STEPHENVILLE, Texas – The Texans kept things rolling on Saturday with no end in sight, facing one of their toughest opponents yet and still emerging victorious.
 
Tarleton State (9-1) remained perfect at home (5-0) with a 4-3 victory over UTSA (9-5), who was ranked as high as No. 62 just two weeks ago in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITF) NCAA Division I Women's Rankings. Last week the Roadrunners were No. 70.
 
The Texans will now have gone at least a full calendar year without losing in Stephenville, as they next play on March 19, and they last lost at home on March 19, 2023. This is the second straight season Tarleton has upended UTSA, as they also won 4-3 last year in San Antonio.
 
The Texans remain atop the Western Athletic Conference in winning percentage (.900) and they have the fewest amount of losses (one). This marked their third straight victory.
 
"What a match!" said head coach Elianne Douglas-Miron. "We knew this match would be tough and talked about how it would take everyone showing up for us to win. We took care of doubles and that momentum helped us start strong in singles. Noelia came out on fire and kept her energy up her whole match to get us a singles point quickly. Martha and Elsa played at an elite level today. They competed hard and I'm proud of them leading our team to victory."
 
Tarleton State had to make a solid comeback in the doubles point to take it, which proved to be the difference on Saturday afternoon. All three pairs trailed midway through, but two duos emerged victorious in back-to-back fashion to clinch. UTSA's Ekua Youri and Magda Tuells first defeated Elsa Boisson and Clara Sobius 6-2 on Court 2. Then Tarleton's Noelia Lorca and Emma Persson came back to win 6-4 over Aleksandra Zlatarova and Vittoria Baccino on Court 3. The Texan duo of Martha Makantasi and Maretha Burger followed with a 6-4 win over Fatima Gutierrez and Cassie McLay to clinch the doubles point.
 
Tarleton and UTSA split the six singles matches, which is all the Texans needed to take the team victory.
 
First, Makantasi made it 2-0 Texans with a 6-3 6-1 win on Court 3 over Baccino. Makantasi improved to 9-1 in singles with the victory, all between Nos. 2-3.
 
UTSA got on the board next on the top court, as Gutierrez defeated Persson 6-1 6-3.
 
Lorca boosted Tarleton to a 3-1 team lead as she remained perfect in singles play, now 10-0, with her 6-1 6-3 win over McLay on No. 4.
 
UTSA's Youri beat Sobius 6-3 6-4 on Court 5 to make it a 3-2 Texan lead.
 
Boisson clinched the team victory for Tarleton on Court 2, as she took down Zlatarova 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2. Boisson has won six of her last seven singles matches, improving to 7-3 on the year.
 
The Roadrunners took the final singles match to make it 4-3 overall, as Eva Beyebach beat Adeliya Mukhutdinova on Court 6.
 
The Texans will wrap up their three-match homestand on March 19 against North Texas. First serve is slated for 3 p.m.