Women's Tennis | 3/22/2015 7:27:00 PM
NATCHITOCHES, La. - Several season-opening winning streaks came to end Sunday for the Abilene Christian women's tennis team as it lost for the first time this spring, 5-2, to the Lady Demons of Northwestern State.
The victory lifted Northwestern State's season record to 8-6 as they remained tied for first place in the Southland Conference with Nicholls at 4-0.
The only wins attained by the Wildcats (6-1, 2-1 Southland) at the Jack Fisher Tennis Complex were an 8-4 decision by their No. 3 doubles team of
Lucile Pothier and
Carli Knezevich and No. 5 and 6 singles triumphs from freshman
Whitney Williams and junior
Nada Marjanovic.
Pothier and Knezevich won their contest, 8-4, over the tandem of Aliona Ladutska and Emily Kerr to tie the doubles series at 1-1, but Williams and sophomore
Erin Walker couldn't quite catch the No. 2 duo of Barbora Kollarova and Polin Ivanova, losing 8-6.
Senior
Brittney Reed and junior
Kaysie Hermsdorf were first off the court, losing 8-1 to the team of Tatiana Larina and Natalya Krutova. The defeat was their first of the spring following an awesome 11-0 start.
Hermsdorf later saw her eight-match singles winning streak broken at the hands of Krutova on the No. 2 court, 6-3, 6-2, which gave the Lady Demons a 2-0 lead.
Walker then lost at No. 3 to Ladutska to push the Wildcats to the brink of defeat; however, ACU responded with Marjanovic's 6-3, 6-2 victory over Kerr and Williams' sweep of Kollarova, 6-2, 6-3.
Unfortunately, the Wildcats were unable to tie the team score as Larina held off Reed at No. 1, 6-0, 7-5, for the match-clinching point. Pothier was last off the courts, falling in three sets to Ivanova, 6-7, 6-1, 10-6, for her first singles defeat of 2015 (7-1).
The Wildcats conclude their Southland road trip Monday at noon vs. Stephen F. Austin.
Northwestern State 5, Abilene Christian 2
Mar 22, 2015 at Natchitoches, La. (Jack Fisher Tennis Complex)
Singles competition
1. Tatiana Larina (NWLA) def.
Brittney Reed (ACU) 6-0, 7-5
2. Natalya Krutova (NWLA) def.
Kaysie Hermsdorf (ACU) 6-3, 6-2
3. Aliona Ladutska (NWLA) def.
Erin Walker (ACU) 6-2, 6-1
4. Polina Ivanova (NWLA) def.
Lucile Pothier (ACU) 6-7, 6-1, 10-6
5.
Whitney Williams (ACU) def. Barbora Kollarova (NWLA) 6-2, 6-3
6.
Nada Marjanovic (ACU) def. Emily Kerr (NWLA) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Tatiana Larina/Natalya Krutova (NWLA) def.
Brittney Reed/
Kaysie Hermsdorf (ACU) 8-1
2. Barbora Kollarova/Polina Ivanova (NWLA) def.
Erin Walker/
Whitney Williams (ACU) 8-6
3.
Lucile Pothier/
Carli Knezevich (ACU) def. Aliona Ladutska/Emily Kerr (NWLA) 8-4
Match Notes
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (2,3,6,5,1,4)
Abilene Christian 6-1, 2-1 Southland
Northwestern State 8-6, 4-0 Southland
T-3:15 A-182
