SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Phonephathep Philavong and Valerie Ruiz each contributed to doubles victories and also went on to win their singles matches as the Texas A&M-Kingsville women's tennis team battled their way to a narrow, 5-4, victory over No. 13 Central Oklahoma on Saturday afternoon in San Antonio, Texas at the Rohrbach Stadium Tennis Complex.

This makes consecutive wins for the Javelinas to up their record to 2-3. Central Oklahoma now owns a mark of 0-1.

The afternoon started with Ruiz and Victoria Romanovskaia teaming up to drop Central Oklahoma's tandem of Kirtana Bhat and Laetitia Charbonnet, 8-2. Stephanie Baerman and Laura Montalvo were defeated in their match, but Philavong and Viviana Ortiz grabbed another doubles point for the Javelinas with an 8-4 victory, putting TAMUK into the singles bracket ahead, 2-1.

The Bronchos stole the lead at the start of singles play, picking up wins as Charbonnet bested Julia Rauer 6-1, 6-4 and Baerman took a straight sets defeat to Sarah van Eeckhoudt, 6-4, 6-3. Central Oklahoma then moved in front 4-2 when Alli Hodges snuck past Romanovskaia, 7-5, 6-2.

Needing to win all three of the remaining contests to take the match, the Javelinas did just that. First, Montalvo bounced back after dropping the first set to Paola Landin and brushed her opponent aside to collect the next two, emerging victorious, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. Next, Philavong outfought Bhat for a close win in a match that went to a decisive third set, but the native of Laos triumphed, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4. The point that won the match was secured by Ruiz. She took set No. 1 without much trouble, but had grind out the second set before earning the win, 6-2, 7-6.

The next match on TAMUK's schedule is a make up date with Prairie View A&M on Thursday at the Javelina Tennis Courts. Receive content for Texas A&M-Kingsville tennis by following @JavelinaTennis on Twitter and Instagram, liking the official Facebook page of Javelina Athletics (/JavelinaSports), and subscribing to the JavelinaAthletics YouTube channel.