Cyclones Cruise Past St. Thomas

Sunday, February 1

Ames, Iowa

11:00 AM

Iowa State

St. Thomas

Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO

02.01.2026 | Tennis

Box Score

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State tennis team picked up its first victory of the season by taking down St. Thomas by a score of 6-1. The Cyclones move to 1-2 on the season with the victory.

In doubles, St. Thomas kept it close early, but the Cyclones pulled away on Courts 1 and 3, where No. 34 Mari Paz Alberto Vilar and Stanislava Shulzhenko took a 6-3 victory, and a pair of freshmen in Gabriella Kellner and Valentina Vargas won 6-2.

In singles, the Cyclones bounced back from an early defeat to rattle off five straight victories. Alicia Dale continued her freshman tear, defeating Lily Olson to improve to 3-0 on the season. Valeska San Martin Ramirez picked up her first singles victory of the season, downing Else Vander Stichele, 6-3, 6-1. No. 45 Alberto Vilar and Suzanie Pretorius each took care of business on their courts, winning 6-3, 6-0 and 6-2, 6-4, respectively. Vargas capped off the day by earning her first singles victory of the year over Ingrid Forsberg, 6-2, 1-6, 6-1.

The Cyclones are back in action Friday at Noon at UNLV.

Results
Doubles
Order of Finish: 3, 1
No. 34 Mari Paz Alberto Vilar/Stanislava Shulzhenko (ISU) def. Emilia Korseth/Carolina Lindahl (STT), 6-3
Ingrid Forsberg/Lily Olson (STT) vs. Julia Camblor/Ashlee Narker (ISU), 4-4 (UF)
Gabriella Kellner/Valentina Vargas (ISU) def. Anna Sidorenko/Else Vander Stichele (STT), 6-2

Singles
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 5, 1, 4, 6
No. 45 Alberto Vilar (ISU) def. Lindahl (STT), 6-3, 6-0
Korseth (STT) def. Camblor (ISU), 6-3, 6-2
Alicia Dale (ISU) def. Olson (STT), 6-0, 6-3
Suzanie Pretorius (ISU) def. Sidorenko (STT), 6-2, 6-4
Valeska San Martin Ramirez (ISU) def. Vander Stichele (STT), 6-3, 6-1
Valentina Vargas (ISU) def. Forsberg (STT), 6-2, 1-6, 6-1