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ULM Tennis Returns to Courts Friday Against Delta State

ULM Tennis Returns to Courts Friday Against Delta State

Tennis Feb 14
MONROE, La. – The ULM tennis team seeks its third-straight win at Heard Stadium on Friday, Feb. 14 when the Warhawks clash with visiting Delta State at 2 p.m. The home winning streak dates back to March 31, 2019, when ULM claimed a 4-3 victory over Sun Belt Conference foe Appalachian State.
 
ULM first-year head coach Jessica Giuggioli will utilize the same doubles and singles lineup for the third-straight match. The doubles pairings include Jimena Garbino/Emma Billon (1-1) at the No. 1 position and Madalina Grigoriu / Giovanna Pereira (2-0) at No. 2. Garbino (4-3 overall singles record) anchors the singles lineup from the No. 1 position, followed by Grigoriu (4-1) at No. 2, Billon (4-2) at No. 3, Pereira (1-1) at No. 4 and Jelena Lopicic (1-1) at No. 5.
 
The Warhawks continue to play with a short-handed lineup as Emilia Alfaro, who compiled a 7-2 singles and 4-3 doubles record last fall, remains sidelined with a wrist injury.
 
It marks the second match of the season for Delta State, which suffered a 7-0 setback to Southern Miss last Saturday.
 
ULM Captures First Win of Spring, Downing Grambling State (Feb. 8): The ULM tennis team opened its 2020 home season with a decisive 6-1 victory over Grambling State at Heard Stadium. The five-point win not only marked the first of the spring season for the Warhawks, but it also marked the first victory for ULM first-year head coach Jessica Giuggioli.
 
Grambling State's No. 3 doubles team of Paige Stanford and Imperia Martinez-Mora was awarded a walkover win to open the match. The Warhawks' doubles tandem of Madalina Grigoriu and Giovanna Pereira produced a 6-1 win against Danna Galeano and Natalie Malone at No. 2, then ULM (1-1) earned its first point of the afternoon when Jimena Garbino and Emma Billon posted a 6-1 victory over the Tigers' Brittney Combest and Ana Ochoa at the No. 1 doubles position.
 
The lone point in the match for Grambling State (0-5) came at No. 6 singles where Malone was awarded a walkover win since the Warhawks didn't have a sixth player in the lineup. ULM's Billon answered with a straight-sets win over third-seeded Stanford, 6-1, 6-2. The Warhawks stretched their lead to 3-1 as Garbino recorded a straight-sets victory over Martinez-Mora, 6-2, 6-0 in a matchup of No. 1 seeds.
 
ULM secured the team victory with Pereira's 6-1, 6-1 triumph over Ochoa at No. 4 singles. The Warhawks earned their fifth point at No. 2 singles where Grigoriu rolled to a 6-0, 6-2 win against Combest. Jelena Lopicic closed out the match with a straight-sets victory over Grambling's Galeano at the No. 5 position, 6-3, 6-4.
 
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