STEPHENVILLE – For the second straight week, Tarleton State Tennis has picked up the Western Athletic Conference’s Doubles Team of the Week honor.
The freshmen duo of Aya Ishii and Marissa Minetti earned their second straight WAC Doubles Team of the Week honor on Tuesday. This is Minetti’s fourth weekly/monthly honor from the WAC and Ishii’s third of the 2025-26 season.
The award increased the Texans’ midseason monthly/weekly award total at the Division I level to 55 under head coach Elianne Douglas-Miron.
Ishii and Minetti won their fifth doubles match as a duo together with a 6-2 win at No. 2 singles over Vi Salcedo Franklin/Amelie Montalvo from Incarnate Word on Sunday. Their win helped the Texans clinch doubles to claim the match 7-0 for the team’s fifth straight win. They were instrumental in the Texans’ 16th straight victory at home.
After clinching the WAC Fall Invitational doubles title and qualifying for the ITA Conference Masters Championship, Ishii and sophomore Maria Castano advanced to the round of 16 in doubles in the ITA’s event. The victory marked the first win in singles or doubles for the Texans at the ITA Conference Masters Championship. Ishii currently co-leads the team in singles wins this spring with six after finishing fall with a 7-1 singles record. The first Japanese player in Tarleton State’s Division I era posted a top 20 ranking both in singles and doubles while representing Urawareimei High School.
Minetti has had a strong start in her first collegiate season, going unbeaten in September and finishing fall nationally ranked No. 111 by the ITA. The freshman won the Flight F singles draw of the ACU Classic Arriving in Stephenville as the first Texan in the Division I era from Finland, Minetti finished second in the U21 National Championship and had a third-place finish at the Women’s Finnish Championship.
Tarleton State heads to Natchitoches, Louisiana, for a two-match road swing starting Saturday. The Texans will face South Alabama and compete at Northwestern State.
Tarleton State WAC Weekly Honors
Singles Player of the Week
Aya Ishii (Feb. 10)
Marissa Minetti (Jan. 20)
Doubles Team of the Week
Aya Ishii and Marissa Minetti (Feb. 17)
Aya Ishii and Marissa Minetti (Feb. 10)
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