Friday, February 28
Thibodaux, La.
1:00 PM
7
at
0
Nicholls
Photo by: Jamie Bustos/Nicholls
Kats roll in SLC opener
2/28/2020 7:29:00 PM | Women's Tennis
THIBODAUX, La. — The Sam Houston State women's tennis team opened Southland Conference action with a convincing 7-0 victory over Nicholls Friday.
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The Bearkats (6-4, 1-0) won the doubles point to grab a 1-0 lead. Roos Gerritsen and Lusine Chobanyan defeated Lingfeng Gu and Carla Bouygues at No. 1 doubles 6-0, and Petra Kaszas and Constandena Nicolaou topped Simona Maksimovic and Mikaela Konstantinova 6-0 in the No. 3 spot.
"I'm really proud of the team today as they were really ready to start the conference season," head coach Rob Hubbard said. "They crushed it in the doubles and carried it right into the singles. Hopefully we can carry that same focus into Sunday's match versus UNO."
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Sahaja Yamalapalli cruised to a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Laura Lopez to improve to 9-1 in No. 1 singles action, and Isidora Zivkovic (6-3) stopped Maksimovic 6-1, 6-2 at No. 2.
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Karla De La Luz Montalvo (4-4) defeated Bouygues 6-0, 6-1 at No. 3 singles, and Chobanyan (6-4) topped Gu 6-3, 6-2 at No. 4.
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In No. 5 singles play, Nicolaou (5-5) defeated Konstantinova 6-2, 6-4, while Emma Goedkoop (7-3) won at No. 6 singles over Morgan Forshag 6-3, 6-1.
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The Bearkats stay in Louisiana to face New Orleans Sunday at 10 a.m.
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The Bearkats (6-4, 1-0) won the doubles point to grab a 1-0 lead. Roos Gerritsen and Lusine Chobanyan defeated Lingfeng Gu and Carla Bouygues at No. 1 doubles 6-0, and Petra Kaszas and Constandena Nicolaou topped Simona Maksimovic and Mikaela Konstantinova 6-0 in the No. 3 spot.
"I'm really proud of the team today as they were really ready to start the conference season," head coach Rob Hubbard said. "They crushed it in the doubles and carried it right into the singles. Hopefully we can carry that same focus into Sunday's match versus UNO."
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Sahaja Yamalapalli cruised to a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Laura Lopez to improve to 9-1 in No. 1 singles action, and Isidora Zivkovic (6-3) stopped Maksimovic 6-1, 6-2 at No. 2.
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Karla De La Luz Montalvo (4-4) defeated Bouygues 6-0, 6-1 at No. 3 singles, and Chobanyan (6-4) topped Gu 6-3, 6-2 at No. 4.
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In No. 5 singles play, Nicolaou (5-5) defeated Konstantinova 6-2, 6-4, while Emma Goedkoop (7-3) won at No. 6 singles over Morgan Forshag 6-3, 6-1.
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The Bearkats stay in Louisiana to face New Orleans Sunday at 10 a.m.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,1
#1 Singles Match
12
66
Laura Lopez / 0 [NICH]
02
#2 Singles Match
12
66
Simona Maksimovic / 0 [NICH]
12
#3 Singles Match
12
66
Carla Bouygues / 0 [NICH]
01
#4 Singles Match
12
66
Lingfeng Gu / 0 [NICH]
32
#5 Singles Match
12
66
M. Konstantinova / 0 [NICH]
24
#6 Singles Match
12
66
Morgan Forshag / 0 [NICH]
31
Order of Finish:
3,2,5,1,6,4
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