ARLINGTON, Texas – After coming back multiple times to earn a spot in the Lone Star Conference Championship final, No. 9 Cameron could not do the same in the championship game on Saturday, falling 4-2 to the 2-seed St. Mary's. 
 
Cameron's comeback 4-3 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville in the semifinals may have exhausted all their clutch Aggie magic as they fell behind 3-0 early against the Rattlers, who they beat 5-2 during the regular season. 
 
The Rattlers took the early lead in the match by earning the doubles point. CU's Vasilisa Polunova and Karolina Glowinska lost 6-4 at two and then Lea Manga and Kateryna Rudenko dropped their match at three 7-5. The remaining match was stopped at a 5-all tie. 
 
St. Mary's quickly added to their lead with a 6-0, 6-0 win at six over CU's Pilar Jaurena and then a 6-2, 6-2 win at five over Magda Wawrowska to take a 3-0 lead. Cameron got on the scoreboard with a 6-1, 6-4 by Rudenko at four and a 7-5, 6-4 win from Polunova at one. 
 
The deciding point came at the two spot where Anastasia Uspenskaia opened her match with a 6-1 win before falling in set two 6-2. Angela Vargas from St. Mary's won the third 6-1 to claim the match and the tournament title. 

Additionally, Polunova and Rudenko were named to the LSC Championship All-Tournament team by league officials following the match. 
 
Cameron is now 20-5 on the season as they await the NCAA Division II Women's Tennis Selection Show which will air Sunday on ncaa.com. CU entered the weekend as the top ranked team in the South Central Region and they will have to see if their loss to St. Mary's changed that on Sunday. If CU is either the one or two seed in the region they will host on May 7 or 8.