ORLANDO, Fla. (Tennis) – Texas A&M University-Kingsville (6-3, 1-0 LSC) won its second consecutive game over a nationally ranked opponent after defeating No. 28 Indiana University of Pennsylvania (5-2, 1-0 PSAC) 6-3.

After dropping the first doubles match scored (Rachel Wood and Raquel Gonazalez defeats Lisa Carvajal and Tabata Lua 8-3), Texas A&M-Kingsville tied the match with an 8-4 victory in flight No. 3 from Erika Larrea and Viviana Ortiz. Larrea and Ortiz won their fifth straight match while handing Sophie Butland and Katya Minchenkova their first loss of the season (4-1). However, the Crimson Hawks went into singles play with a 2-1 advantage after No. 15 Luise von Agris and Jarka Petercakova edged Valerie Ruiz and Victoria Romanovskaia in the first flight, 8-5.

The Javelinas nearly swept the singles matches to get the come-from-behind win.The Hogs took the first three matches, starting with Julia Rauer 6-3, 6-3 win over Wood in flight four and Larrea trampling Butland 6-1, 6-4 in No. 6 for the match lead. Regionally ranked Carvajal (17th in South Central Region) upset Petercakova (5th in Atlantic Region) 7-6, 6-3 in flight No. 1. IUP got its final win of the day from Minchenkova who defeated Ortiz in straight sets (6-3, 7-5; flight five), but a gritty three-set comeback effort by Ruiz over Gonzalez in the top flight (5-7, 6-2, 6-4) sealed the win for the Hogs. Although it had no bearing on the overall match result, Romanovskaia added insurance for TAMUK and captured her third win of the season over a nationally ranked opponent with a 7-5, 7-6 defeat verses No. 50 von Agris in flight No.2.

The Blue and Gold will resume play tomorrow at the Mitch Gornto Tennis Center with a dual match against Palm Beach Atlantic at 3 p.m. in West Palm Beach.

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