SAN ANTONIO –
Olivia Sears scored a straight-set win at second singles on Monday to highlight Abilene Christian's 4-1 loss at the hands of undefeated Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
Sears defeated Naomi Moi McKenzie, 6-2, 7-5.
The Wildcats had a few other close matches that went unfinished.
Maria Cascos and
Eva Arranz were in the third set of their singles matches at Nos. 4 and 6, respectively.
Masha Vrsalovic and Sears were down 5-4 in their first-line doubles match when the Islanders clinched the doubles point and ended their comeback.
"Overall, we gave a really good effort," said ACU Head Coach Bryan Rainwater. "We started slow but picked up the energy and the match moved on. We did a great job at 2 and really had chances to win at 4, 5 and 6. We definitely have some work to do, but Corpus is a very good team and I'm happy that we had chances."
The Wildcats open Western Athletic Conference action this weekend, hosting Texas-Arlington Friday at 1 p.m. and Texas-Rio Grande Valley Sunday at 11 a.m.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 4, Abilene Christian 1
Singles competition
1. Emma Aucagne (AMCC-W) def.
Masha Vrsalovic (ACU) 6-1, 6-2
2.
Olivia Sears (ACU) def. Naomi Moi McKenzie (AMCC-W) 6-2, 7-5
3. Sofia Pinto (AMCC-W) def.
Maryjoe Crisologo (ACU) 6-1, 6-3
4. Victoire Delattre (AMCC-W) vs.
Maria Cascos (ACU) 4-6, 6-4, 4-0, unfinished
5. Valeria Cherfus (AMCC-W) def.
Andrea Guerrero (ACU) 6-4, 7-5
6. Kateryna Rublevska (AMCC-W) vs.
Eva Arranz (ACU) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0, unfinished
Doubles competition
1. Naomi Moi McKenzie/Sofia Pinto (AMCC-W) vs.
Masha Vrsalovic/
Olivia Sears (ACU) 5-4, unfinished
2. Emma Aucagne/Palina Saulevich (AMCC-W) def.
Maria Cascos/
Maryjoe Crisologo (ACU) 6-1
3. Kateryna Rublevska/Valeria Cherfus (AMCC-W) def.
Eva Arranz/
Andrea Guerrero (ACU) 6-3
