SAN MARCOS, Texas– Texas State women's tennis wrapped up the River State Shoot-Out Sunday at the Bobcat Tennis Complex after a rainy and unpredictable weekend of competition.
The Bobcats finished the three-day event with a 21-13 overall record, including a 14-8 mark in singles and a 7-5 record in doubles. The Bobcats' 21 victories were the most of any team in the tournament. Texas State showcased several strong individual performances throughout the weekend, including three players who finished undefeated in singles. Texas State competed alongside Northwestern State, UTSA, New Mexico State and Troy.
Head coach Kendall Brooks was pleased with her team's performance and the progress it showed throughout the weekend.
"I thought this weekend was a really good representation of the work the girls have put in thus far and the grit this team has as a group," said Brooks. "We had several players undefeated on the weekend, doubles looked much improved and we came up with some hard-fought wins which is exciting to see this early in the year. All of this and the tightness of this group will serve us well going forward."
Doubles
Tadiwa Mauchi and Olivia Collins opened the weekend with a 6-3 victory over New Mexico State's Whitney Moon and Meghna Anand before earning a 7-5 win over Troy's Hiba Heni and Leena Metwally. The duo finished 2-1 in doubles play after falling to NMSU's Nadia Nemeth and Adi Bitton, 6-4.
Charlotte Roesch and Kim Kuehbauer also posted a 2-1 record, earning wins over NMSU's Anna Klimova and Emma Petton, 6-3, and Moon and Anand, 6-2. The duo fell to Troy's Lamiss Haouas and Emilia Namyslo, 6-3.
Kinley VanPelt and Avery Arant opened doubles play with a 6-3 loss to Nemeth and Bitton before responding with consecutive victories. The pair defeated NSU's Martina Acebedo Bonocore and Zala Vnuk, 6-1, and Troy's Alexia Zarate and Kenzy Sherif Elhamrawy, 6-4, to finish 2-1.
Juliette Jalai and Julia Richardet earned a 6-3 victory over NSU's Nico Tamagi and Mariella Gelbke. The pair also dropped matches to Acebedo Bonocore and Vnuk, 6-3, and Zarate and Sherif Elhamrawy, 6-4.
Singles
The Bobcats finished singles play with a 14-8 record, highlighted by three players who posted undefeated marks.
Kuehbauer earned victories over NMSU's Adi Bitton, 6-4, 6-1; UTSA's Akari Tomoyose, 6-3, 6-2; and Troy's Alexia Zarate, 6-2, 7-6 (4).
VanPelt posted three victories, defeating NMSU's Emma Petton, 6-3, 2-6, 10-7; NSU's Acebedo, 7-6 (3), 1-0, ret. (injury); and Troy's Sama Hindawy, 6-3, 6-1.
Arant also recorded three singles victories, defeating NMSU's Nadia Nemeth, 6-3, 5-7, 10-5; NMSU's Mariella Gelbke, 6-2, 6-1; and Troy's Emilia Namyslo, 3-6, 6-4, 10-4.
Roesch finished with two wins, defeating NMSU's Anna Klimova, 6-2, 7-5, and UTSA's Giuliana Giardina, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 10-5. She also fell to Troy's Haouas, 6-4, 6-4.
Mauchi split her singles matches, defeating Troy's Metwally, 7-5, 6-4, while falling to NMSU's Moon, 3-6, 6-0, 10-7, and UTSA's Laia Tarazona, 6-2, 7-6 (2).
Collins earned victories over UTSA's Gabriela Silva, 6-3, 6-4, and Troy's Sherif Elhamrawy, 4-6, 6-4, 10-3, while falling to NMSU's Anand, 6-4, 6-1.
Jalai picked up a 6-3, 3-6, 10-8 victory over NMSU's Gelbke. She also fell to NSU's Nico Tagami, 6-3, 3-6, 10-8, and NMSU's Emma Petton, 2-6, 6-4, 11-9.
Richardet earned a 6-2, 7-6 (4) victory over Tagami but fell to NSU's Vnuk, 6-2, 7-6 (5).
The Bobcats will have a quick turnaround, traveling to Waco, Texas, to compete in the ITA Texas Regional Championships beginning Thursday, Oct. 8.
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