SAN MARCOS, Texas – The St. Mary's University Women's Tennis team competed against a Division I laden field at the States Up Slam at Texas State University, battling not only other opponents but also Mother Nature and her rain.
 
Junior Allison Blanco (Alajuela, Costa Rica), junior Ilona Hernandez Sanchez (Zoetermeer, South Holland), and sophomore Breeze Simon (Austin, Texas) each split their singles matches, going 1-1, while sophomore Sarah Wooten (Beaumont, Texas) was 1-0, winning a close third-set tiebreaker over UTRGV's Madeleine Joffe, 6-2, 4-6, [10-7].
 
In doubles action, the teams of Blanco and Shiori Takeda (Sydney, Australia) and Simon and Hernandez Sanchez each went 1-2 as Saturday consisted of only doubles play due to the showers that soaked southern Texas.
 
The Rattlers have one more fall competition, hosting the 2nd annual UTR Sports College Circuit Friday, Nov. 13-Sunday, Nov. 15 at Rohrbach Tennis Stadium.
 
SINGLES
Allison Blanco (1-1)
Lost to Luna Buijtenhuijs, UTRGV: 3-6, 4-6
Def. Viktorie Zidelova, SHSU: 4-6, 6-0, [10-3]
 
Valeria Couoh (0-2)
Lost to Maria Gajete Diaz, SHSU: 0-6, 1-6
Lost to Madeleine Joffe, UTRGV: 3-6, 1-6
 
Ilona Hernandez Sanchez (1-1)
Def. Avery Kinsey, SFA: 7-6 (7-3), 1-6, [10-5]
Lost to Olivia Collins, TxSt: 6-3, 2-6, [4-10]
 
Isabella Olsson (0-2)
Lost to Avery Arant, TxSt: 0-6, 6-7 (2-7)
Lost to Erika Abraham-Nilsen, TAR: 4-6, 1-6
 
Janel Ospanova (0-2)
Lost to Vanja Cado, UTA: 5-7, 1-6
Lost to Juana Gomez Weiss, UTRGV: 0-6, 6-1, [4-10]
 
Breeze Simon (1-1)
Lost to Juliette Jalai, TxSt: 0-6, 1-6
Def. Mirka Delaney, UTRGV: 3-6, ret. (inj.)
 
Shiori Takeda (0-2)
Lost to Juliane Koschinski, SFA: 6-7 (4-7), 0-6
Lost to Nahia Echaide Gonzalez, UTA: 3-6, 5-7
 
Sarah Wooten (1-0)
Def. Madeleine Joffe, UTRGV: 6-2, 4-6, [10-7]
 
DOUBLES
Allison Blanco & Shiori Takeda, Flight 1 (1-2)
Lost to Kinley VanPelt/Tadiwa Mauchi, TxSt: 3-6
Def. Erika Abraham-Nilsen/Nuria Lafitte Valls, TAR: 6-3
Lost to Viktorie Zidelova/Maria Gajete Diaz, SHSU: 3-6
 
Breeze Simon & Ilona Hernandez Sanchez, Flight 1 (1-2)
Def. Erika Abraham-Nilsen/Nuria Lafitte Valls, TAR: 6-2
Lost to Avery Kinsey/Juliane Koschinski, SFA: 6-7 (5-7)
Lost to Julia Richardet/Juliette Jalai, TxSt: 4-6
 
Isabella Olsson & Sarah Wooten, Flight 2 (0-3)
Lost to Julia Richardet/Juliette Jalai, TxSt: 4-6
Lost to Alexa Martinez Mendoza (McN)/Ana Paula Chavez (SFA): 2-6
Lost to Avery Arant/Olivia Collins, TxSt: 2-6
 
Team Abbreviations: McN: McNeese, SFA: Stephen F. Austin, SHSU: Sam Houston State, TAR: Tarleton State, TxSt: Texas State, UTA: UT-Arlington, UTRGV: UT Rio Grande Valley