This Week in Rattlers Tennis
March 28 • *Western New Mexico (3-4, 1-0) • 10 a.m.
March 29 • Alumni Match • 11 a.m.
March 30 • *Sul Ross State (0-4, 0-2) • 9 a.m.
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•   St. Mary's Women's Tennis begins Lone Star Conference play this week, hosting Western New Mexico on Friday at 10 a.m. and Sul Ross State on Sunday at 9 a.m. The annual Alumni Match is sandwiched between, beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
•   The Rattlers are a perfect 8-0 against Western New Mexico in school history with a 3-0 mark at home. StMU is also 1-0 against Sul Ross State, beating the Lobos 7-0 a season ago in Alpine
•   St. Mary's is also 4-1 in Lone Star Conference openers, winning the first four years in the league before dropping a 6-1 decision to No. 5 Midwestern State last year.
•   The Rattlers went 5-1 in regulation matches and 6-1 overall (one exhibition) on their Spring Break trip, ending on a high note with a 6-1 win over then-#24 Ferris State.
•   Sophomore Selina Wu went unbeaten at No. 1 singles, including a 6-3, 5-7, 6-0 against #24 Ferris State. Wu teamed with Gia Posito for a pair of victories at doubles, including a 6-1 win at line two against Ferris State, to earn Lone Star Conference Player of the Week on March 20.Â
•   Selina Wu is ranked 42nd in the nation in singles action. She is the third-highest ranked player in the Lone Star Conference behind Jessica Binzari (#4) and Sofia Giraldo (#15) from Midwestern State. There are three others players from the league ranked inside the top 75.
•   In the eight victories this spring for the Rattlers, six different players have won the point that clinched the team victory. Both Paula Garrote and Selina Wu have won that all-important fourth team point twice, while Janel Ospanova, Gia Posito, Stela Sifuentes and Alessia Terlizzi have all done so once.
•   Gia Posito, Alessia Terlizzi and Selina Wu are all riding four-match winning streaks in singles play for the longest active streaks on the team.
•   Sophomores Gia Posito and Selina Wu were both named Players to Watch by the Lone Star Conference at the start of the spring season. Posito went 6-2 during the fall in doubles play, while Wu is the reigning ITA South Central Region Rookie of the Year.
