Sam Houston got back on the winning track with a 5-2 women's tennis dual match victory over McNeese State Sunday afternoon.
The Bearkats started by winning the doubles point as Nadia Dubyanskaya and Tanya Postnikova won at number one doubles and Sheridan Currie and Natalie Petaia took the number two doubles pro set.
Currie, Natalie Petaia, Maddie Mortimore and Dubyanskaya all won in singles.
The Kats compete their regular season action next weekend with home matches against Oral Roberts and Central Arkansas as they seek to nail down their ninth consecutive trip to the Southland Conference post-season tournament.
The Southland standings going into next week's action:
| Team |
Southland |
Regular Season |
| Southeastern Louisiana |
7-1 |
17-2 |
| A&M-Corpus Christi |
5-2 |
13-3 |
| Lamar |
5-2 |
9-8 |
| Northwestern State |
5-2 |
10-6 |
| Stephen F. Austin |
4-2 |
8-8 |
| McNeese State |
3-4 |
12-8 |
| SAM HOUSTON |
2-5 |
6-11 |
| Central Arkansas |
2-5 |
8-12 |
| Nicholls State |
1-6 |
8-11 |
| Oral Roberts |
1-6 |
2-10 |
Tennis Match Results
McNeese State vs Sam Houston State
4/7/2013 at Huntsville, Texas
Sam Houston State 5, McNeese State 2
Doubles competition:
1. Nadia Dubyanskaya/Tanya Postnikova (SHSU) def. Lara Pujol/Anastasia Surkova (MCN) 8-1
2. Sheridan Currie/Natalie Petaia (SHSU) def. Klaudia Gawlik/Andreea Nenu (MCN) 8-4
3. Annabelle Peacock/Diana Pirciu (MCN) def. Maddie Mortimore/Kayla Stevenson (SHSU) 8-7
Singles competition:
1. Klaudia Gawlik (MCN) def. Tanya Postnikova (SHSU) 7-5, 6-2
2. Sheridan Currie (SHSU) def. Lara Pujol (MCN) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
3. Anastasia Surkova (MCN) def. Imke Jagau (SHSU) 6-0, 6-0
4. Natalie Petaia (SHSU) def. Andreea Nenu (MCN) 6-2, 6-1
5. Maddie Mortimore (SHSU) def. Diana Pirciu (MCN) 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
6. Nadia Dubyanskaya (SHSU) def. Annabelle Peacock (MCN) 6-3, 6-0
