Women's tennis clobbers Cardinals; Men split doubleheader vs. Lamar and UTPB

Women's Tennis | 4/12/2015 10:46:00 PM

ABILENE - Abilene Christian's women's tennis team moved one game over .500 in Southland Conference play following its 5-2 win over Lamar Sunday at the Eager Tennis Pavilion. Unfortunately, its male counterparts couldn't duplicate that result, losing 6-1 to the Cardinals before rebounding with a 6-1 win over Texas-Permian Basin.

The men's lone double winner today was sophomore Nico Agritelley, who defeated Jeandre Hoogenboezem at No. 3 in comeback fashion, 3-6, 6-2, 10-4, before toppling the Falcons' Thomas Rice at No. 2, 6-1, 6-2.

The two singles victories pushed Agritelley's winning streak to five and give him an overall record of 17-7 and 5-0 mark at No. 2. He also is undefeated against the Southland Conference in singles play and is 8-2 over his last 10 matches.

All his teammates, however, lost in straight sets to the Cardinals, and at No. 1 doubles Agritelley and Guilherme Gesser lost 8-5 to Hoogenboezem and Nikita Lis. The Wildcats' also lost, 8-2, at No. 3, but were ahead 6-5 at No. 2 when the doubles point was clinched by the Cardinals.

It would take several more hours for the ACU men, but they eventually left the courts victorious tonight following a big 6-1 win over their old NCAA DII rivals from UTPB. The Wildcats won all but one of their singles matches in straight sets, and swept the doubles point by scores of 8-4, 8-2, 8-2 to even their combined doubles record at 31-31.
 
The women's team, meanwhile, continued their winning ways against the Southland by defeating Lamar for the second-straight season, 5-2, which lifted its overall and conference records to 10-6 and 5-4.

The Wildcats once again were strong in doubles, picking up an 8-1 win at No. 1 from senior Brittney Reed and junior Kaysie Hermsdorf, and a victory at No. 2 from sophomore Erin Walker and freshman Whitney Williams.

Hermsdorf's and Reed's win pushed them to 6-1 against the league, 10-2 at No. 1 and 15-2 overall. Walker and Williams also are 6-1 vs. the Southland and 7-3 in their last 10 decisions.

In singles competition, the Wildcats received a nice win at No. 2 from Walker who beat Anna Spengler in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4, in addition to three straight wins from the bottom end of their the lineup.

Walker is now 5-1 at No. 2 and 11-6 overall, but keeping pace with her is freshman Lucile Pothier, who handed Hanna Elfving a 6-2, 6-1 loss at No. 5. Williams also won for the second time this weekend and ninth time this spring with a 6-3, 7-6 triumph over Carolina Maso, while at No. 6 junior Nada Marjanovic conquered Stephanie Marchena, 7-6, 6-3, for win No. 12 that leads all Wildcats.

The men's regular season reaches its conclusion Thursday with a doubleheader vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Hardin-Simmons. The women also will face the Islanders Thursday before concluding their conference season at Central Arkansas Saturday.

ACU's doubleheader vs. Corpus Christi starts right after chapel services at 11:44 a.m. Free hot dogs and Dr. Pepper will be served.
 

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Abilene Christian 5, Lamar 2
Apr 12, 2015 at Abilene, Texas (Eager Tennis Pavilion)

Singles competition
1. Lapayeva, Katya (LU) def. Brittney Reed (ACU) 7-5, 4-6, 10-6
2. Erin Walker (ACU) def. Spengler, Anna (LU) 6-1, 6-4
3. Ivanovic, Andrea (LU) def. Kaysie Hermsdorf (ACU) 7-5, 6-2
4. Whitney Williams (ACU) def. Maso, Carolina (LU) 6-3, 7-6
5. Lucile Pothier (ACU) def. Elfving, Hanna (LU) 6-2, 6-1
6. Nada Marjanovic (ACU) def. Marchena, Stephanie (LU) 7-6, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Brittney Reed/Kaysie Hermsdorf (ACU) def. Maso, Carolina/Lapayeva, Katya (LU) 8-1
2. Erin Walker/Whitney Williams (ACU) def. Spengler, Anna/Ivanovic, Andrea (LU) 8-3
3. Lucile Pothier/Carli Knezevich (ACU) vs. Marchena, Stephanie/Elfving, Hanna (LU) 7-5, unfinished

Match Notes
Lamar 9-10 (3-6 SLC)
Abilene Christian 10-6 (5-4 SLC)
 

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Lamar 6, Abilene Christian 1
Apr 12, 2015 at Abilene, Texas (Eager Tennis Pavilion)

Singles competition
1. Lis, Nikita (LUM) def. Guilherme Gesser (ACU) 6-2, 6-3
2. Feucht, Michael (LUM) def. Jason Proctor (ACU) 6-1, 6-3
3. Nico Agritelley (ACU) def. Hoogenboezem, Jeandr (LUM) 3-6, 6-2, 10-4
4. Schweizer, Benny (LUM) def. Henry Adams (ACU) 6-1, 6-3
5. Rajamaki, Mikko (LUM) def. Paul Domanski (ACU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Laitinen, Juuso (LUM) def. Marco Bensley (ACU) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Lis, Nikita/Hoogenboezem, Jeandr (LUM) def. Nico Agritelley/Guilherme Gesser (ACU) 8-5
2. Henry Adams/Jason Proctor (ACU) vs. Feucht, Michael/Schweizer, Benny (LUM) 6-5, unfinished
3. Laitinen, Juuso/Rajamaki, Mikko (LUM) def. Paul Domanski/Marco Bensley (ACU) 8-2

Match Notes
Lamar 11-10 (2-1 SLC)
Abilene Christian 8-15 (1-3 SLC)
 

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Abilene Christian 6, Texas-Permian Basin 1
Apr 12, 2015 at Abilene, Texas (Eager Tennis Pavilion)

Singles competition
1. Guilherme Gesser (ACU) def. Justin Pena (UTPBM) 6-1, 6-1
2. Nico Agritelley (ACU) def. Thomas Rice (UTPBM) 6-1, 6-2
3. Jason Proctor (ACU) def. Devon Douglis (UTPBM) 6-2, 6-2
4. Leo Luna (UTPBM) def. Henry Adams (ACU) 1-6, 7-5, 10-7
5. Paul Domanski (ACU) def. Caio Aguiar (UTPBM) 6-3, 6-2
6. Marco Bensley (ACU) def. Ismael Quinones (UTPBM) 6-1, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Nico Agritelley/Guilherme Gesser (ACU) def. Adam Cheney/Justin Pena (UTPBM) 8-4
2. Henry Adams/Jason Proctor (ACU) def. Caio Aguiar/Thomas Rice (UTPBM) 8-2
3. Paul Domanski/Marco Bensley (ACU) def. Leo Luna/Devon Douglis (UTPBM) 8-2

Match Notes
Texas-Permian Basin 6-9
Abilene Christian 9-15