Windy Conditions Don't Hurt Women's Tennis

SAN ANTONIO — It was a Good Friday for the St. Mary's University Women's Tennis team as they defeated UT Tyler 5-2 at Rohrbach Tennis Stadium in extremely windy conditions.
 
"We just did a better job handling the wind today than our opponents in doubles," said Director of Tennis Bill Macom. "And we were fortunate to carry that momentum into some straight set wins. They were a difficult team to beat."
 
The Rattlers (8-4, 2-1 Lone Star Conference) won the doubles point via a sweep with identical 6-4 scores. The No. 19 tandem of junior Karen Kondo (Tokyo, Japan) and freshman Selina Wu (San Gabriel, Calif.) were the first to finish, defeating #27 Muskan Gupta and Allison Schwartz.
 
The duo of freshman Janel Ospanova (Karaganda, Kazakhstan) and sophomore Stela Sifuentes (Eagle Pass, Texas) won at number three, while junior Paula Garrote (Alicante, Spain) and sophomore Alessia Terlizzi (Andria, Italy) completed the sweep with their win at number two.
 
Terlizzi didn't drop a single game once the match turned to singles action, winning 6-0, 6-0 at number four to vie the Rattlers a 2-0 lead.
 
Wu also blanked her opponent in the first set on court two and held on for a 6-4 victory in set two. Sifuentes clinched the victory for the Rattlers with her 6-3, 6-2 win at line six.
 
Garrote won her first match against a nationally-ranked opponent in the Gold and Blue, defeating #12 Gupta 6-4, 6-3 on court one for the fifth team point. Garrote is now 1-1 against ranked foes this year.