Live, From Sanlando Park - It's Wednesday Night

After a 3:15 delay from rain and long-running action, the No. 3-ranked Lady Pirates finally took the court in their first-round matchup with St. Edward's (Texas). The Austin school has plenty of vocal supporters for tonight's match, and the Lady Pirates came out a little bit tight at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles. The No. 1 doubles match between Alida Muller-Wehlau and Martina Beckmann of AASU and Regina Del Bosque and Audrey Tompkins of St. Edward's saw four straight breaks of serve to begin things, before Beckmann and Muller-Wehlau settled down to deliver an 8-3 win. Gabriella Kovacs (pictured) and Sona Novakova had little trouble at No. 2 doubles, winning 8-1 over Mary Bain and Liz Jacobi. At No. 3 doubles, Kathleen Henry and Tina Ronel fell behind 7-3, and faced triple match point with Henry serving at 0-40, but the Pirates fought off five match points before succumbing to the Hilltoppers, 8-6.

A bank of lights on our courts has a missing lightbulb, so we are moving from the very back of the complex to the very front of the complex to compete in singles.