SAN ANTONIO – Abilene Christian women's tennis pitched its sixth shutout of the season and improved its placing within the Southland Conference following its 7-0 win at Incarnate Word Saturday at the Mabry Tennis Courts.
The Wildcats are now 13-7 overall and 7-3 against the league with only Monday's 11 a.m. dual at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi remaining. ACU has won its last five matches, moving the Wildcats into fourth place and they can finish as high as third if they and at least one other team next week beats the Islanders. McNeese sits atop the Southland Conference standings at 9-1 followed by Northwestern State at 8-1.
ACU today cruised to the doubles point thanks to consecutive 6-1 wins from their No. 1 and 3 duos of
Lucile Pothier/
Nini Memishishi and
Ileana Mocciola/
Autumn Crossnoe, and in singles, all the Wildcats' triumphs were in straight sets.
At No. 3, freshman
Nini Memishishi defeated Sara Djurdjevic, 6-4, 6-0, for her eighth-straight singles win that lifted her overall and conference records to 16-4 and 9-1, and at No. 5, junior
Autumn Crossnoe won her seventh-straight decision, beating Alejandra Tamayo, 6-1, 6-3. Crossnoe is fourth on the team with 11 wins, two behind seniors
Lucile Pothier and
Whitney Williams, who both were winners today at the No. 1 and 2 positions.
Pothier doubled up Matea Zemunik, 6-3, 6-3, in improving to 8-2 vs. conference opponents, while Williams toppled Jelena Dordan, 6-4, 6-2. Williams has a 7-3 record vs. Southland foes.
Also winning this afternoon were sophomore
Sarah Eleanor Adams, 6-2, 6-0, vs. Alejandra Landaluce at No. 4, and freshman
Ileana Mocciola at No. 6 vs. Rachel Sadiq, 6-3, 6-3.
Abilene Christian 7, UIW 0
4/14/2018 at San Antonio, Texas (Mabry Tennis Courts)
Singles competition
1.
Lucile Pothier (ACU) def. Matea Zemunik (UIW-W) 6-3, 6-3
2.
Whitney Williams (ACU) def. Jelena Dordan (UIW-W) 6-4, 6-2
3.
Nini Memishishi (ACU) def. Sara Djurdjevic (UIW-W) 6-4, 6-0
4. Sarah Adams (ACU) def. Alejandra Landaluce (UIW-W) 6-2, 6-0
5.
Autumn Crossnoe (ACU) def. Alejandra Tamayo (UIW-W) 6-1, 6-3
6.
Ileana Mocciola (ACU) def. Rachel Sadiq (UIW-W) 6-3, 6-3
Doubles competition
1.
Lucile Pothier/
Nini Memishishi (ACU) def. Matea Zemunik/Victoria Kareh (UIW-W) 6-1
2.
Whitney Williams/Sarah Adams (ACU) def. Sara Djurdjevic/Rachel Sadiq (UIW-W) 6-3
3.
Ileana Mocciola/
Autumn Crossnoe (ACU) def. Jelena Dordan/Maria Batchinsky (UIW-W) 6-1
Match Notes
Abilene Christian 13-7, 7-3 SLC
UIW 5-16, 3-7 SLC
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (4,3,1,2,5,6)
