Women’s Tennis: Feb. 8 Scoreboard
Southland Conference
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 6, Texas-Pan American 1
Stephen F. Austin 5, Texas State 2
Lamar 6, Alcorn State 0
Lamar 5, Alcorn State 2
Tulane 4, McNeese State 0
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 6, Texas-Pan American 1
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's tennis team won its third straight match today, besting UTPA 6-1 at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center. The Islanders improved to 3-1 on the season with the victory.
"This was a great tennis day for the Islanders and the city of Corpus Christi," head coach Steve Moore said. "It was a very special experience to have a super champ tournament and a college dual match on the same day.
"Our match was very competitive," he continued. "I have a lot of respect for UTPA and the team they've put together. Our girls had to fight very hard and play a very focused match. It was closer than the score indicated with two three-set matches. We have a lot to get better at but we have a high-character group of girls that are highly motivated.
"I thought Chelsea Horan and Kerry Galhos played very smart and tough matches," he concluded. "They both paid the price with their feet and played very smart, efficient tennis. Celia [Rodriguez], our captain, came out and made a great statement in the singles. She and Maider [Martin] are really becoming great leaders. I was also very proud of Judit [Vives] and the adjustments she made in the third set, and very proud of Jelena [Dzinic] and the way she played in the doubles."
The doubles match featured three quick battles, with each being decided by a 6-1 score. Horan and Dzinic dispatched Dominique Esparza and Mariana Ransauher at No. 2, but the Broncs' duo of Katia Stavroulaki and Reegan Greenwood countered with a victory over Rodriguez and Martin at No. 1. That put the pressure on the No. 3 duo of Vives and Galhos, but the Islanders pair picked up a decisive win of their own over Lison LeBiavant and Christel Amsallem to earn the doubles point for the home squad.
Both Martin and Rodriguez bounced back in decisive fashion in singles play, with each taking a straight-set victory. Rodriguez dominated Ransauher with a 6-0, 6-0 victory at No. 3, and Martin finished right behind her, exacting revenge on Greenwood by posting a 6-3, 6-1 win at No. 4. Horan then clinched the match for the Islanders with a straight set win of her own, dispatching LeBiavant by a score of 6-3, 6-1 at No. 6 singles.
UTPA got a point back at No. 2 singles, as Stavroulaki fought off a tough effort from Dzinic to post a 6-2, 6-4 victory and make the score 4-1. The teams elected to play out the full third sets at both No. 1 and No. 5. At No. 1, Vives had to battle her way to a victory over Esparza. After taking the first set 6-1, Vives fell in the second set 6-3, but rebounded to post a 6-2 victory in the decisive third to push the Islanders' advantage to 5-1.
That left Galhos at No. 5, and the sophomore had a tough matchup with the Broncs' Amsallem. After rolling to a 6-1 victory in the first set, Galhos was edged 7-5 in the second. Then in the third, the two battled back-and-forth, with Galhos finally emerging with a 6-3 victory to result in a 6-1 final score in favor of the home squad.
The Islanders will return to the court on Tuesday along with the men when they travel to Prairie View. Both the men's and the women's teams will start at 2 p.m.
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Stephen F. Austin 5, Texas State 2
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin women's tennis team bounced back from a tough loss on Saturday to claim a 5-2 win over Texas State on Sunday afternoon at Schlief Tennis Complex.
"This was an incredibly hard fought win," head coach Roberto Aspillaga said. "Texas State took the doubles point and carried that momentum into singles. It took an important collective effort across the board to turn it around.
"I am extremely proud of the girls for their resiliency today, especially after having a heartbreaking loss yesterday. It was very windy and we didn't play our best tennis, but we out-competed Texas State, and that is something to be happy about."
SFA (3-2) tandem Dhanielly Quevedo and Malena Gordo picked up a 6-4 win in No. 1 doubles, but the Bobcats (0-2) claimed the opening point with 6-3 and 7-5 victories in No. 2 and No. 3 doubles.
Quevedo and Gordo again delivered wins in singles play. Gordo defeated TXST's Monica Pieratt 7-5, 7-5 in No. 1 singles, while Quevedo battled Shannon Beckett for a 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 win in No. 5 singles.
Ladyjacks Denise Maxl (6-2, 4-6, 6-4), Vivienne Kulicke (4-6, 6-4, 6-1) and Valeria Terentyeva (6-4, 6-2), also picked up wins across No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 singles to secure the victory.
"We have to be more aggressive in doubles and secure the first point more often, as it will take a lot of pressure away from the singles," Aspillaga said. "We will certainly focus in this during the week, as we prepare for a couple of tough matches at home next weekend"
SFA will close its four-match homestand next weekend. The Ladyjacks will host Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday, Feb. 14, at 10:30 a.m., before wrapping up with Louisiana-Monroe on Sunday.
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Lamar 6, Alcorn State 0
Lamar 5, Alcorn State 2
BEAUMONT, Texas – The Lamar women's tennis team got two wins Alcorn State Sunday at the Thompson Family Tennis Center in nonconference action. LU (3-2) pushed across a 5-2 result in the morning and followed that up with a 6-0 victory for the afternoon.
Three Lady Cardinals played to 3-0 sweeps in the doubleheader, Katya Lapayeva, Carolina Maso and Anna Spengler. Stephanie Marchena, Teodora Stefanovic and Hanna Elfving were all 2-0, and Andrea Ivanovic and Lara Delli Castelli were both 2-1.
The Lady Cardinals took the doubles point in the first match after Spenger and Marchena blanked Siobhan Ryan-Bovey and Patricia Normand, 6-0. Soon after Lapayeva and Elfving wrapped up their match and doubles on a 6-3 win over Ekaterina Potopova and Aakanksha Punj.
Despite the doubles win, Maso and Andrea Ivanovic elected to continue their match and won a nail biter over Ivana Boberic and Aida Kelic, 7-6 (1).
Singles wins for Lapayeva, Spengler, Maso and Stefanovic gave Lamar the 5-2 victory. Lapayeva downed Boberic 6-3, 6-1 in position one, Spengler beat Potopova 6-4, 6-0 in the third spot, Maso defeated Ryan Bovey 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 at court four and Stefanovic overcame Normand, 6-4 6-2 on the fifth line.
Both teams decided to bypass the doubles point unless a tiebreaker was needed for the second match, and LU went on to sweep the singles points. Ivanovic moved up to the first court and defeated Boberic 6-4, 6-4. Court two saw Lapayeva take down Kelic 6-1, 6-2 while court three had Maso and Potopova end in a 6-1, 6-3 scored.
Spengler downed Ryan-Bovey 6-3, 6-4 on line four, Elfving overcame Normand 6-0, 6-0 and Marchena defeated Punj 6-4, 6-3.
The Lady Cards return to the courts Saturday, Feb. 21 when the travel to Samford and follow that with another match at UAB on Sunday, Feb. 22.
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Tulane 4, McNeese State 0
NEW ORLEANS, La. – The McNeese women’s tennis team fell to a strong Tulane squad 4-0 on Saturday in the last match of a six-game road swing.
Today’s match was very competitive,” said head coach Helena Besovic. “We had a slow start but we really came around in singles play. With each match that we play we are getting more confident, and we are starting to really believe that we belong among the best. Our homework now is to practice hard and get ready for our home matches.”
The match opened with doubles play as the team of Klaudia Gawlik and Anastasija Trubich fell to the team of Nicky Stracar and Vanessa Nommensen while Tulane picked up the first point as Vivien Borbely and Andreea Nenu lost to Ipek Birol and Jacqui Katz 6-0.
In singles action, Nenu met defeat in the No. 6 spot 6-4, 6-0, at the hands of Sade Atkinson, while Trubich fell to Katz 6-2, 6-0 on Court 5. The Green Wave clinched the match with Nommensen’s victory over Borbely on Court 4 6-3, 6-1 to earn the team’s fourth and deciding point.
Due to the match clinching point, Gawlik, Kral and Brett were not able to finish their singles contests.
The Cowgirls will return home to rest up before hosting the first of three straight home matches that begins with a contest against UTA on Friday, Feb. 20 at 2 o’clock.
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