THIS WEEK IN RATTLERS TENNIS
April 24 • at #26 UT Tyler • 10 a.m. • Summers Tennis Center
April 25 • at UT Dallas • 10:30 a.m. • UTD Tennis Complex
• The St. Mary's Women's Tennis team heads out on the road for the final week of the regular season to take on #26 UT Tyler on Friday at 10 a.m. and league newcomer UT Dallas on Saturday at 10:30 a.m.
• The Rattlers are currently in fifth place in the Lone Star Conference standings with the top six advancing to the conference championship at the Arlington Tennis Center.
• Junior Selina Wu is 9-1 in her last 10 singles matches and has won her last two matches against nationally-ranked opponents, defeating #74 Emilia Gyorgy from Midwestern State on Sunday. Wu is 17-3 this spring and 25-6 overall.
• Senior Alessia Terlizzi returned to the national singles rankings last week, and moved to No. 62 this week. Terlizzi was ranked No. 61 on March 4, but fell out of the rankings the following week. She and Gia Posito are also ranked No. 27 after reaching a season-high No. 24 on April 15.
• St. Mary's is 6-2 all-time against UT Tyler and a perfect 3-0 in Tyler, though the Patriots knocked the Rattlers out of the Lone Star Tournament a season ago. The Rattlers are 1-0 against UT Dallas, winning 6-1 in 2023 in the only meeting. This will be the second straight time the teams have met on the UT Dallas campus.
• Three Rattlers have reached the 20-win threshold for the season, as Selina Wu has 25 and both Gia Posito and Alessia Terlizzi won their 20th last week on the road. Wu is now three wins shy of reaching 20 wins in dual action.
• Selina Wu moved into sole possession of ninth on the St. Mary's career victories list, passing Felicity Delgado (2012-15). Wu is also now tied for 10th on the combined singles and doubles dual victories chart, knotting Gabi Ioannou (2020-23) with 83 combined wins.
• Senior Gia Posito is the only Rattler to have competed in all 21 doubles matches this spring, and she leads the club with a 15-6 dual record and is 24-7 overall. Alessia Terlizzi and Selina Wu have 18 doubles victories in 2025-26 and Wu is second in the spring with 13 wins.
• Senior Alessia Terlizzi was named the LSC Singles Tennis Player of the Week on March 18 , while Gia Posito and junior Selina Wu were named the Lone Star Conference doubles team of the week on Feb. 12.
