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THE RUNDOWN
SAN ANTONIO, Texas –The historic season for the 22^nd-ranked St. Edward's women's team (22-5) came to a close Saturday after No. 6 St. Mary's (19-3) punched its ticket to the NCAA Sweet 16 with a 5-1 victory at Rohrbach Stadium Tennis Complex.
 
The Hilltoppers end the season with 22 wins, setting a new single-season record and began with the year with a 17-0 record. ELISA GUILLEN set a new record with 29 singles victories on a single-season as well as BETH HAYWARD, PAOLA CARPIO, and LAURA GALVAN who all won 27 doubles matches this year.

 

St. Mary's took doubles flights three and one to open the match with a 2-0 lead, however LAURA GALVAN/ELISA GUILLEN fought hard to get the Hilltoppers on the scoreboard and upset No. 35 Paulina Torres/Rani Goodland, 9-8 to enter singles down 2-1.  Unfortunanly, the Rattlers pulled away in singles with Paulina Torres defeating VALENTINA MARTINEZ, 6-2, 6-2, No. 13 Kaylin Kruseman topped No. 67 BETH HAYWARD, 6-0, 6-3, and Ally Maciel clinched with the 6-4, 6-3 win over PAOLA CARPIO.
 
HIGHLIGHTS
• LAURA GALVAN logged her 69^th career doubles win and 27^th of the season.
• ELISA GUILLEN recorded her 55^th career doubles win and 25^th of the season.
• St. Edward's is 0-2 vs. St. Mary's in the NCAA Tournament.

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Kendall Brooks on the team's historic 2018 season…
"We definitely gave it our best shot. It hurts now mainly because it's over, but these girls have so much to be proud of. We've had an incredible run and accomplished so much this season- including putting our program on the map and breaking more records than I can count. Witnessing them improving and building more and more confidence, pulling out big time wins, supporting each other was an incredible experience as a coach. It makes me believe that we are doing things right and headed in the right direction. I think this group has even more to give and we will focus on the positives, celebrate, and look ahead to next year."

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