THIS WEEK IN RATTLERS TENNIS
Feb. 5 • Eastern Washington • 1 p.m. • Rohrbach Tennis Stadium
Feb. 6 • McMurry • 2 p.m. • Rohrbach Tennis Stadium
Feb. 7 • Howard Payne • 12 p.m. • at Schreiner • 4 p.m. • Cree Tennis Center
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•   The St. Mary's Women's Tennis Team kicks off the spring season with a busy week, playing four matches in three days. The Rattlers host Eastern Washington on Thursday, McMurry on Friday and face both Howard Payne and Schreiner in Kerrville on Saturday.
•   Thursday will be the first-ever meeting with Eastern Washington, while the Rattlers are undefeated against the other three opponents, 8-0 against McMurry, 2-0 against Howard Payne and 7-0 against Schreiner.
•   The Rattlers played three exhibition matches against Division I opponents in January and senior Alessia Terlizzi won all three singles matches at line one, defeating the top player from UIW, UTSA and Texas State.
•   St. Mary's added freshman transfer Breeze Simon to the roster at the semester. Simon started her collegiate career during the fall at Saint Francis before returning closer to home.
•   Five Rattlers were named to the Lone Star Commissioner's Honor Roll at the conclusion of the fall semester, and Madalyn Smelley recorded a perfect 4.00 GPA. Janel Ospanova, Gia Posito, Alessia Terlizzi and Sarah Wooten were also honored on the team.
•   Gia Posito and Alessia Terlizzi advanced to the doubles final at the ITA South Central Regional before losing to the Midwestern State team in the finals. The pair went 4-1 over the tournament, only dropping eight games in their four wins.
•   Selina Wu won the consolation draw at the ITA South Central Regional. After being upset in her opening round, Wu won four of the five in straight sets and only dropped one game in the final, defeating Luisa Moraes from UT Tyler, 6-0, 6-1. In 2024, Wu made the quarterfinals in singles and semifinals in doubles after making the finals in 2023 as a freshman.
•   The Rattlers return three Lone Star All-Conference performers from last season in Selina Wu (First-Team Singles, honorable mention doubles), Alessia Terlizzi (Second-Team Singles, honorable mention doubles), and Gia Posito (honorable mention singles and doubles). Bill Macom was named the 2024-25 Lone Star Women's Coach of the Year, while Wu won the league's sportsmanship award for StMU.
