Kats win 3rd straight dual match

Saturday, February 1

Huntsville

11:00 AM

Louisiana Tech

Kats win 3rd straight dual match

2/1/2020 4:04:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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HUNTSVILLE — The Sam Houston State tennis team pushed its winning streak to three dual matches with a 5-2 victory over Louisiana Tech Saturday at the McAdams Tennis Center.

The Bearkats (4-1) captured the doubles point to grab the quick advantage.

The No. 2 team of Sahaja Yamalapalli and Emma Goedkoop defeated Claudia Oravcova and Ana Jover 6-2, then the No. 1 duo of Roos Gerritsen and Lusine Chobanyan knocked off Nadja Manjon and Alexia Romero 6-2 to seal it.

"I was very satisfied with our doubles today as number 1 and 2 lines came out strong and dominated start to finish," head coach Rob Hubbard said. "That really helps set the tone for the singles."

Yamalapalli and Goedkoop once again won their singles matches to remain perfect at 5-0 this season. Yamalapalli defeated Manjon 6-0, 6-4 in No. 1 play, and Goedkoop topped Romero 6-2, 6-4 at No. 4.

Chobanyan (4-1) defeated Ilana Tetruashvili 2-6, 6-2, 1-0 (6) in No. 3 action, and Petra Kaszas (1-0) stepped into the No. 6 spot to defeat Rikona Murakami 6-2, 6-4.

Dena Nicolaou fell to Jover 7-5, 6-2 at No. 2 singles, and Gerritsen lost at No. 5 7-5, 2-6, 1-0 (9).

"Overall, I was happy with the singles play today too, though, we had a couple hiccups along the way," Hubbard said. "We did a very good job compensating not having two of our starters in the lineup. The depth of our roster really was very apparent today."