THIS WEEK IN RATTLERS TENNIS
April 9 • at Lubbock Christian • 10 a.m. • Penny Gullo Tennis Center
April 10 • at UT Permian Basin • 12 p.m. • Bush Tennis Center
• The St. Mary's Women's Tennis team heads back out on the road for back-to-back matches, facing Lubbock Christian on Thursday at 10 a.m. and UT Permian Basin on Friday at Noon.
• The Rattlers are still in the hunt for the Lone Star Conference regular season title, sitting in a tie for third place with Midwestern State at 4-1. Angelo State and UT Tyler are both currently tied for first with 4-0 records.
• St. Mary's is 3-1 all-time against Lubbock Christian with a 1-1 record at the Penny Gullo Tennis Center, though the Lady Chaps won a 5-2 decision a year ago. The Rattlers are also 12-0 all-time against the Falcons, dating back to 2012.
• Senior Alessia Terlizzi pushed her winning streak to nine straight at number one singles with her wins last week against Texas A&M-Kingsville and #22 Angelo State. Terlizzi upset #24 Margaux Rene in straight sets on Monday to move to 5-0 in Lone Star Conference action.
• The doubles tandem of Gia Posito and Alessia Terlizzi is ranked 33rd in the nation in the ITA rankings as of April 1. The pair is 14-4 this season with a 8-3 record in duals after going 6-1 in the fall. The duo split matches last week against top-26 opponents, falling 6-4 to TAMUK before winning 6-4 against the #20 team from ASU.
• The next win in singles for both Gia Posito and Alessia Terlizzi will be the 20th of their season. Junior Selina Wu leads the team with 22 victories. Wu has won at least 20 matches in all three seasons with the Rattlers and is 74-29 in her career with a 40-14 mark in duals. Her next win will tie her for 10th on the career singles wins chart with Gabi Ioannou (2020-23).
• Senior Gia Posito is the only Rattler to have competed in all 18 doubles matches this spring, and she leads the club with a 14-4 dual record and is 23-5 overall. Alessia Terlizzi and Selina Wu have 18 doubles victories in 2025-26 and Wu is second in the spring with 12 wins.
• Senior Alessia Terlizzi was named the LSC Singles Tennis Player of the Week on March 18 after winning both matches at number 1, including a dominating 6-0, 6-2 win over Division I Lamar. It was the first weekly award of her career.
• Senior Gia Posito and junior Selina Wu were named the Lone Star Conference doubles team of the week on Feb. 12 after starting the season 5-0 in both singles and doubles. The pair knocked off the number one doubles team from Division I Eastern Washington 6-2, for the lone doubles win, and then won at No. 5 and No. 1, respectively.
