SAN ANGELO, Texas - The Angelo State women's tennis team starts its month-long road as trip as they travel to Arlington, Texas, and Plano, Texas to take on Texas Wesleyan and Southern Arkansas.
 
After defeating Weatherford College 6-1, the Rambelles sit 1-0 early in the season.
 
Match 2
Angelo State vs Texas Wesleyan 
Saturday, Feb. 7th, 2026 - 11:00 a.m.
Arlington, Texas 
 
Match 3 
Angelo State vs Southern Arkansas 
Sunday, Feb. 8th, 2026 - 11:00 a.m.
Plano, Texas 
 
Head Coach Jason Potthoff looks to start his fourth spring season strong after a 15-7 record last year. 
 
The Belles return of the top-ranked players in the nation. Sophomore Margaux Rene from Soisy-Sur-Siene, France is currently ranked seventh in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association preseason poll. 
 
Rene is coming off a season in which she won Freshman of the Year in the Lone Star Conference after recording a 17-5 record, the best on the team.
 
The new doubles pairing of Sasa Felixova and Rene is ranked 22nd in the ITA Tennis Association rankings. 
 
The Belles returned two players from last year's roster, Sophomores Benedetta Raggiotti and Margaux Rene Raggiotti was 14-7 in singles play last year. 
 
The Belles bring five freshmen and one sophomore into the fold: Danaiya Amangazhiyeva from Almaty, Kazakhstan, Jade Bestagno from Sainte Maxime, France, Sasa Felixova from Sala, Slovakia, Anastasiia Melnikova from Moscow, Russia, Anna Waché from Paris, France, and Vasilissa Kupriianova, from Ryazan, Russia, a North Georgia Transfer.
 
In the first match of the year for the Rambelles, they defeated Weatherford College 6-1. The Belles won the doubles point Benedetta Raggiotti and Anna Waché won 6-0. The freshman pairing of Felixova and Melinkova clinched the doubles point as they won 6-1.
 
Melnikova clinched the win after defeating her opponent 6-2, 6-1 to give the Rambelles their first victory of the year.
 
Jade Bestagno would fall 5-7, 6-2, 5-10  in her first collegiate match.