Giovanna Pereira posed action 2020
Victoria Pederson
1
Grambling State GRAM (0-5)
6
Winner ULM ULM (1-1)
Grambling State GRAM
(0-5)
1
Final
6
ULM ULM
(1-1)
Winner

Match Recap: Tennis |

ULM Tennis Opens Home Schedule with Decisive 6-1 Win over Grambling

MONROE, La. – The ULM tennis team opened its 2020 home season with a decisive 6-1 victory over Grambling State Saturday (Feb. 8) 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.
 
ULM plays its second-straight home match on Wednesday, Feb. 12 against Delta State at 2 p.m.  
 
Final: ULM 6, Grambling State 1
Singles competition
1. Jimena Garbino (ULM) def. Imperia Martinez-Mora (GSU) 6-2, 6-0
2. Madalina Grigoriu (ULM) def. Brittney Combest (GSU) 6-0, 6-2
3. Emma Billon (ULM) def. Paige Stanford (GSU) 6-1, 6-2
4. Giovanna Pereira (ULM) def. Ana Ochoa (GSU) 6-1, 6-1
5. Jelena Lopicic (ULM) def. Danna Galeano (GSU) 6-3, 6-4
6. Natalie Malone (GSU) def. No player (ULM) by forfeit
Double competition
1. Jimena Garbino/Emma Billon (ULM) def. Brittney Combest/Ana Ochoa (GSU) 6-1
2. Madalina Grigoriu/Giovanna Pereira (ULM) def. Danna Galeano/Natalie Malone (GSU) 6-1
3. Paige Stanford/Imperia Martinez-Mora (GSU) def. Jelena Lopicic/No player (ULM) by forfeit
Match order of finish: Doubles (3, 2, 1); Singles (6, 3, 1, 4, 2, 5)
 
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