Women’s Tennis: March 4 Scoreboard
Southland Conference
McNeese State 4, Louisiana-Lafayette 0
Abilene Christian 4, Xavier 3
No. 34 Houston 5, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 0
McNeese State 4, Louisiana-Lafayette 0
LAFAYETTE, La. – The McNeese State women’s tennis team turned in one of its most dominating performances of the year as the Cowgirls shut down Louisiana-Lafayette, 4-0, on Wednesday at the Cajun Courts.
The victory improved McNeese to 3-4 overall on the year and also gave the Cowgirls consecutive victories for the first time during 2015 season. With the loss, ULL fell to a 3-7 mark on the year as the Ragin’ Cajuns dropped their fourth straight match.
The Cowgirls posted an impressive performance in doubles action, picking up wins at the second and third courts to pick up the point. The McNeese tandem of Julia Kral and Hannah Brett defeated ULL’s Melissa Burckhartt and Abby Johnson 7-5, at the second court, before the Cowgirls team of Sarah Jurakova and Vivien Borbely ousted the Cajuns’ Alexandria Way and Lauren Dupuis.
Up 1-0 after doubles, McNeese then won three straight in singles action to clinch the 4-0 win. In the No. 6 spot, Anastasija Trubich took down Dupuis 6-0, 6-2 while Brett took a 6-1, 6-1 victory at the No. 3 court.
Gawlik wrapped up singles play for the Cowgirls with a hard fought 6-4, 6-3 victory over ULL’s Nelo Phiri over on Court 1.
Gawlik improved her overall singles record to 3-1 on the season while the team of Brett and Kral are now 3-1 in the doubles division this season.
Kral, Borbely and Jurakova’s matches went unfinished due to the Cowgirls clinching the winning point.
McNeese will return to action on Saturday, March 7 when it travels back to Lafayette to meet Air Force in a neutral site match. First serve is slated for 2 o’clock.
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Abilene Christian 4, Xavier 3
DALLAS, Texas – Abilene Christian women's tennis avenged last season's loss to Xavier with a 4-3 victory Wednesday, as the two teams settled for a dual-match on the indoor courts of the LifeTime Fitness Center.
The match originally was to be played outdoors at the T Bar M Racquet Club as part of a doubleheader with Colin County, but those plans were nixed early this morning when temperatures in the Metroplex dropped into the low 30's. ACU's dual vs. Colin County was canceled.
The Wildcat women (4-0) lost in Cincinnati to the Musketeers last winter, 5-2, but today they won the doubles point behind victories at the No. 1 and 3 positions and later clinched the decision with triumphs at No. 2, 3 and 5 singles.
Junior Kaysie Hermsdorf and senior Brittney Reed continued their early-season roll in doubles, improving to 9-0 after doubling up the duo of Sydney Liggins and Amina Ismail 6-3. Also victorious was the No. 3 tandem of Lucile Pothier and Nada Marjanovic, who defeated Daniella Patton and Lauren Ghidotti, 6-2, in their season debut together.
Marjanovic and Hermsdorf extended their unbeaten streaks in singles as well. Hermsdorf knocked off Alex Brinker at No. 2, 6-3, 6-4, to move to 6-0 on the spring, while Marjanovic raised her season mark to 3-0 after beating Ghidotti at No. 5, 6-2, 6-4.
Sophomore Erin Walker evened her season record at 3-3, beating Ismail at the No. 3 position, 6-2, 6-2.
The Wildcats are scheduled to return to action Friday at 11:44 a.m. with a home doubleheader against their longtime Southland Conference rivals from UIW.
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No. 34 Houston 5, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 0
HOUSTON, Texas – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's tennis team fell to No. 34 Houston today, 5-0, at John E. Hoff Courts. The Cougars (9-4) captured five straight-set singles matches to win their fifth consecutive match.
The Islanders (6-3) played several close sets with the Cougars. Sophomore Judit Vives fell in a second-set tiebreaker to No. 34-ranked Despoina Vogasari, who won the Texas Regionals in the fall. Junior Celia Rodriguez and sophomore Kerry Galhos each dropped close first sets at 7-5 while freshman Jelena Dzinic lost a tight 6-4 first set.
Junior Maider Martin fell to Rocio Martin 6-1, 6-1 at No. 4 singles to move her overall mark to 6-2. Houston followed with a straight-set win at No. 2 singles for its second point of the day. Elena Kordolaimi handed Rodriguez her first loss of the season with a close 7-5, 6-2 win. Rodriguez moves to 5-1 on the year in dual matches.
After a close back-and-forth battle in the first set at No. 6 singles, senior Chelsea Horan fell to Charlotte Phillips, 6-3, 6-2. The Cougars then clinched the match in the No. 3 spot with a straight-set win. Tina Rupert topped Dzinic, 6-4, 6-3 at No. 3 singles before Vives dropped a tough loss to Vogasari, 6-2, 7-6 (4) in the No. 1 slot to move her record to 5-2 on the year. In the final singles match, Galhos was edged out 7-5 in the first set to Maria Cardenas at No. 5 singles and was trailing 3-1 in the second when the match was concluded.
The Islanders will remain on the road for their final non-conference match of the season. A&M-Corpus Christi will take on former Southland member UT Arlington on Tuesday, March 10.
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