THE RUNDOWN
SAN ANTONIO – The 11th-ranked MSU Texas women's tennis team faltered in the season-opener on the road against eighth-ranked St. Mary's, 7-2, on Saturday afternoon at Rohrbach Stadium in San Antonio.
 
Midwestern State got off to a slow start in doubles, dropping the first two matches before getting on the board. The MSU duo of Anna Claire Gerletti and Emilija Segetlija slipped up, 8-1, to Alex Corder and Ally Maciel at the No. 3 line. The Mustang's fifth-ranked pair of Maddy Coffman and Bianca Duff pushed ninth-ranked Kaylin Kruseman and Tyra Timm to the limit before faltering late, 9-7, at No. 1 doubles.
 
The tandem of Greta Lazzarotto and Ashley Ramirez recorded the first win of the season for the Maroon and Gold, downing Paulina Torres and Rani Goodland, 8-6, at the No. 2 line to cut the deficit in half, 2-1.
 
Any hopes Midwestern State had of coming back in singles were quickly thwarted as St. Mary's won four-of-six first sets and took the first five singles matches.
 
The Rattlers' Corder defeated sophomore Anna Claire Gerletti, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 5 to move the score to 3-1 before junior Greta Lazzarotto was bested by Maciel, 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3. St. Mary's clinched the match when Isabelle Bergman knocked off sophomore Emilija Segetlija, 6-4, 6-3 at the No. 6 spot to put the Rattlers up 5-1.
 
MSU junior Maddy Coffman was unable to force a third set, dropping a tiebreaker, 6-3, 7-6 (4) to 48th-ranked Kruseman at the No. 1 line. Sophomore Ashley Ramirez earned a first-set win over Goodland at No. 4, but was unable to close out the match, falling in three, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1.
 
Sophomore Bianca Duff claimed the first singles win for Midwestern State, taking a narrow three-set win over Timm at No. 2, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5

BOX SCORE
#8 St. Mary's (6-0) def. #11 Midwestern State (0-1) 7-2
Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018 | 10 a.m.
San Antonio, Texas
Rohrbach Stadium
 
Doubles
No. 1 – #9 Kaylin Kruseman/Tyra Timm (StMU) def. #5 Maddy Coffman/Bianca Duff (MSU) 9-7
No. 2 – Greta Lazzarotto/Ashley Ramirez (MSU) def. Paulina Torres/Rani Goodland (StMU) 8-5
No. 3 – Alex Corder/Ally Maciel (StMU) def. Anna Claire Gerletti/Emilija Segetlija (MSU) 8-1
 
Singles
No. 1 – #48 Kaylin Kruseman (StMU) def. Maddy Coffman (MSU) 6-3, 7-6 (4)
No. 2 – Bianca Duff (MSU) def. Tyra Timm (StMU) 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
No. 3 – Ally Maciel (StMU) def. Greta Lazzarotto (MSU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 – Rani Goodland (StMU) def. Ashley Ramirez (MSU) 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 – Alex Corder (StMU) def. Anna Claire Gerletti (MSU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 6 – Isabelle Bergman (StMU) def. Emilija Segetlija (MSU) 6-4, 6-3
 
Order of finish: Doubles (3, 1, 2); Singles (5, 3, 6, 1, 4, 2)

UP NEXT
Midwestern State is back in action on Monday, Feb. 26 at Texas A&M-Kingsville. First serve is set for 1 p.m.