SAN ANTIONO, Texas -- #9 Northeastern State used to late doubles magic to pull away and beat Texas A&M-Kingsville 7-2 before falling in the afternoon to #10 St. Marys 6-3 on Thursday.

In the morning match against the Javelinas, Northeastern State trailed in all three doubles pairings but snapped back.  Caitlin McCullough and Easton Parker rallied from 5-4 and finished first in two-doubles with a 9-7 win.  Molly Worden and Val Efimenko also were down 5-4 and won the next two games to get back to pick up a 9-7 victory in the top doubles slot.  Karla Tomaic and Betha Gombarova needed a tiebreaker and bested TAMUK 9-8(4) to give the RiverHawks a 3-0 lead.

With the momentum out of doubles, the RiverHawks took the first set on five courts and never looked back to Texas A&M-Kingsville.

In match two, against St. Mary's McCullough and Parker prevented a Rattlers' sweep and took two-doubles 9-7.  Worden and Efimenko dropped the top-spot 8-3 with Tomaic and Gombarova falling 8-4 in the three-doubles slot.

When play switched over to in singles, the RiverHawks wouldn't be able to pull ahead of the Rattlers, and dropped four points.

Thursday's split sends the RiverHawks to 3-2 this season, St. Mary's goes to 3-0, Texas A&M-Kingsville is now 1-1.

The RiverHawks will travel to Austin, Texas to face St. Edward's on Friday at 2 p.m.

#9 Northeastern State 7, Tex. A&M-Kingsville 2 
Singles competition
1. #35 Molly Worden (NSU) def. V. Romanovskaia (TAMUK) 6-3, 6-3
2. Val Efimenko (NSU) def. Stephanie Baerman (TAMUK) 6-2, 6-1
3. Valerie Ruiz (TAMUK) def. Caitlin McCullough (NSU) 6-3, 7-5
4. Vivian Ortiz (TAMUK) def. Easton Parker (NSU) 4-6, 7-5, 10-4
5. Karla Tomaic (NSU) def. Julia Rauer (TAMUK) 6-1, 0-6, 10-6
6. Betha Gombarova (NSU) def. Erika Larrea (TAMUK) 6-1, 6-2
 
Doubles competition
1. #4 Molly Worden/Val Efimenko (NSU) def. Valerie Ruiz/V. Romanovskaia (TAMUK) 9-7
2. Caitlin McCullough/Easton Parker (NSU) def. Erika Larrea/Vivian Ortiz (TAMUK) 9-7
3. Karla Tomaic/Betha Gombarova (NSU) def. Nadia Grlj/Julia Rauer (TAMUK) 9-8 (0-4)