Women's Tennis | 3/8/2015 3:40:00 PM
MIDLAND, Texas – The St. Edward's Women's Tennis team picked up two victories Saturday afternoon at the Bush Tennis Center. They defeated UT-Permian Basin, 6-3 in Heartland Conference action. After moving up Sunday's match versus Western New Mexico to Saturday evening, the Hilltoppers defeated the Mustangs, 7-2.
St. Edwards (7-1) started their first match strong with three-straight victories in the doubles section.
BROOKE HUGHES and Sasha Khadzyhan knocked off Bolsanova and Villalobos by a score of 8-2 at No. 1 doubles. Fran Chaher and
IVANA ZECEVIC kept the momentum rolling with an 8-2 victory at No. 2 doubles as they defeated Baltazar and Koldampf.
MARISSA WILLIAMS and
RAFAELA HAEGELE battled tooth and nail with the No. 3 pairing of Green and Maytubby, The duo trailed 6-0, but rallied to finish them off 9-7.
St. Edwards would secure the match as they picked up three victories in the first three singles spots. Khadzyhan defeated Bolsanova by scores of 6-1, 3-0 at the No.1 spot. Coupled with her doubles victory, Khadzhyan moved to a perfect 14-0 combined. Haegele would take down Green at the No. 2 spot 6-2, 7-5 just before Zecevic won her match at No. 3 over Maytubby 6-3 and 6-2.
The Falcons would capture the final three singles matches as Villalobos took down Chaher 6-2 and 6-0 at the No. 4 spot. Chavez would knock off
SUMMER BIGGS by the score of 4-6, 6-4 and 11-9 in a well-fought No. 5 match. Lastly, the No. 6 match went to the Falcons as well as Koldampf would defeat
VANESSA CAMARA 6-3, 7-5.
Against Western New Mexico, the Hilltoppers started strong in doubles again, winning all three matches. St. Edward's would take four of the six singles matches, which included
VANESSA CAMARA, who got her second win of the season, defeating Newell, 0-6, 7-5, 10-8.
"I was really happy with how the team played today," head coach Kendall Brooks said. "We played an improved UTPB team and got a huge advantage going up 3-0 after doubles, but we struggled in some singles matches. We quickly turned around to face Western New Mexico. The girls responded really well, and had great energy. We played much better in singles play against a quality regional opponent. We are really carrying some momentum and confidence heading into our tough Spring Break road trip."
With the two victories, St. Edward's has now rattled off seven straight wins. The Hilltoppers will take the week off before heading to Florida for three matches during Spring Break. They will face #32 Palm Beach Atlantic, #10 Nova Southeastern, and #2 Barry.
