ABILENE – Abilene Christian women's tennis pushed its overall win streak to three and extended its home and Southland Conference winning streaks to eight and seven, respectively, following Friday's 6-1 victory over Lamar at the Eager Tennis Center.
ACU is now 5-1 all-time vs. the Cardinals, 11-8 this spring, and still tied for first place in the league with Northwestern State at 7-0.
The Wildcats started today's match by winning their sixth doubles point in seven tries. The No. 1 ACU duo of sophomore
Nini Memishishi and junior
Sarah Adams made quick work of Lamar's Jasmin Buchta and Amelie Vossgaetter, and the No. 2 tandem of sophomore
Ileana Mocciola and senior Autumn Bellow soon followed with a 6-2 decision over Bianca Vitale and Natalia Molina.
It didn't take ACU long to reach a 3-0 advantage as both its No. 1 and 2 line players Memishishi and Adams each won in straight sets. Memishishi won her 10th singles match of the spring after dispatching Buchta, 6-0, 6-2, and the Adams defeated Vitale, 6-3, 6-4, for her fourth win in seven league matches.
The clinching point, however, took some time getting to but was eventually earned by senior
Jordan Henry at the No. 4 position, where she battled back to defeat Vossgaetter, 6-1, 5-7, 6-1, for her team-leading 12th win of the spring. Mocciola then scored the Wildcats' fifth point, beating Laura Sola Grau, 7-5, 7-5, and freshman
Allison Stewart capped ACU's scoring with a marathon win over Molina, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (9-7).
Stewart is 11-9 overall but a perfect 7-0 vs. Southland opposition.
The Wildcats return to action and conclude their homestand with a Sunday 1 p.m. match vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The Islanders have won their last three contests vs. ACU by the same 4-3 score.
Abilene Christian 6, Lamar University 1
Apr 05, 2019 at Abilene, Texas (Eager Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1.
Nini Memishishi (ACU) def. Jasmin Buchta (LU-W) 6-0, 6-2
2.
Sarah Adams (ACU) def. Bianca Vitale (LU-W) 6-3, 6-4
3. Sanja Jolic (LU-W) def. Autumn Bellow (ACU) 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4
4.
Jordan Henry (ACU) def. Amelie Vossgaetter (LU-W) 6-1, 5-7, 6-1
5.
Allison Stewart (ACU) def. Natalia Molina (LU-W) 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (9-7)
6.
Ileana Mocciola (ACU) def. Laura Sola Grau (LU-W) 7-5, 7-5
Doubles competition
1.
Nini Memishishi/
Sarah Adams (ACU) def. Jasmin Buchta/Amelie Vossgaetter (LU-W) 6-1
2.
Ileana Mocciola/Autumn Bellow (ACU) def. Bianca Vitale/Natalia Molina (LU-W) 6-2
3.
Jordan Henry/
Allison Stewart (ACU) vs. Sanja Jolic/Laura Sola Grau (LU-W) 4-5, unfinished
Match Notes
Lamar University 6-12 (3-5 SLC)
Abilene Christian 11-8 (7-0 SLC)
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (1,2,4,6,3,5)
A-100
