Women’s Tennis: April 17 Scoreboard
Southland Conference
McNeese State 4, Southeastern Louisiana 3
New Orleans 7, UIW 0
McNeese State 4, Southeastern Louisiana 3
LAKE CHARLES, La. – McNeese State women’s tennis team snapped a two match losing streak Friday afternoon with a 4-3 win over Southeastern Louisiana in a key Southland Conference match.
Due to the threat of rain, singles were played first.
McNeese jumped out to a 2-0 lead with wins at no. 2 and no. 3. Hannah Brett picked up the first Cowgirl point with a straight set 6-0, 6-0 win over Lucia Bustamante. Sarah Jurakova followed that win with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Marqaux Kaltenbacker at no. 3 singles.
Southeastern La. tied the match at two points apiece by winning the next two matches. The Lions’ Natalie Duran defeated Andreea Nenu 6-1, 6-2 and Dany Raygadas defeated Anastasija Trubich 6-4, 6-3 an the no. 5 position.
Vivian Borbely gave McNeese a 3-2 lead with her 6-3, 6-4 win over Madina Vorotnikova at the no. 4 singles. With the only match left and the Cowgirls needing just one point to clinch the overall victory, Julia Kral put up a good fight but fell to Renee Villarreal at the no. 1 spot in a tie-breaker 7-6, 6-3, 6-7.
The Cowgirls wasted no time in clinching the match by winning two of the doubles matches. The doubles team of Jurakova and Borbely defeated Kaltenbacker and Raygadas 8-2 at the no. 2 doubles. The Cowgirls clinched the match with a Trubich and Nenu 8-2 win over Natalie Duran and Vorotnikova at the no. 3 doubles.
McNeese will close out its home schedule with an 11 a.m. match against UNO on Sunday. Andrea Nenu will be honored prior to the match.
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New Orleans 7, UIW 0
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The New Orleans Privateers women’s tennis team (14-9, 4-6 Southland) finished five singles matches in straight sets as part of a 7-0 victory over the Incarnate Word Cardinals (2-20, 0-10) on Friday afternoon at the UIW Tennis Courts.
The day started with the Privateers snaring the doubles point with wins at the 2 and 3 positions. Anna Segarra Rius and Anja Luethi set the tone with an 8-2 victory and Yasmine Rashad and Hafsa Laraibi closed the doubles proceedings with an 8-4 decision.
In singles, the Privateers had one clean sweep and four matches that were won with three or fewer games dropped. Segarra earned a 6-0, 6-0 win while Luethi continued her strong close to the regular season with a 6-1, 6-0 decision at #3 singles. Laraibi turned in yet another dominant performance with a 6-1, 6-1 victory.
Soledad Calderon Arroyo and Marta Sans also turned in straight set victories. Yasmine Rashad finished off the shutout decision with a three-set victory. After dropping the first set 6-4, Rashad came back to take the second set 6-3 and the final set at 10-5. The win marked the fourth straight for the Privateers.
New Orleans will close the regular season on Sunday at McNeese State. The match is scheduled for an 11 a.m. start.
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