HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana women's tennis team opened a six-match road trip with a 4-0 victory over Alcorn State Sunday afternoon at the Alcorn Tennis Courts.
The Lions improved to 2-1 with the victory, while Alcorn fell to 0-6 this spring.
The depleted Lady Braves only had four players available for Sunday's match. SLU took a default win on the No. 3 court and clinched the doubles point on No. 2.
Himani Mor and
Bernadette Dornieden defeated the ASU pair of Klavdija Bukovec and Veronika Pytilkova, 6-3.
Southeastern quickly took a 3-0 lead in singles play, as
Ceci Mercier (No. 5) and
Flory Bierma (No. 6) earned default victories.
Putri Insani secured the victory with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Bianca Birkenstock on No. 1.
Vicky Scholz,
Ximena Yanez and Dornieden were all leading their respective singles matches when the match was stopped.
Southeastern will continue its road swing with a 4 p.m. match at UL Lafayette on Friday, Feb. 8.
40 LOVE CLUB / S CLUB
Fans interested in becoming active supporters of the tennis program are encouraged to join the 40 Love Club. Lion tennis alums are encouraged to join the exclusive S Club, which is restricted to Southeastern athletic letter winners.
All membership fees and donations to both the 40 Love Club and S Club (tennis) are available for the exclusive use of the Southeastern tennis program. Membership information is available by contacting the Lion Athletics Association at laa@southeastern.edu or (985) 549-5091 or visiting www.LionUp.com.
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