SAN ANTONIO, TX — The Western New Mexico University women's tennis team began play at the Brother Al Invitational on Friday, earning singles and doubles victories.

Catherine Ndeko (Kinshasa) Kimbiyila recorded a straight-set singles win, 6-3, 6-3. Martina Manzo (Romania) also earned a victory, winning 6-1, 6-4.

Josefina Bailetti (Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina/Colegio Nuestra Señora del Huerto) battled through a three-set match, winning the second set before falling 1-6, 6-3, 12-14. Eva Guta (Bucharest, Romania/Liceul Teoretic C.A. Rosetti (Romania)) and Lina Mueller (Munich, Germany) each competed in straight-set singles matches, while Nikoletta Pytel (Warsaw, Poland/Cosinus Lódz (Poland)) also took the court in singles competition.

The Mustangs also found success in doubles. Bailetti and her partner earned an 8-6 victory, while Mueller and her partner won by the same score. Manzo and Pytel recorded an 8-3 win, and Guta and Kimbiyila secured an 8-7 tiebreak victory.

Western New Mexico will continue play at the Brother Al Invitational on Saturday in San Antonio.