Box Score NATCHITOCHES, La. -- The ULM
tennis team snapped Northwestern State's 20-match regular season win streak
with a dominating 5-2 victory Friday afternoon at the Jack Fisher Tennis
Complex. It was the Warhawks first win over the Lady Demons since 2006.
The Warhawks (6-1) have now
won five straight matches and have outscored their opponents 36-6 in their six
wins this season.
"We set the tone early in the
match and never let Northwestern get any momentum generated," ULM head coach
Terrence De Jongh said. "We just beat a very, very good team and I am so proud
of how we played today. We need to play with the same intensity tomorrow as we
face another tough team."
ULM swept all three doubles
matches for the sixth time this season to claim the crucial doubles point and
set the tone for the match early. Claire Clark and Monica Winkel handed Andrea
Nedorostova and Martina Rubesova their first-ever doubles loss in 23 matches, 8-5,
on court two to open the match.
The freshmen duo of Letha
Gaigher and Medy Blankvoort rallied from a 7-4 deficit on court one to win 8-7
(10-5) to give the Warhawks the doubles point. Ana Burjaili and Vivian Polak completed the
sweep with an 8-4 win on court three.
Clark, the reigning Sun Belt Conference
Player of the Week, made quick work of Olga Bazhanova on court one 6-1, 6-2 to
run her singles record to 44-2 over the past three spring seasons. Gaigher won
her fifth straight match with a 6-2, 6-2 decision on court six and Winkel clinched
the match for the Warhawks as she also won her fifth straight match, 6-2, 6-2, on
court two.
Polak scored the Warhawks last
point with a 6-3, 6-2 win on court four before the Lady Demons (3-1) picked up
points on court three and five to close out the match.
The Warhawks will go for their
sixth straight victory tomorrow at 11 a.m. when they take on Houston (6-2) at
the Jack Fisher Tennis Center.
ULM 5, Northwestern State 2
Doubles
Medy
Blankvoort/Letha Gaigher (ULM) d. Olga Bazhanova/Bianca Schulz, 8-7 (10-5)
Claire
Clark/Monica Winkel (ULM) d. Andrea Nedorostova/Martina Rubesova 8-5
Ana
Burjaili/Vivian Polak (ULM) d. Dragana Colic/Kathrin Lange 8-4
Singles
Clark (ULM) d.
Bazhanova, 6-1, 6-2
Winkel (ULM) d.
Adna Curukovic, 6-3, 6-2
Rubesova (NSU)
d. Blankvoort, 6-1, 6-3
Polak (ULM) d.
Lange, 6-3, 6-2
Nedorostova
(NSU) d. Burjaili, 4-6, 7-5 (12-10)
Gaigher (ULM)
d. Schulz, 6-2, 6-2
