EDINBURG, Texas - Trailing 3-1 with three singles matches remaining, the NM State women's tennis team battled back to knot things at 3-3, but Tarleton emerged as the 4-3 victor with a win on line four of one-on-one play as the Aggies dropped their first Western Athletic Conference match of the season Friday morning at the Orville I. Cox Tennis Center.
DOUBLES
• Able to collect an early lead, NM State came out strong in tandem action. The Aggies' third-flight pairing of Miranda Bishard and Lucija Josipovic scored a 6-3 victory over the Texans' duo of Elsa Boisson and Hadley Jones.