KERRVILLE, Texas – The Celts of the University of St. Thomas made strides Saturday as they continued their inaugural women's tennis season Saturday with two matches in the greater San Antonio area.

UST was narrowly edged 5-4 at Schreiner on Saturday morning, then fell 8-1 at ranked Trinity in San Antonio in the afternoon.

The Celts took two of the three doubles matches to begin the morning competition. In flight one, Ana Maria Gonzalez and Alejandra Lopez defeated Schreiner's Kate de los Santos and Jennifer Garcia 8-7, winning the tiebreaker by a score of 7-3.

Flight two saw UST's Callighan Ard and Asan Atilla defeat Marlee Daniel and Blair Drought-Villarreal 8-4.

In the singles competition, Gonzalez defeated de los Santos 6-3, 6-0 in flight two. Flight three saw UST's Alyssa Davila defeat Daniel by scores of 6-3, 1-6, and 6-3.

Gonzalez continued her winning ways into the afternoon when the team travel to Trinity, which is currently ranked No. 18 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Division III poll. Gonzalez' 6-0, 6-4 win over Francesca Canjar was UST's lone win over the Tigers.

The Celts were scheduled to play Sunday at Concordia Texas in Austin, but rain forced the postponement of that match. UST is scheduled to return to the courts Saturday, Feb. 22, when the Celts are scheduled for a pair of matches in Abilene, Texas.