at Texas A&M Kingsville • April 4 • 12 p.m. • Kingsville, Texas (Javelina Tennis Courts)
at #19 Angelo State • April 6 • 11 a.m. • San Angelo, Texas (ASU Tennis Complex)
NET POINTS
•   St. Mary's Women's Tennis faces its first road test of the Lone Star Conference season, playing at Texas A&M Kingsville on Thursday and at Angelo State on Saturday.
•   The Javelinas are 7-7 overall and 1-4 in Lone Star play, while the #19 Rambelles are 13-2 on the year and 4-1 against conference foes.
•   St. Mary's is 8-1 all-time against Texas A&M Kingsville and 3-1 in Kingsville. The Rattlers have won the last three meetings between the two squads. StMU pushed the lead to 5-1 in the all-time series with Angelo State after winning all three matches a season ago. The two teams met in the regular season (W, 4-3), the    tournament finals (W, 4-2) and the NCAA South Central Regional (W, 4-1). StMU lost its only match in San Angelo, a 4-2 setback in 2021.Â
•   The Rattlers re-entered the national rankings this week, appearing at #37. Individually, freshman Selina Wu is ranked 16th, while she and junior Karen Kondo are ranked 19th in doubles play.
•   Doubles partners Paula Garrote and Alessia Terlizzi are riding the longest active singles winning streaks at 3 each. Both are 8-3 in the spring, while Garrote is 14-4 overall and Terlizzi is 15-11.
•   Junior transfer Karen Kondo became the second Rattler this spring to earn Lone Star Conference Player of the Week honors, joining Paula Garrote from week 1. Kondo won seven matches to over Spring Break, three in singles and four in doubles to help the Rattlers to a 4-0 week, including a sweep over #33 Hawai'i Pacific. Kondo won all three of her singles matches in straight straights, while she and partner Selina Wu were 4-0 with a win over the #47 tandem from HPU.
•   All nine Rattlers who were enrolled at the University were named to the Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll during the fall semester, and five recorded perfect 4.00 GPAs: Paula Garrote, Bailey Godwin, Callah Preti, Stela Sifuentes and Alessia Terlizzi.
•   Freshman Selina Wu finished 1-2 at the ITA Cup during the fall season and was the only freshman in the 16-player women's singles draw at the prestigious tournament. The Rattlers have had at least one participant the last four years.
•   Selina Wu reached the finals of the South Central Regional, falling in the finals to second-seeded Alessa Maier from Texas A&M Kingsville. Wu went 5-1 at the tournament and earned an at-large berth to the ITA Cup.
