WICHITA FALLS, Texas – The Texas A&M-Kingsville women's team dropped a 9-0 decision Saturday to No. 19 Midwestern State in its Lone Star Conference opener.

The Javelinas are now 1-6 on the season, while the Mustangs are 8-0. The Javelinas play three matches next weekend. They travel to Austin to face St. Edward's and Northeastern State. On Sunday, they host Cameron at Bishop High School. All three programs are ranked in the top 50 in the nation.

On Saturday, the Javelinas were shutout out in two of three doubles matches. At No. 1 doubles, the tandem of Marija Dimitrovska and Mariaxi Herrera fell 8-3 to Kayla Casey and Taylor Coffman.

In singles, Herrera went three sets in a battle of top seeds against Casey. She won the opening set 6-4, but dropped the second set by the same score. The third-set tiebreaker finished 10-6. Dimitrovska lost 6-0, 6-3 at No. 2 singles, while Tabata Lua fell 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3 singles. In the other three singles' matches the Javelinas did not win a game.

Midwestern State, 8, Texas A&M-Kingsville 0
Singles
No. 1 – Kayla Casey (MSU) def. Mariaxi Herrera (TAMUK) 4-6, 6-4, 10-6
No. 2 – Amy Clifton (MSU) def. Marija Dimitrovska (TAMUK) 6-0, 6-3
No. 3 – Lauren Pineda (MSU) def. Tabata Lua (TAMUK) 6-1, 6-1
No. 4 – Taylor Coffman (MSU) def. Elani Anastova (TAMUK) 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 – Courtney Anderson (MSU) def. Alexandra Carrillo (TAMUK) 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 – Madeline Schorlemmer (MSU) def. Ashlea Rosenbaum (TAMU) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
No. 1 – Casey/Coffman (MSU) def. Dimitrovska/Herrera (TAMUK) 8-3
No. 2 – Clifton/Anderson (MSU) def. Lua/Rosenbaum (TAMUK) 8-0
No. 3 – Pineda/ Schorlemmer (MSU) def. Carrillo/ Anastova (TAMUK) 8-0