KINGSVILLE – Good Friday was indeed good for the Tarleton TexAnns, who won their 10th match of the season by knocking off Texas A&M-Kingsville on the road 6-3.
 
"We were able to pull out a tough win on the road today," said graduate assistant coach Suzi Alcaraz. "We started off a little bit slow in doubles, but when we got the chance to break and hold at the end of the set then we executed what we wanted. We weren't 100-percent healthy, but we fought through and were successful."
 
After Texas A&M-Kingsville took the first doubles match of the day, the TexAnns battled back with an 8-6 win from their No. 3 tandem of Tori Simmons and Alicia Barbaroux to even up the match. The doubles advantage came down to the No. 1 match and the region's No. 4-ranked tandem of Elena Preadca and Luiza Ferraro-Adas capped off an 8-5 victory to give Tarleton the edge heading into singles.
 
Tarleton clinched the win as Tori Simmons (6-3, 6-3), Alicia Barbaroux (6-3, 6-0), and Erika Johnston (6-2, 6-2) registered three of the first four singles matches to secure a match victory for Tarleton. After Kingsville took the No. 2 match, Ferraro-Adas rallied to a tiebreaker win with a 6-4, 2-6, 10-7 win to end the day and bring the match to its final score.
 
Ferraro-Adas' singles victory was the 38^th of her Tarleton career, which leads Tarleton's active players.
 
The complete results from the afternoon are as follows:
 
Doubles:
1. Elena Preadca/Luiza Ferraro-Adas (TSU) def. Valerie Ruiz/V. Romanovskaia (TAMUK) 8-5
2. Tabata Lua/Lisa Carvajal (TAMUK) def. Ashleigh Elward/Erika Johnston (TSU) 8-3
3. Tori Simmons/Alicia Barbaroux (TSU) def. Erika Larrea/Viviana Ortiz (TAMUK) 8-6
 
Singles:
1. Erika Johnston (TSU) def. Lisa Carvajal (TAMUK) 6-2, 6-2
2. V. Romanovskaia (TAMUK) def. Elena Preadca (TSU) 6-2, 6-4
3. Alicia Barbaroux (TSU) def. Valerie Ruiz (TAMUK) 6-3, 6-0
4. Julia Rauer (TAMUK) def. Ashleigh Elward (TSU) 6-1, 6-3
5. Luiza Ferraro-Adas (TSU) def. Stephanie Baerman (TAMUK) 6-4, 2-6, 10-7
6. Tori Simmons (TSU) def. Erika Larrea (TAMUK) 6-3, 6-3
 
Tarleton will return home Tuesday afternoon for the regular season finale in a south central region showdown with Dallas Baptist at 4 p.m.