The Albany State University women's tennis team opened up the prestigious PTR Springfest with a 5-2 victory over the Marauders of Millersville University on Thursday in Hilton Head, South Carolina. The victory extends the Rams' current winning streak to three matches while improving to 9-2 overall on the season.

The Rams earned one point in doubles play as Natalya Ogunwale and Asia Raulerson defeated Noelle Htwar and Hui Jen Soo by a score of 6-3, while Jonay Brittain and Carla Sorroche Suarez won their match 6-2 over Sophie Lanius and Luci Consigliere of the Marauders.

In singles play, Ogunwale defeated Htwar 6-1, 6-1, while Raulerson won her match 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 over Soo to earn the Golden Rams their second and third points of the contest. While Brittain defeated Chloe Abramowitz 6-4, 6-4 and Sumana Panauganti won her match 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 to close out the scoring for the Golden Rams.

"Millersville is a very tough squad, and they provided us with stern competition heading into conference play," head coach Joanne Matthews replied when asked about Thursday's match. "All of the matches were really close and we needed this environment to prepare us for the rest of the season."

The Golden Rams return to action on Friday, March 8 at 3 pm, as they will face another stiff test against Saginaw Valley State University in their second match of the PTR Springfest, while closing out the tournament facing off against Coe College on Sunday, March 10 at 10:30 am.