ORLANDO, FL - The Angelo State women's tennis team defeated No. 7 Nebraska-Kearney 4-3 Sunday afternoon at the USTA National Campus.
 
The Rambelles improve 11-0 to start the season extending their program record. 
 
Ivet Stancheva and Jessica Li would start off the match defeating Fabiana Gamboa and Clare Plachy 6-4. Margaux Rene and Benedetta Raggiotti would defeat Alexis Bernthal and Masha Hatouka 6-3 to earn their first ranked win as a doubles pairing and to clinch the doubles point for the Rambelles to give them an early 1-0 advantage.
 
Alexis Bernthal defeated Benedetta Raggiotti 6-3, 6-1 to tie the match at 1-1.
 
Jessica Li defeated the No. 74 ranked singles player Tanya Midzi 6-3, 6-4 to earn her first ranked win of the season and giving the Rambelles an 2-1 advantage.
 
Margaux Rene fell to the No. 39 ranked singles player Narindra Ranaivo 6-4, 6-1 tying the match 2-2
 
Eva Schwartz would fall to the No. 9 ranked singles player Fabiana Gamboa 7-5, 6-1 to give the Lopers an 3-2 advantage. 
 
Ivet Stancheva would get back on track defeating Care Plachy 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 to tie the match 3-3. 
 
With the match online the senior leader Avery Durham defeated Masha Hatouka 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 in a three-set thriller to pull off the upset win. 
 
Angelo State 4, Nebraska-Kearney 3
Doubles
Avery Durham / Eva Schwartz (ASU) DNF. Narindra Ranaivo / Tanya Midzi (UNK) 5-3 
Benedetta Raggiotti / Margaux Rene (ASU) Def. Alexis Bernthal / Masha Hatouka (UNK) 6-3
Jessica Li / Ivet Stancheva (ASU) Def. Fabina Gamboa / Clare Plachy (UNK) 6-4 
Order of Finish: 3-2
 
Singles
Fabina Gamboa (UNK) Def. Eva Schwartz (ASU) 7-5, 6-1 
Narindra Ranaivo (UNK) Def. Margaux Rene (ASU) 6-4, 6-1 
Jessica Li (ASU) Def. Tayna Midzi (UNK) 6-3, 6-4
Alexis Bernthal (UNK) Def. Benedetta Raggiotti (ASU) 6-3, 6-1 
Avery Durham (ASU) Def. Masha Hatouka (UNK) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 
Ivet Stancheva (ASU) Def. Clare Plachy (UNK) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 
Order of Finish: 4,2,3,1,6,5
 
The Belles play tomorrow at 11 a.m. against Lewis.