HAMMOND, La. – Southeastern Louisiana University sophomore Leana Gomez fought off four match points on the way to a first round victory in the singles draw of the inaugural Southland Conference Individual Tennis Championships Thursday evening at the Southeastern Tennis Complex.
 
Gomez rallied from a set down to outlast NJIT's Paula Menendez Alvarez, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 7-6 (8-6) in a grueling first-round match that lasted just over three hours. Gomez, a Miami native, advances to face Stephen F. Austin's Felicia Back in the quarterfinals Friday at 4 p.m.
 
Southeastern's entry in the doubles draw also extended their match to three sets. The SLU pair of Bente Bierma and Panatchakorn Suanarsa were eliminated in a 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 12-10 loss to the McNeese duo of Erica Hagi and Ana Hollweg.
 
The full schedule and up-to-date results for the Southland Fall Masters will be available at www.LionSports.net/2024slcfalltennis.
 
Southland Conference Individual Tennis Championship Schedule
October 24-27, 2024 | Hammond, La. | Southeastern Tennis Complex
 
Women's Tennis
 
Singles
Thursday, October 24 | First Round
Match 1 | Anna Kouchnareva, New Orleans def. Asta Mietten, Lamar 6-0, 4-0, retired
Match 2 | Leana Gomez, Southeastern def. Paula Menendez Alvarez, NJIT 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 7-6 (8-6)
Match 3 | Salome Fluri, McNeese def. Yaiza Vazquez, UTRGV 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
 
Friday, October 25 | Quarterfinals
Match 4 | No. 1 Ana Veroux, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs. Anna Kouchnareva | 4 p.m. | Court 4
Match 5 | No. 4 Sofia Salcedo, UIW vs. Sophia Sarafova, Nicholls | 4 p.m. | Court 1
Match 6 | No. 2 Felicia Back, Stephen F. Austin vs. Leana Gomez, SLU | 4 p.m. | Court 3
Match 7 | No. 3 Honoka Umeda, Northwestern State vs. Salome Fluri, McNeese | 4 p.m. | Court 2
 
Saturday, October 26 | Semifinals
Match 8 | Match 4 winner vs. Match 5 winner | 3 p.m.
Match 9 | Match 6 winner vs. Match 7 winner | 3 p.m.
 
Sunday, October 27 | Finals
Match 10 | Match 8 winner vs. Match 9 winner | 12:30 p.m.
 
Doubles
Thursday, October 24 | First Round
Match 1 | Anna Kouchnareva/Fleur Sprengers, New Orleans def. Asta Mietten/Megan Do, Lamar 7-5, 6-4
Match 2 | Aada Inna/Paulina Villegas, Nicholls def. Yaiza Vazquez/Hitakamya Narwal, UTRGV 6-3, 6-3
Match 3 | Erica Hagi/Ana Hollweg, McNeese def. Bente Bierma/Panatchakorn Suanarsa, SLU 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 12-10
 
Friday, October 25 | Quarterfinals
Match 4 | No. 1 Irene Cocero/Laura Wipfli, NJIT vs. Anna Kouchnareva/Fleur Sprengers, New Orleans | 11 a.m. | Court 4
Match 5 | No. 4 Ksenia Ramanouskaya/Yana Mykytyn, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs. Honoko Umeda/Zoi Spyrou, Northwestern State | 11 a.m. | Court 1
Match 6 | No. 2 Lyric Bonilla/Sofia Salcedo, UIW vs. Aada Inna/Paulina Villegas, Nicholls | 11 a.m. | Court 2
Match 7 | No. 3 Jemma Cave/Ksenia Mamontova, Stephen F. Austin vs. Erica Hagi/Anna Hollweg, McNeese | 11 a.m. | Court 3
 
Saturday, October 26 | Semifinals
Match 8 | Match 4 vs. Match 5 winner | 11 a.m.
Match 9 | Match 6 vs. Match 7 winner | 11 a.m.
 
Sunday, October 27 | Finals
Match 10 | Match 8 winner vs. Match 9 winner | 10 a.m.
 
Men's Tennis

Singles
Friday, October 25 | Quarterfinals
Match 1 | No. 4 Matthew Ambruster, New Orleans vs. Santiago Serrano, UTRGV | 1:30 p.m. | Court 1
Match 2 | No. 2 Emilio Vila, UIW vs. Kotaro Matsumara, Nicholls | 1:30 p.m. | Court 3
Match 3 | No. 3 Nathan Favier, Texas A&M-Corpus Chrisit vs. Leon Nickel, Lamar | 1:30 p.m. | Court 2

Saturday, October 26 | Semifinals
Match 4 | No. 1 Pablo Perez Ramos, NJIT vs. Match 1 winner | 2 p.m.
Match 5 | Match 2 winner vs. Match 3 winnner | 2 p.m.

Sunday, October 27 | Finals
Match 6 | Match 4 winner vs. Match 5 winner | 12:30 p.m.

Doubles
Friday, October 25 | Quarterfinals
Match 1 | No. 4 Sam Whitehead/Ivo Isqueiro, UTRGV vs. Marcell Marki/Max Lindstedt, Nicholls | 9 a.m. | Court 1
Match 2 | No. 2 Alejandro Hernandez|Emilio Vila, UIW vs. Matthew Armbruster/Marcus Mail, New Orleans | 9 a.m. | Court 3
Match 3 | No. 3 Fabian Anthin/Leon Nickel, Lamar vs. Harry Fouzas/Tom Berry, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 9 a.m. | Court 2

Saturday, October 26 | Semifinals
Match 4 | No. 1 Pablo Perez Ramos/Will Jenkins, NJIT vs. Match 1 winner | 10 a.m.
Match 5 | Match 2 winner vs. Match 3 winner | 10 a.m.

Sunday, October 27 | Finals
Match 6 | Match 4 winner vs. Match 5 winner | 10 a.m.
 
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