Women’s Tennis: March 19 Scoreboard
Southland Conference
Northwestern State 6, Southeast Missouri State 1
Nicholls 6, McNeese State 1
Northwestern State 6, Southeast Missouri State 1
NATCHITOCHES – Kateryna Piatakova won a 10-5 third-set tiebreaker Thursday to cap Northwestern State's sixth consecutive triumph, a 6-1 non-conference women's tennis victory over visiting Southeast Missouri State at the Jack Fisher Tennis Complex.
The reigning Southland Conference champion Lady Demons climbed over .500 (7-6) for the first time under first-year head coach Olga Bazhanova. NSU resumes Southland play against unbeaten Abilene Christian at home in a match slated for a Sunday noon start, possibly moving to 1 p.m. Monday if anticipated rain forces a change.
Thursday, the Lady Demons dominated from the outset against the Redhawks (1-13). NSU dropped only four games in sweeping the three doubles matches and took four straight set singles wins.
The No. 1 doubles tandem, Tatiana Larina and Natalya Krutova, swapped spots in the singles lineup with Krutova taking the top slot. They won 6-3 in doubles over Viviana Ortiz and Mariya Kostyuk. Krutova topped Kostyuk 6-1, 6-3 and Larina was a 6-3, 6-1 winner at No. 2 against Kateryna Stoianova.
Polina Ivanova and Barbora Kollarova rolled 6-0 in No. 2 doubles past Stoianova and Anna Makhneva. Aliona Ladutska and Emily Kerr posted a 6-1 No. 3 doubles decision over Annisa Warasanti and Maria Montenegro.
Ladutska won the No. 3 singles 6-2, 6-0 over Ortiz, Kerr dumped Makhneva 6-1, 6-1 at No. 5 and Piatakova prevailed 6-4, 2-6, 10-5 in the sixth position in a battle with Warasanti.
SEMO's point came from No. 4 where Montenegro was a 6-3, 6-3 winner over Kollarova.
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Nicholls 6, McNeese State 1
LAKE CHARLES, La. – The Nicholls State University women’s tennis team put together another dominating performance as the Colonels defeated McNeese State, 6-1, on Thursday afternoon at the Nancy Hank Tennis Center to extend their winning streak to six matches and remain undefeated in Southland Conference play.
With the win, Nicholls improved to 10-2 overall and 4-0 in the Southland. The victory also snapped a three-match streak in the series against McNeese, which dropped to 6-5 and 2-1.
Reigning SLC Player of the Week Stephanie Barnett highlighted the day for the Colonels by winning No. 1 singles over 2014 Southland Player of the Year, Klaudia Gawlik. In the first meeting between the two All-Southland honorees, Barnett came away with a 7-6, 6-1 victory. Barnett’s win was the first conference setback for Gawlik, who entered the match 22-0 in Southland competition.
Barnett, a sophomore from Sydney, Australia, also helped set the tone in doubles, teaming up with Klara Skopac for an 8-2 win on the No. 1 court against Gawlik and Anastasija Trubich. Nicholls also cruised in the No. 3 match as Kateryna Nakonechna and Isla Brock pitched a shutout with an 8-0 win.
The momentum carried over into singles play as the Colonels won five of the six matches, all coming in straight sets. Along with Barnett’s win, Marie Aubert made easy work of Hannah Brett at No. 3 with a 6-2, 6-1 win and Milou Pietersz won the No. 4 match, 6-3, 6-4, over Vivien Borbely. Katia Jordan took the No. 5 court over Sarah Jurakova with a pair of 6-4 wins and Brock improved to 6-0 in singles on the year with a 6-4, 6-1 triumph over Trubich.
Nicholls has been red-hot since the end of February, winning two of their matches by shut outs and three by 6-1 decisions. Their closest outcome as of late was a 5-2 win over New Orleans, which started the current streak.
The Colonels will return to the courts on Sunday, March 22, as they host Central Arkansas. First serve at the Colonel Tennis Complex is scheduled for 10 a.m.
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