HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana women's tennis team will return home on Saturday, hosting McNeese for a noon Southland Conference match at the Southeastern Tennis Complex.
The Lions (4-6, 1-1 Southland) are coming off a 4-3 league road victory at Lamar last Friday. After taking the doubles point, SLU's
Putri Insani and
Ceci Mercier earned straight-set victories, then
Flory Bierma rallied from a set down to earn a three-set triumph on court 6 to secure the team's first Southland win.
Insani (5-2, 2-0 Southland) is the team's top singles player. Mercier (4-2, 1-1),
Ximena Yanez (2-1, 1-1) and Bierma (3-5, 1-1) also have singles victories in conference play to their credit.
SLU are 5-0 in doubles play versus Southland foes. Insani and Yanez (4-2, 2-0), Mercier and
Vicky Scholz (2-0, 2-0), as well as Bierma and
Katya Cornejo (3-5, 1-0) have been excellent as of late in doubles play.
McNeese will be looking to even its conference record after falling to Lamar, 4-3, and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 5-2, in the last two matches. Charoline Erlandsson (12-0) is the top singles player for the Cowgirls.
In doubles play, McNeese has used 11 different teams this spring. Dalia Ahmad and Giovanna Fioretti have a team-best 4-2 record as a team.
Following Saturday's match, SLU will head to Beaumont to make up a pair of league matches that were rained out earlier this season. Southeastern will face Incarnate Word on Friday, March 22 at 11 a.m. and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Sunday, March 24 at noon.
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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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