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 Sunday, taking down St. Thomas, 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 one and three, 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-career singles victory 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
#1 - No. 34 Mari Paz Alberto Vilar/Stanislava Shulzhenko (ISU) def. Emilia Korseth/Carolina Lindahl (STT), 6-3
#2 - Ingrid Forsberg/Lily Olson (STT) vs. Julia Camblor/Ashlee Narker (ISU), 4-4 (UF)
#3 - Gabriella Kellner/Valentina Vargas (ISU) def. Anna Sidorenko/Else Vander Stichele (STT), 6-2

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