SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas State women's tennis fell 1-4 to UTSA on Saturday and moved to 1-2 on the season.  
 
"We knew this was going to be a tough match," said Texas State women's tennis head coach Kendall Brooks. "I was excited to clinch the doubles point, but unfortunately we didn't keep that momentum going into singles. Started a bit flat, and although we competed hard it just wasn't enough today. Learned some good lessons and it was good to be pushed like this early in the season. We will get back to work next week before heading on the road again."
 
Texas State (1-2, 0-0 Sun Belt) at UTSA (5-0, 0-0 AAC) | 2 p.m. | UTSA Tennis Center
The Bobcats got up to an early 1-0 lead after securing the doubles point to begin the match.

The first doubles win came from UTSA on court No. 2 when they defeated the Texas State pair of Tadiwa Mauchi and Ireland Simme 6-0. However, the Bobcats battled back and evened the doubles portion at 1-1 after Sofia Fortuno and Maria Lora won their match on the first court 6-4.

The doubles point came down to the match on court three between TXST's Callie Creath and Kiana Graham and UTSA's Arina Babenko and Aoka Nagasawa. The back-and-forth match was tied at 6-6 when Creath and Graham won the match 7-6 (5), clinching the doubles point for the Bobcats.

The duo of Graham and Creath remained undefeated and moved to 2-0 on the season.

In singles play, UTSA got off to a hot start and did not look back. The Roadrunners' first singles point came on court two when Ekua Youri defeated Callie Creath 6-2, 6-3.
The Bobcats fell behind 2-1 after Sofia Fortuno dropped her match on court three 2-6, 2-6 to UTSA's Vittoria Baccino.

Kiana Graham suffered her first singles loss of the season against Letizia Corsini on court one. Graham fell 2-6, 0-6, which gave the Roadrunners a 3-1 lead.

The match-clinching point came from UTSA's Arina Babenko on court five. Emily Niers was the Bobcat featured in that match, and despite putting up a fight in the first set that ended 6(3)-7, Niers dropped the second set 2-6, and UTSA secured the match.

The matches on courts four and six, which featured Texas State's Tadiwa Mauchi (court four) and Ireland Simme (court six), both went unfinished. Both Mauchi and Simme were in their third set when the match was called.

Texas State women's tennis heads back on the road next week and will take on South Florida on Jan. 31 and Florida A&M on Feb. 1. Both of the Bobcats' matches will take place in Tampa, Florida.

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