CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Southland Conference's Championships top-seeded Abilene Christian women Thursday defeated eighth-seeded Lamar, 4-0, during first-round action at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center.
The Wildcats won two of three doubles contests with the No. 2 duo of freshman
Allison Stewart and
Jordan Henry earning that all-important first point with a 7-5 decision over Cardinals' Bianca Vitale and Natalia Molina. Earlier the No. 1 tandem of junior
Sarah Adams and
Nini Memishishi defeated Lamar's Jasmin Buchta and Amelie Vossgaetter, 6-3, while the Wildcats' No. 3 pairing of Ilena Mocciola and Autumn Bellow fell by the sam score to Sanja Jolic and Laura Sola Grau.
Adams and Memishishi have 15 wins together this spring and the best winning percentage of any Wildcat doubles team at .652.
This ACU duo also were among the first off the courts in singles. Memishishi topped Buchta, 6-4, 6-3, at No. 1 for win No. 13 on the spring to give the Wildcats a 3-0 lead, and then Adams finished Vitale at No. 2, 6-4, 6-3 for her ninth victory.
Freshman
Allison Stewart picked up the Wildcats' first singles point after defeating Molina, 6-2, 6-1. The first-year Wildcat from Midland is tops on her team with 16 victories and has defeated all 12 of her Southland Confernece opponents thus far.
The three remaining singles matches were left unfinished. Bellow and Mocciola were both up one point in the third set, while Henry was tied at 6-6 with Vossgaetter after winning the first set, 6-2.
Next up for the Wildcats is a Friday 2 p.m. semifinal match vs. Sam Houston State, which ACU defeated 4-3 at home earlier this season. The Wildcats swept doubles from the Bearkats before earning singles wins at the No. 3, 5 and 6 positions.
Abilene Christian 4, Lamar University 0
April 25, 2019 at Corpus Christi, Texas
Thomas J Henry Tennis Center
Singles competition
1.
Nini Memishishi (ACU) def. Jasmin Buchta (LU) 6-4, 6-3
2.
Sarah Adams (ACU) def. Bianca Vitale (LU) 6-4, 6-3
3. Autumn Bellow (ACU) vs. Sanja Jolic (LU) 6-4, 5-7, 1-0, unfinished
4.
Jordan Henry (ACU) vs. Amelie Vossgaetter (LU) 6-2, 6-6, unfinished
5.
Allison Stewart (ACU) def. Natalia Molina (LU) 6-2, 6-1
6. Ilena Mocciola (ACU) vs. Laura Sola Grau (LU) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0, unfinished
Doubles competition
1.
Sarah Adams/
Nini Memishishi (ACU) def. Jasmin Buchta/Amelie Vossgaetter (LU) 6-3
2.
Allison Stewart/
Jordan Henry (ACU) def. Bianca Vitale/Natalia Molina (LU) 7-5
3. Sanja Jolic/Laura Sola Grau (LU) def. Ilena Mocciola/Autumn Bellow (ACU) 6-3
Match Notes
Lamar University 8-13
Abilene Christian 15-9
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (1,5,2)
