TOLEDO, Ohio – The University of Toledo women's tennis team welcomed Youngstown State to Twos Athletic Club Saturday afternoon for its home-opener weekend, and ended the day with a 5-2 victory.

"Youngstown is a very good team and I was really impressed with their level of play today," head coach Tracy Mauntler said. " We were fortunate to pull out the doubles point, which I think also helped us in singles play. Sloane Teske and Cassie Alcala continue to do an amazing job of leading on the court. they have really been locked-in so far this season."

Toledo earned the doubles point to start the match, with wins on the No.1 and No. 3 courts. Duo Patricia Panta and Laura Morera were down an early three set deficit, then came back to win the point for the Rockets, 7-5.

Rockets won four of the six singles matches, including a huge three-set comeback victory on the No. 5 No. 4 court by Shalini Tallamraju. Jessica Stanmore took the first set and Tallamraju answered back with back-to-back set victories for the win (2-6, 6-2, 6-4).

Toledo will be right back in Twos Athletic Club on Sunday, Jan. 30 as they welcome UIC. First serve between the Rockets and Flames is scheduled for 11:00 a.m.

Toledo vs Youngstown State
TOL 5, YSU 2

Doubles
1. Cassie Alcala/ Sloane Teske def. Cecilia Rosas/ Julia Marko 6-4
2. Jessica Stanmore/ Lili Minich def. Julia Kuszynski/ Shalini Tallamraju 6-3
3. Patricia Panta/ Laura Morera def. Eliska Maskarikova/ Elisa Rigazio 7-5

Singles
1. Cassie Alcala def. Cecilia Rosas 6-4, 6-2
2. Sloane Teske def. Eliska Maskarikova 7-5, 6-1
3. Julia Marko def. Julia Kuszynski 7-5, 6-4
4. Shalini Tallamraju def. Jessica Stanmore 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
5. Patricia Panta def. Lili Minich 6-4, 6-4
6. Elisa Rigazio def. Christina Fuller 6-0, 6-2