SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Northwestern State tennis team's stay in the River State Shoot-Out ended with a pair of singles losses Sunday morning.
 
The results, however, did not dampen the progress that was made in the three-day event at Texas State.
 
Freshmen Nico Tagami and Zala Vnuk dropped their lone matches Sunday with Tagami falling in three sets to Mariella Gelbke of New Mexico State, 3-6, 6-2, 8-10, playing her second three-set match in two days.
 
Vnuk came up short against New Mexico State's Nadia Nemeth, 6-1, 6-1, in her lone match of the day.
 
"Overall, there was progress from the last tournament (at Rice)," fourth-year head coach Marcos Morelli said. "It's time to get back and continue working."
 
The Lady Demons have their longest break of the fall season coming as Northwestern will take next weekend off before returning to play at the Bearkat Invitational hosted by Sam Houston on Oct. 16-17.