Northwestern State 4, Southeastern Louisiana 3 - Final Results
Southeastern Louisiana 7, LSU Alexandria 0 - Final Results

ALEXANDRIA, La. – Southeastern Louisiana senior Renee Villarreal, sophomore Natalie Duran and sophomore Madina Vorotnikova each won both of their singles matches, as the Lion tennis team split its final two road matches of the 2015-16 regular season on Saturday.
 
The Lions (11-6, 5-3 Southland) opened the day with a narrow 4-3 loss to Northwestern State (7-9, 3-3 Southland) in Natchitoches. After dropping the doubles point, Southeastern split the six singles matches with the Lady Demons. Villarreal (12-3, 7-1 Southland), Duran (4-1, 1-1 Southland) and Vorotnikova (8-5, 5-3 Southland) each won in straight sets for SLU.
 
"We've been on the winning side of three 4-3 matches this spring, but today wasn't our day," Southeastern head coach Jason Hayes said. "Losing the doubles point hurt, but we played well enough in singles to have a chance. But Northwestern State didn't give us anything and was just a little better than us today."
 
On the way home from Natchitoches, Southeastern stopped in Alexandria to defeat LSU-Alexandria (8-4), 7-0. The Lions won all three doubles matches and six singles matches for the shutout victory.
 
"It was nice to see us bounce back," Hayes said. "LSU-A is a well-coached team that we have a lot of respect for."
 
NSU took the early lead with doubles victories on the No. 1 and 2 courts. On No. 1, the Lion team of Villarreal and sophomore Dalina Dahlmans (12-2, 6-1 Southland) saw their eight-match win streak snapped by the Lady Demon pair of Natalya Krutova and Polina Ivanova, 6-4.
 
Southeastern knotted the score in singles play on the No. 1 court. Villarreal handled Krutova, 6-2, 6-4, to even the score, 1-1. NSU answered by winning straight-set matches on courts 2 and 4 to go ahead, 3-1.
 
On No. 5, Duran took a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Barbora Kollarova. Vorotnikova evened the match by defeating Alzbeta Veverkova, 6-3, 6-2, on No. 6.
 
The match came down to a three-set affair on the No. 3 singles court. NSU's Polina Mutel rallied past SLU sophomore Dany Raygadas (9-7, 3-5 Southland) for a 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 triumph to secure the 4-3 victory for the Lady Demons.
 
Southeastern was dominant in the 7-0 victory over the Generals. On the No. 1 doubles court, Dahlmans and Villarreal defeated Gisela Amor and Sara Andrade, 6-0. Sophomores Lucia Bustamante and Ceci Mercier (7-7, 2-5 Southland) handled the LSU-A duo of Paula Giordilla and Claudia van den Brink, 6-3 on No. 2. The Lion pair of Raygadas and sophomore Margaux Kaltenbacher (9-6, 5-2 Southland) completed the doubles sweep on No. 3 with a 6-0 win over Betsa Vasquez and Nicolette Uscocovich.
 
In singles play, SLU picked up six straight-set wins. On No. 1, Villarreal handled Amor, 6-3, 6-0, to extend her singles winning streak to five matches. The reigning Southland Conference Player of the Week is now 67-9 in singles play in her Lion career, moving her past former Lions Nina Knavs (2005-08) and Iris Muller (1989-92) into sole possession of fourth place on the school's career singles victories list.
 
Dahlmans (7-8, 3-5 Southland) made short work of Giordilla, 6-1, 6-0, on the No. 2 court. On No. 3, Raygadas was too much for Andrade, 6-1, 6-0.
 
The Lions had similar success on the bottom three courts. On No. 4, Bustamante (7-9, 2-6 Southland) swept Vasquez, 6-3, 6-1, which was the same score Duran defeated van den Brink by on No. 5. Vorotnikova completed the shutout with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Liz Arens on No. 6.
 
Southeastern will return to action on Friday, hosting Arkansas State at 11 a.m. at the Southeastern Tennis Complex.