LAWTON, Okla. – Tarleton State bowed out of the Lone Star Conference Championship Tournament in the semifinal round Friday afternoon with a 5-0 loss to No. 14 Midwestern State.
 
The TexAnns were forced to play from behind after dropping all three doubles matches to begin the tournament. Tarleton fell 8-1, 8-0 in the top two matches before an 8-2 finish in the No. 3 meeting sent the TexAnns into singles play looking to rally.
 
"The scores weren't indicative of it, but the doubles matches were actually pretty good," said head coach Lance Drake. "The No. 2 and 3 matches were good doubles matches, but we just couldn't get the final point to fall our way."
 
Gabriella Jansson and Ariadna Cabezas-Marti fell in the No. 5 and 6 matches by scores of 6-0, 6-1 and 6-1, 6-0 while the top four matches were left unfinished after Midwestern State clinched the match.
 
Erika Richarme had taken the first set off the No. 34-ranked player in the nation, Kayla Casey, 6-2 in the No. 1 match before it was cut short.
 
"The first four singles matches were shaping up to be great battles before they got cut short. I would have liked to see how they would have played out," said Drake. "We battled but we lost to a better team today.
 
"Overall, we were very young and very inexperienced. We grew throughout the year and we'll use this and build on it for next year."
 
Tarleton wraps up the season with a 6-9 record, but will return all six competitors for next season after competing this season with three sophomores and three freshmen.