Box Score SAN ANGELO -- In a see-saw affair at ASU Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon, Angelo State pulled out a 4-3 victory over No. 24-ranked Midwestern State, which fell to 9-5 overall and 1-1 in the Lone Star Conference.
The dual match was decided at No. 5 singles, where Jasmine Crain had won four of her last five matches for the Mustangs and was coming off a 6-0, 6-2 victory at Texas A&M-Kingsville on Friday.
Crain won the first set against Sasa Felixova, but the Rambelle rallied for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 victory as No. 31-ranked Angelo State improved to 16-0 overall and 3-0 in the LSC.
Crain and Camila Garcia improved to 14-0 at No. 2 doubles with a 6-3 win over Danai Amangazhiyeva and Vasilis Kupriianova.
Hattie Berend and Alessia Dolce rallied past Felixova and Anna Wache at No. 3 doubles, 7-5, to give the Mustangs the doubles' point and a 1-0 lead. Berend and Dolce are 6-0 as a pairing this season.
Wache defeated Berend in singles, 6-3, 6-2, and the victory pulled the Rambelles even with MSU, 1-1. Berend fell to 3-4 at No. 6 singles for the Mustangs.
Kupriianova was able to handle Gyorgy at No. 2 singles and earned the point for Angelo State with a 7-5, 6-0 victory, snapping a six-match winning streak for Gyorgy, who fell to 9-5 in singles.
Emilia Gyorgy and Selin Sepken were upended at No. 1 doubles, 6-0, by Benedetta Raggiotti and Margaux Rene. Sepken and Gyorgy lost their third doubles match in four outings, and their record dropped to 9-5.
Sepken defeated Rene at No. 1 singles, 7-5, 6-2, and the Mustangs drew even with the Rambelles in the dual match, 2-2. Sepken, ranked No. 6 in the nation, earned her fifth consecutive win in singles, and she is 10-1 in the No. 1 position for the Mustangs.
Garcia won her fifth straight singles match without losing a set by defeating Amangazhiyeva, 7-5, 6-3. Garcia is 11-2 in singles and is 25-2 in singles and doubles combined this spring. Her victory gave MSU a 3-2 lead.
Raggiotti earned the tying point for the Rambelles by posting a straight-set win over Dolce, 6-3, 7-5. Dolce is 6-6 in singles overall and 3-3 at No. 4 singles.
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