TAMPA, Fla. – A day after grinding out a win over South Florida, Louisiana Tech was back on the courts less than 24 hours later and ended up running out of gas against Toledo, falling 4-3 on Saturday afternoon at the USF Varsity Tennis Courts.
 
Half of the singles courts went the distance, splitting sets, but not before LA Tech (8-4) was able to strike first with the doubles point. 
 
The tandems of Olga Bienzobas/Ana Rodrigues and Alexia Romero/Valentina Vazquez both came away victorious with scores of 6-3 apiece on courts two and three, respectively.
 
Toledo (8-2) bounced back though in singles play, getting straight-set wins on courts two and four to take a 2-1 advantage in the match.
 
The Lady Techsters countered with a straight-set win of their own as Ilana Tetruashvili came out on top, 6-2, 7-6 (1) against Julia Kuszynski at the No. 6 spot to even things up at 2-all.
 
Meanwhile, courts one, three, and five were all headed to a third and deciding set.  The Rockets' Mariona Perez helped Toledo retake the lead by coming back from a set down to win on court three.
 
LA Tech's Leonie Schuknecht was attempting to do the same, coming back from dropping the first set, 4-6, to claim the second set, 6-2, versus Cassie Alcala.  However, Alcala repeated her first set score to clinch the match for Toledo.
 
Rodrigues provided the third point for the Lady Techsters, outlasting Sanjana Tallamraju, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 at the No. 5 position.
 
NOTABLES

• Ilana Tetruashvili registered her 47th career dual singles win, tied for the sixth most in program history.
• Ilana Tetruashvili recorded her fifth singles win of the spring. She is a perfect 4-0 when playing at the No. 6 position.
• Ana Rodrigues has won five of her last six singles matches. She is now 4-1 when playing at the No. 5 position.
• Ana Rodrigues and Olga Bienzobas collected their seventh doubles win, tied for the most on the team this spring.

UP NEXT
LA Tech will wrap up its Florida swing with a road matchup at Stetson on Monday, March 6.  First serve is set for 9 a.m. CT.
 
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