No. 4 McNeese State Advances to Semifinals with 4-1 win over No. 5 New Orleans
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NACOGDOCHES, Texas – No. 4 McNeese State (15-6) closed out the first day of the 2016 Southland Conference Women's Tennis Tournament with a 4-1 victory against fifth-seeded New Orleans (15-8) at the Schlief Tennis Center this afternoon.
The doubles point went to the Cowgirls after the No. 1 and No. 3 pairs won 6-1, 7-5 (6-4), respectively. Freshman of the year Giovanna Fioretti and Sarah Jurakova handed New Orleans’ Anja Luethi and Trang Dao a loss as Privateers Soledad Calderon and Anna Segarra Ruis defeated Klaudia Gawlik and Julia Kral. Cowgirls Hannah Brett and Charoline Erlandsson clinched the point with a win over Hafsa Laraibi and Yasmine Rashad.
In singles action, McNeese State clinched the win with three straight set victories at the No. 1, No. 3, and No. 5 flights. Gawlik defeated Ruis 6-4, 6-3 at the No. 1 spot and Jurakova beat Luethi 6-2, 6-3 at No. 3. Brett downed Laraibi 6-1, 6-0 to take the final point. Fioretti and Kral were both leading before the match was clinched.
The Cowgirls will now face the top-seed Islanders tomorrow afternoon in the semifinals of the tournament, match time is slated for 2 p.m. CST from Nacogdoches. The Islanders swept No. 8 Lamar, 4-0, earlier this afternoon.
The Women's semifinals will take place tomorrow afternoon and the tournament championship will be played Sunday at 2 p.m. with the winner receiving the league's automatic bid to the NCAA championship.
Admission is free to all matches of the 2016 Southland Conference Women's Tennis Tournament, for more information regarding results, records and more please visit Southland.org.