Women's Tennis | 3/27/2015 11:52:00 PM

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The 36 St. Edward's Women's Tennis team suffered a tough loss to 13 St. Mary's Friday afternoon by a score of 9-0 at the Rohrbach Tennis Courts.
 
The doubles portion of the match saw BROOKE HUGHES and SASHA KHADZHYAN drop the No. 1 doubles match to Mariana Rong and Cristina Lopez by a score of 8-2. At No. 2 doubles, IVANA ZECEVIC and FRANCESCA CHAHER lost to the team of Jamie Lee Denton and Kaylin Kruseman, 8-4. RAFAELA HAEGELE and MARISSA WILLIAMS did what they could to secure a point at No. 3 doubles, but the team of Kerry Wiegand and Felicity Delgado were too much to handle and they won 8-5.

St. Edward's (7-5, 1-1 HC) did its best to regroup in the singles portion of the match, but the Rattlers came out on fire. Khadzhyan lost her No. 1 singles match to Mariana Rong by scores of 6-2, 6-3. Haegele gave Lopez a tough match at No. 2 singles, but she ultimately fell 7-5, 6-3. At No. 3 singles, Zecevic  dropped her match again Denton 6-4, 6-0, and Chaher was defeated by Kruseman, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 4 singles. SUMMER BIGGS battled Tyra Timm at the No. 5 spot, but was dispatched 6-2, 6-2. VANESSA CAMARA won the first set of No. 6 singles by a score of 6-3, but Wiegand would return the favor to win the second set, 6-3. Weigand would find just enough to slip by Camara in the tiebreaker, giving the Rattlers a 9-0 sweep to complete the match.
 
Head Coach Kendall Brooks summarized her feelings toward the match by stating, "Today's match was definitely disappointing. We weren't able to get anything going and they didn't give us anything for free. They were the better team today for sure." However, she implored that her team to put the effort behind them, "We have to forget about today and get ready for tomorrow's match, and the rest of conference play."
 
St. Edward's will host Our Lady of the Lake Saturday afternoon at 10:00 a.m. The Hilltoppers will honor their seniors BROOKE HUGHES, Sasha Khadzyhan, SUMMER BIGGS, FRANCESCA CHAHER and RAFAELA HAEGELE for their accomplishment during their career on the Hilltop. Live stats will be available via the St. Edward's Athletic Website.