SAN ANTONIO – The No. 20 Tarleton TexAnn tennis team picked up a pair of non-conference wins on Friday against Incarnate Word and St. Mary's in San Antonio. The TexAnns defeated the No. 24 Cardinals 6-3 before downing the Lady Rattlers 6-0.
“These were a couple of important regional wins for us,” Tarleton head tennis coach Lance Drake said. “We showed some good fight today, battling through sickness and injuries. I am very proud of their effort.”
The TexAnns picked up a pair of doubles matches victories against UIW with Mariana Freitas and Rocio Cabanillas coming away with an 8-5 win over Adriana Hernandez and Sarah Rodriguez. Carole Julen and Adriana Jaskova came out on top 8-3 over Gretchen Trautmann and Karen Rodriguez.
Over in singles play, Jaskova picked up a win over Hernandez (6-2, 6-3) in No. 1 singles while Cabanillas won her match against Trautmann (7-5, 7-6) in Singles No. 3 play. Julen defeated Alex Adams (1-6, 6-0, 6-2) in Singles No. 5 and Evgeniya Prokofeva came away victorious against K. Rodriguez (6-0, 6-2) in Singles No. 6.
The TexAnns won all three doubles matches against SMU. Freitas and Cabanillas downed Cimen Soy and Vanessa Scholles 8-1, Jade Charlot and Prokofeva defeated Kelly Cooper and Erica Carmona 8-3, while Jaskova and Julen defeated M. Riddle and Ashley Hernandez.
Charlot (6-1, 6-0 over Camona), Julen (6-2, 6-1 over MeJing Ang) and Prokofeva (6-0, 6-1 over Hernandez) each won their respective singles matches and the others went unfinished as Tarleton had already won the match 6-0.
The TexAnns improved to 5-3 in the spring season and will now take a few weeks off before returning to the court. Tarleton will next face Temple College on March 2 in Temple.
Tarleton 6, UIW 3
DOUBLES
1) Manana Freitas-Rocio Cabanillas, TSU, d. Adriana Hernandez-Sarah Rodriguez, UIW, 8-5
2) Erica Engberg-Alex Adams, UIW, d. Eugeniya Prokofeva-Jade Chailot, TSU, 8-5
3) Carole Julen-Adriana Jaskova, TSU, d. Gretchen Trautmann-Karen Rodriguez, UIW, 8-3
SINGLES
1) Jaskova, TSU, d. Hernandez, UIW, 6-2, 6-3
2) S. Rodriguez, UIW, d. Freitas, TSU, 7-6, 6-2
3) Cabanillas, TSU, d. Trautmann, UIW, 7-5, 7-6
4) Engberg, UIW, d. Chailot, TSU, 7-6, 4-6, 10-8
5) Julen, TSU, d. Adams, UIW, 1-6, 6-0, 6-2
6) Prokofeva, TSU, d. K. Rodriguez, UIW, 6-0, 6-2
Tarleton 6, SMU 0
