Women’s Tennis: March 27 Scoreboard
Southland Conference
Nicholls 6, Texas-Pan American 1
Abilene Christian 6, Southeastern Louisiana 1
McNeese State 4, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1
Nicholls 6, Texas-Pan American 1
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – After seeing its seven-match winning streak come to an end this week against a ranked opponent, the Nicholls State University women’s tennis team got back on track with a convincing 6-1 victory over Texas-Pan American on Friday afternoon at the Mabry Tennis Center.
Nicholls (12-3) took courts 2 and 3 in doubles to earn the point and went on to win five of the six singles matches, including three wins in straight sets.
UTPA (7-10) prevented the sweep in doubles with a win on the No. 1 court. Marie Aubert and Milou Pietersz teamed up for an 8-4 win at No. 2 for the Colonels and Kateryna Nakonechna / Isla Brock pitched a shutout on the No. 3 court with an 8-0 win.
In singles, Stephanie Barnett improved to 11-2 on the season with a three-set victory over Katia Stavroulaki on the No. 1 court. Barnett dropped the first set, 6-4, but battled back to take the match by winning the next two sets, 6-4, 6-1. Klara Skopac won both of her sets, 6-3, over Dominique Esparza, while Aubert won both of hers, 6-2, against Reegan Greenwood on the No. 3 court.
At No. 4, Pietersz also fought back from a first-set loss to defeat Christel Amsallem, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5. Brock was able to bounce back after her first loss of the year, defeating Natacha Minc on the No. 6 court, 6-2, 6-4. Katia Jordan almost completed the sweep for the Colonels at No. 5, but came up short in a tiebreaker against Mariana Ranzahuer, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 10-6.
Nicholls will continue its road trip with a 10 a.m. match against Incarnate Word on Saturday. First serve is scheduled for 10 a.m.
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Abilene Christian 6, Southeastern Louisiana 1
ABILENE, Texas – Abilene Christian women's tennis defeated the Lions of Southeastern Louisiana for the second time in as many years Friday behind a convincing 6-1 victory on the outdoor courts of the Eager Tennis Pavilion.
The Wildcats won the doubles point and claimed five of six singles matches in improving to 7-2 overall and 3-2 within the Southland Conference, snapping a short-lived two-match losing streak.
The Lions, meanwhile, fell to 8-4 overall and 3-3 against the league.
ACU started its morning match with back-to-back 8-2 doubles victories from its No. 2 and 3 teams, each of which have been stellar of late.
Freshmen Carli Knezevich and Lucile Pothier won their fourth match together at No. 3 in conference play after toppling the duo of Natalie Duran and Madina Vorotnikova. And at about the same time, sophomore Erin Walker and freshman Whitney Williams improved to 2-1 vs. league competition with their win over Margaux Kaltenbacher and Dany Raygadas.
All four of the aforementioned Wildcats would go on to win their singles matches in straight sets.
Williams won her fourth straight at the No. 5 position after coasting past Raygadas, 6-3, 6-2, but the team's longest individual winning streak still belongs to junior Nada Marjanovic, who improved to 8-0 following her 7-5, 6-2 win at No. 6 vs. Vorotnikova.
Further up the lineup, junior Kaysie Hermsdorf remained the team leader in victories with nine after holding off Lucia Bustamante at No. 2, 6-3, 5-7, 10-4, while at No. 3, Walker got back over the .500 mark with a solid 6-1, 6-4 decision vs. Anna Bryukhova.
At No. 4, Pothier improved to 8-2 overall and 3-2 vs. the league with her 6-3, 6-0 win vs. Kaltenbacher.
The Wildcats return to action next Wednesday, April 1 with a 2 p.m. dual at No. 15 Texas A&M and will remain on the road for conference matches Thursday and Friday at McNeese and Nicholls.
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McNeese State 4, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Friday’s Southland Conference contest turned out to be a sweet success for the McNeese State women’s tennis team who delivered a decisive 4-1 victory against defending league champion Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
The win improved the Cowgirls to 8-5 on the year and 4-1 in SLC action while the Islanders dipped to 8-7 overall and 2-3 in league play.
McNeese’s victory against AMCC was its first in three attempts against the Islanders who took both meetings against the Cowgirls last season. The last time a McNeese squad defeated A&M-Corpus Christi was during the 2013 season.
“I am so happy for our team,” said head coach Helen Besovic. “This was a well-deserved fought match and a deserved win for us. Corpus played hard but we were able to step up and play with a lot of heart.”
The Cowgirls found themselves with the early lead after clinching the doubles point with victories on Courts 1 and 2. After the team of Sarah Jurakova and Vivien Borbely were defeated on Court 3, Julia Kral and partner Hannah Brett evened the score after taking down Chelsea Horan and Jelena Dzinic, 8-4.
Kral and Brett continue to dominate in the doubles division as the pair scored their eighth win together and have now won seven in a row.
The doubles were clinched by the combo of Klaudia Gawlik and Anastasija Trubich who delivered a hard-fought victory over Maider Martin and Celia Rodriguez in an 8-6 battle for the No. 1 position.
“Today we showed that when we really want it we are one of the toughest teams in the league,” said Besovic. “Coach Dobbs and I are very proud of the girls today.”
McNeese proved that they wanted the victory in singles action after AMCC tied the match up at one point apiece after Martin took a 6-1, 6-1 decision from Borbely in the fourth spot.
Nothing less than a win was acceptable for the Cowgirl squad who pulled together and picked up the next four courts and scored the huge upset over the Islanders.
Sarah Jurakova defeated Kerry Galhos in the fifth spot in a 6-3, 6-3 affair to put the Cowgirls up 3-1.
It was the determination and will of Julia Kral that helped the Cowgirls pull off one of their biggest wins of the season as he took Dzinic to the limits on Court Two and survived by picking up the win in a 7-6 (8-6), 6-0 match.
The victory was Kral’s team-high ninth of the season as she has now won four matches in a row. Jurakova’s victory was her second consecutive and fourth in her last six contests.
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