist on Saturday at 2 p.m. and then move to Arlington to face Hawai'i Pacific on Sunday at 2 p.m.