ABILENE - Abilene Christian women's tennis extended its winning streak to four matches and improved to 6-3 on the spring following Thursday's doubleheader sweep of its former NCAA DII rivals from Tarleton State and Texas Permian Basin.
ACU beat the TexAnns, 6-1, and swept the Falcons, 7-0 in junior
Lucile Pothier's return to the court following an injury.
Pothier first played at No. 2 doubles with
Whitney Williams vs. Tarleton State and won that match, 6-3. She then played singles and doubles vs. the Falcons, following a 6-0 win with Williams with a 6-0, 6-1 triumph at the No. 3 position.
ACU's three doubles teams of Pothier/Williams,
Erin Walker/
Sarah Eleanor Adams (No. 1), and
Jordan Henry/
Ansley Boarman (No. 3) all went 3-0 today in raising the Wildcats' season doubles record to 26-18 (.591). Walker and Adams have won their last seven matches together and are 8-2 overall this spring, while the other two duos are 4-2.
In singles competition, both Walker and Williams were 2-0 playing at the No. 1 and 2 positions, and freshman Sarah Adams won her matches at No. 3 and 4 vs.Tarleton State and UTPB, respectively.
Jordan Henry and
Elizabeth Ryan also went unbeaten today, winning their matches between the No. 4, 5 and 6 positions.
The Wildcats are off for the rest of this weekend and return to action next Friday for the start of a busy road trip to Arkansas, where they'll face Harding, Arkansas State, and Central Arkansas in their Southland Conference opener.
Abilene Christian 6, Tarleton State 1
Feb 23, 2017 at Abilene, Texas (Eager Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1.
Erin Walker (ACU) def. Elena Preadca (TSU) 6-1, 6-0
2.
Whitney Williams (ACU) def. Alicia Barbaroux (TSU) 6-2, 6-4
3. Sarah Adams (ACU) def. Ashleigh Elward (TSU) 6-1, 6-0
4.
Jordan Henry (ACU) def. Ellie Stevens (TSU) 6-0, 6-2
5.
Elizabeth Ryan (ACU) def. Tori Simmons (TSU) 7-5, 6-4
6. Luiza Ferraro-Adas (TSU) def.
Ansley Boarman (ACU) 7-5, 5-7, 10-6
Doubles competition
1.
Erin Walker/Sarah Adams (ACU) def. Elena Preadca/Luiza Ferraro-Adas (TSU) 6-2
2.
Whitney Williams/
Lucile Pothier (ACU) def. Ashleigh Elward/Ellie Stevens (TSU) 6-3
3.
Jordan Henry/
Ansley Boarman (ACU) def. Alicia Barbaroux/Tori Simmons (TSU) 6-4
Match Notes
Tarleton State 5-2
Abilene Christian 5-3
Abilene Christian 7, UT Permian Basin 0
Feb 23, 2017 at Abilene, Texas (Eager Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1.
Erin Walker (ACU) def. Fernanda Orona (UTPBW) 6-3, 6-2, 10-4
2.
Whitney Williams (ACU) def. Eugenia Sanchez (UTPBW) 6-4, 6-3
3.
Lucile Pothier (ACU) def. Krissy Chavez (UTPBW) 6-0, 6-1
4. Sarah Adams (ACU) def. Sofia Ochoa Arminana (UTPBW) 6-1, 6-0
5.
Jordan Henry (ACU) def. Paulina Obreque (UTPBW) 6-1, 6-1
6.
Elizabeth Ryan (ACU) def. Stephanie Prats (UTPBW) 6-2, 6-3
Doubles competition
1.
Erin Walker/Sarah Adams (ACU) def. Andrea Villalobos/Eugenia Sanchez (UTPBW) 6-4
2.
Whitney Williams/
Lucile Pothier (ACU) def. Sofia Ochoa Arminana/Krissy Chavez (UTPBW) 6-0
3.
Ansley Boarman/
Jordan Henry (ACU) def. Stephanie Prats/Fernanda Orona (UTPBW) 6-3
Match Notes
UT Permian Basin 1-4
Abilene Christian 6-3
