PLANO – Tarleton Tennis sent four players to the Collin County Open this weekend for the final fall tune up of 2016.
 
"It was a good tournament for us to get some matches in," said head coach Lance Drake. "We have plenty of things to improve on to make us contenders in the spring."
 
Freshmen Alicia Barbaroux and Tori Simmons continued their fall test of collegiate tennis as the only TexAnns to compete in singles play on the weekend – each earning a quality win in their opening match. Barbaroux knocked off Seminole's Victoria Seifert 6-3, 7-6 while Simmons handled Schroeder's Camilla Anguiano 6-1, 6-0.
 
The duo dropped their second singles matches of the tournament – Simmons 4-6, 4-6 to Samantha Conquios of Southeastern Oklahoma and Barbaroux 3-6, 5-7 to Arkansas Tech's top-seeded singles player, Marcena Acosta.
 
In doubles play, the Tarleton twosome of Barbaroux and Simmons continued to find success in doubles as they won their seventh consecutive doubles match of the fall with an 8-5 win over Brittany Bennett and Gilbert Alex of Collin County before falling Saturday afternoon 2-8 to Seminole.
 
Meanwhile, the doubles tandem of Shelby Fillingame and Ashleigh Elward won each of their first two doubles matches of the weekend – 8-1 over North Central Texas College and 8-5 against the University of the Southwest – before falling in the semifinals to Newman 8-4.
 
The TexAnns will open the spring schedule in February.