Women's Tennis: Jan. 25 Scoreboard
Southland Conference
Nicholls 6, Louisiana Tech 1
New Orleans 7, Jacksonville State 0
Lamar 6, Prairie View A&M 1
Texas-Pan American 4, Sam Houston State 3
Nicholls 6, Louisiana Tech 1
RUSTON, La. – The Nicholls State University women’s tennis team put together a dominating performance on Sunday at Louisiana Tech as the Colonels came away with a 6-1 victory at the LA Tech Tennis Complex.
Nicholls (1-1) jumped out to a 1-0 lead after winning the No. 1 and 2 courts in doubles. Stephanie Barnett and Milou Pietersz won 6-3 and after LA Tech (0-3) knotted doubles by winning the No. 3 match, Katia Jordan and Emma Kranendonk claimed the No. 2 court, 6-4.
In singles, Klara Skopac made quick work of Marta Sramkova on the No. 3 court, 6-2, 6-0, but the Lady Techsters answered with a win at No. 1 as Marie Aubert fell 6-4, 6-2.
The Colonels would close out the day by winning the remaining matches in straight sets for their first win of the year. Pietersz and Jordan won on the No. 4 and 5 courts, respectively, for their first career wins, while Barnett won on the No. 2 court and Kateryna Nakonechna took the No. 6 match.
“Good team effort by the girls as some of them needed to get on board and get with what we are trying to accomplish here. We are just scratching the surface of how good they can be as individuals and a
team and we will keep pushing ourselves till we get there and we will,” said Meenakshi Sundaram, Nicholls women’s tennis head coach. “It's good to get a win against a very talented Tech team and with a long break before our next match , we need to dig deep and continue the good work.”
The Colonels will have a few weeks off before taking on ULM on Feb. 13 in Monroe.
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New Orleans 7, Jacksonville State 0
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The New Orleans Privateers women's tennis team (2-0) closed the weekend with another clean sweep at 7-0 over the Jacksonville State Gamecocks (1-2) on Sunday at the Southern Miss Tennis Courts.
The Privateers started by taking 6-1 victories at the 2 and 3 position in doubles to earn the first point of the match. The pair of Yasmine Rashad and Hafsa Laraibi continued their strong overall season in doubles play.
In singles, New Orleans had to sweat out a pair of three-set matches. Rashad lost her first set in singles at 6-1, but rebounded in resounding fashion to take the next two sets at 6-1, 6-0 over her opponent, Diana Mirceta. Also, Anja Luethi was taken to three sets, but prevailed to earn a victory at the 2 position.
Those two matches represented the only two sets the Privateers dropped on the weekend. The rest of the singles matches went in straight sets including 6-1, 6-1 wins for Laraibi and Soledad Calderon Arroyo. It's the third time in the last four years the Privateers have opened by winning their first two matches.
Next up for New Orleans is a match against in-state foe, Loyola on Tuesday, Feb. 3. The match is slated to begin at 2 p.m.
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Lamar 6, Prairie View A&M 1
HOUSTON, Texas - The Lamar women's tennis team earned its first win of the 2015 season on Sunday when it dominated in-state rival Prairie View A&M, 6-1, in non-conference action.
"I am very pleased with our performance today," said head coach David Wong. "We had to fight through some adversity, but that can happen when you have a young team. We have to work the nerves a little better, but you do that by playing matches like today."
The Lady Cards (1-2) jumped out to a hot start winning every match and claiming the doubles point over PVAMU (0-2). Senior Carolina Maso and Andrea Ivanovic downed Taylor LeFridge and Sydney Lackey (6-4), and Stephanie Marchena and Anna Spengler defeated Sydney Thomas and Ruhl, 6-2. The final doubles match saw Katya Lapayeva and Hanna Elfving blow by Maria Lackey and Fellows, 6-0.
"Our doubles were solid all around today," said Wong. "Our top spot felt a little pressure during its play, but they were able to get through and pull out a win."
Maso was the led the way in singles play when she dominated Ruhl, 6-0, 6-0 in the fourth spot. Elfving was right behind over M. Lackey, 6-0, 6-1, from the fifth spot and Marchena beat Fellows, 6-1, 6-2 sixth spot.
Ivanovic downed Thomas from second spot 6-2, 7-5 and Spengler got past S. Lackey, 6-3, 6-1.
Prairie View's lone point came from LeFridge's win over Lapayeva in the top spot, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4.
"This match will help us down the road," said Wong. "It was a win, and our young team will be able to look back and use the experience."
Lamar returns to the courts on Feb. 8 when it hosts a double-header with Alcorn State at the Thompson Family Tennis Courts.
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Texas-Pan American 4, Sam Houston State 3
HUNTSVILLE, Texas – Juniors Karen Martinez and Maddie Mortimore won both in singles and doubles for Sam Houston State as the women’s tennis team opened its 2015 dual match schedule with a 4-3 loss to Texas-Pan American Sunday afternoon at the McAdams Tennis Center.
Martinez paired with Olivia Battye for a 7-5 victory over Reegan Greenwood and Katia Stavroulaki of UTPA in the number one doubles set. Mortimore teamed with Mila Milanovic to win the number two doubles 6-1 over Christel Amsallem and Lison Le Biavant. The wins earned the doubles point for the Bearkats.
In singles Martinez was the first Kat off the court with a quick 6-1 6-2 victory over Natacha Minc at number five singles.
Mortimore was the last SHSU player to finish, going three sets with Amsallem in a 6-1 6-7 6-1 marathon at number six.
Milanovic lost in three sets to Greenwood 6-2 7-6 7-5 in the number singles. Each of the other Bearkats lost in straight sets.
“Coming into today’s match, we knew UTPA was a much improved team over last year,” SHSU tennis coach Jim Giachino said. “With two of our top four freshmen playing their first collegiate match ever, nerves were a factor. We’re going to be okay once we get some more match experience.”
Next action for Sam Houston will be a dual match in Dallas against SMU Friday, January 30. The Bearkats play host to Texas-San Antonio in their next home match Friday, February 6.
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