THIS WEEK IN RATTLERS TENNIS
March 25 • at Sul Ross State • 2 p.m. • SRSU Tennis Courts
March 27 & 28 • at Western New Mexico • 1 p.m. • WNMU Tennis Courts
• The St. Mary's Men's Tennis team starts a stretch of five-straight matches on the road with Sul Ross State on Wednesday at 2 p.m. The Rattlers will then face Western New Mexico on both Friday and Saturday at 1 p.m.
• St. Mary's is 2-0 all-time against Sul Ross State, shutting out the Lobos in each of the first two meetings in the last two years. The Rattlers are also 10-1 all-time against Western New Mexico and have won nine straight, including a 6-1 decision a season ago.
• The Rattlers are looking to snap a two-match losing streak, the first of the season, in Alpine on Wednesday, after falling in the Lone Star Conference opener 5-2 to then-#37 Cameron. Leonardo Fabbri and Aaron Ben Anton won the points for the Gold & Blue, winning at lines two and five, respectively. Lucas Castillo Sanchez and Victor Velter also won at number three doubles.
• Sophomore Lucas Castillo Sanchez was named the Lone Star Conference Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks. Castillo Sanchez is 17-5 overall and 9-2 in duals this spring. He has a perfect 6-0 record at number two singles and is 3-2 at number one.
• The 9-1 start to the season for the Rattlers tied the best 10-game start in school history, matching the start of the 2021-22 team that began 11-1 and finished 17-7 with an appearance in the NCAA South Central Regional.
• The freshmen Diego Alvarez and Nikita Gavrilonoks lead with two team victory clinching wins this season. Five others have clinched the team win once.
• Freshman Nikita Gavrilonoks is 8-1 in doubles matches this spring, leading the team in doubles. He has been paired with Lincoln Baldonado (3-0), Ollie Eriksson (2-0), and Florian Smalto (3-1).
• At the conclusion of the first semester, St. Mary's had nine student-athletes named to the Lone Star Commissioner's Honor Roll, with Lincoln Baldonado, Bernhard Hauer, and Louis Hein all earning a perfect 4.00 GPA. Diego Alvarez, Aaron Ben Anton, Lucas Castillo Sanchez, Leonardo Fabbri, Nikita Gavrilonoks, and Evin Walsh all sported at least a 3.30 GPA for the fall semester.
