NEW ORLEANS, La. - Abilene Christian's men's and women's tennis teams each improved to 2-0 on their Spring Break trip against Southland Conference opposition Wednesday as the Wildcats recorded a pair of 5-2 wins over New Orleans at the UNO Tennis Center.
The women's victory was their sixth in-a-row and lifted their season record to 10-2, while the ACU men evened their season mark at 7-7.
The ACU women's team began today's dual with its 10th doubles point in 12 matches and eighth sweep of the spring. Sisters Micah and
Kaysie Hermsdorf won their 11th straight match at No. 1 together, beating the Privateer tandem of Grace Nolan and Yasmine Richard, 8-2, while the No. 2 and 3 teams of
Brittney Reed and
Erin Walker, and
Nada Marjanovic and
Emily Conrad doubled-up their competition by scores of 8-4.
ACU is now 28-6 (.824) in dual match doubles play as their No. 2 and 3 teams have combined for a 17-6 record behind the Hermsdorfs' mark of 11-0.
Into singles, seniors
Micah Hermsdorf and
Emily Conrad ran their individual winning streaks to three matches with victories at the No. 1 and 6 position. Hermsdorf beat Nolan in straight sets at the top spot, 6-4, 6-0, while Conrad conquered Richard, 6-2, 6-2.
Walker scored the victory at No. 4 in improving to 8-6, and Marjanovic cruised past Hafsa Laraibi at No. 5, 6-0, 6-1, for her team leading 12th singles win. Marjanovic also leads the Wildcats with a six-match winning streak.
As for the men, they once again grinded out a tough performance that included a tiebreak win at No. 3 doubles and three-set singles win from
Jason Proctor over Luis Albuquerque, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, that raised his season record to 7-6.
The win by
Michael Morris and
Marco Bensley at No. 3 doubles was equally crucial as it kept the doubles point away from the Privateers. UNO won at the No. 1 position over
Guilherme Gesser and Borja Cortés, 8-4, but lost by the same score at No. 2 to Proctor and
Nico Agritelley.
In Sunday's win at Incarnate Word, it was the back half of the Wildcats' order that secured the 4-3 victory, but today it was the upper tier that won a bulk of the matches. Because in addition to Proctor's rally, Cortés improved to 8-5 with his win at No. 1 over Rui Silva, 6-3, 7-5, and sophomore
Nicklas Wingord snapped a five-match losing streak at No. 2 with his 6-2, 7-6 decision over Gonzalo Garcia.
Bensley also did well at No. 6, defeating Daniel Populus, 6-2, 6-3, for his fourth-straight win.
The women's team returns to action tomorrow with a noon dual at Southeastern Louisiana, while the men's team is off from competition until March 22.
Abilene Christian 5, New Orleans Privateers 2
Mar 12, 2014 at New Orleans, La. (Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. Borja Cortés (ACU) def. Rui Silva (UNOM) 6-3, 7-5
2.
Nicklas Wingord (ACU) def. Gonzalo Garcia (UNOM) 6-2, 7-6
3.
Jason Proctor (ACU) def. Luis Albuquerque (UNOM) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
4. Blake Gregor (UNOM) def.
Guilherme Gesser (ACU) 6-3, 5-7, 6-1
5. Chris Appelgren (UNOM) def.
Nico Agritelley (ACU) 7-6, 4-6, 13-11
6.
Marco Bensley (ACU) def. Daniel Populus (UNOM) 6-2, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Blake Gregor/Timo Kranz (UNOM) def.
Guilherme Gesser/Borja Cortés (ACU) 8-4
2.
Jason Proctor/
Nico Agritelley (ACU) def. Chris Appelgren/Rui Silva (UNOM) 8-4
3.
Michael Morris/
Marco Bensley (ACU) def. Daniel Populus/Gonzalo Garcia (UNOM) 8-7
Match Notes
Abilene Christian 7-7 (2-0 SLC)
New Orleans Privateers 4-5 (1-1 SLC)
Abilene Christian 5, New Orleans Privateers 2
Mar 12, 2014 at New Orleans, La. (Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1.
Micah Hermsdorf (ACU) def. Grace Nolan (UNOW) 6-4, 6-0
2. Soledad Calderon (UNOW) def.
Brittney Reed (ACU) 7-5, 6-3
3. Anna Segarra Rius (UNOW) def.
Kaysie Hermsdorf (ACU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
4.
Erin Walker (ACU) def. Marta Sans (UNOW) 6-1, 6-2
5.
Nada Marjanovic (ACU) def. Hafsa Laraibi (UNOW) 6-0, 6-1
6.
Emily Conrad (ACU) def. Yasmine Richard (UNOW) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles competition
1.
Kaysie Hermsdorf/
Micah Hermsdorf (ACU) def. Grace Nolan/Yasmine Richard (UNOW) 8-2
2.
Brittney Reed/
Erin Walker (ACU) def. Marta Sans/Soledad Calderon (UNOW) 8-4
3.
Nada Marjanovic/
Emily Conrad (ACU) def. Hafsa Laraibi/Anna Segarra Rius (UNOW) 8-4
Match Notes
Abilene Christian 10-2 (2-0 SLC)
New Orleans Privateers 4-4 (1-2 SLC)
