NEW ORLEANS, La – The Southeastern Louisiana University women's tennis team closed out the regular season with a 5-2 Southland Conference loss to New Orleans Friday afternoon at the Privateer Tennis Center.
UNO (8-8, 5-2 SLC) took the doubles point and won four of six singles matches to snap a two-match winning streak for Southeastern (9-11, 2-5 SLC).
New Orleans took a 1-0 lead after earning doubles victories on courts 2 and 3. The Privateers clinched the victory with straight-set singles victories on courts 1, 2 and 5.
On No. 6, SLU freshman
Taisia Bolsova (7-4, 3-1 SLC) won her third straight match for the Lions, besting Audelia Kougoucheff, 6-3, 6-1. Southeastern's
Claudia Di Leonardo (5-9, 4-3 SLC) also extended her singles win streak to three, rallying past Kate Kalistratova for a 5-7, 7-5, 10-3 win.
The final singles match also came down to three sets. On court 3, UNO's Tristanne Dechoux outlasted Lion freshman
Bente Bierma, 6-4, 0-6, 6-4.
"We struggled in doubles and against a high-caliber team like UNO it's a tough challenge to win four singles matches," Southeastern head coach
Jason Hayes said. "We played hard and had our chances, but they were the better team today. We'll use this weekend to recover and get ready for the postseason."
The Lions will now begin preparations for the Southland Conference Championships, set for April 18-21 in San Antonio.
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