PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. – The ULM tennis season drew to a close with a 4-0 setback to Georgia Southern in the quarterfinal round of the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Championship on Friday, April 16.
ULM ends the campaign with an 11-6 mark, closing with a 4-4 record in Sun Belt Conference action.
Madalina Grigoriu caps off the season as the top singles player for the Warhawks, posting a 19-2 record overall and an 11-2 mark in dual play. She grabbed six wins as a No. 4 seed and three victories as a No. 5 seed for ULM in 2021.
Grigoriu was one of six players with double-digit singles wins, including
Jimena Paula Garbino, who was second on the unit with a 15-10 mark.
Drousile Dzeubou tallied 13 wins, teammates
Daniela Hernandez and
Hala Badwy claimed 12 wins each and
Oleksandra Balaba tallied 10 singles victories.
The combination of Dzeubou and Grigoriu combined for the most doubles victories, 11, while Badwy and Balaba came through with nine.
As for the match against Georgia Southern (17-8, 7-3 Sun Belt), the Eagles won two of the three doubles matches to earn the first point of the clash. Charlotte van Diemen and Sophie Wagemaker earned a 7-6 (3-0) win over Badwy and Balaba in No. 1 doubles. Meanwhile, teammates Sonja Keranen and Elizabeth Goines posted a 6-4 win in No. 3 doubles versus Garbino and Hernandez, securing the point for the Eagles.
The lone win of the day for ULM, which did not result in a point, came from the doubles tandem of Dzeubou and Grigoriu, who claimed a 6-1 win in No. 2 doubles over Nadja Meier and Paula Boixader.
One of the three singles wins for Georgia Southern came by Nadja Meier, who came through with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Dzeubou in No. 1 singles.
Georgia Southern's Mila Hartig fought to a 6-4, 6-1 win against Grigoriu in No. 4 singles, while teammate Elizabeth Goines claimed a 6-2, 6-2 win in No. 6 singles play against Hernandez.
Georgia Southern 4, ULM 0
(Peachtree City Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. Nadja Meier (GS) def. Drousile Dzebou (ULM) 6-2, 6-4
2. Paula Boixader (GS) vs.
Hala Badwy (ULM) 7-6, 1-5, unfinished
3. Charlotte Van Diemen (GS) vs.
Oleksandra Balaba (ULM) 1-6, 4-3, unfinished
4. Mila Hartig (GS) def.
Madalina Grigoriu (ULM) 6-4, 6-1
5. Paula Hijos (GS) vs.
Jimena Paula Garbino (ULM) 4-6, 3-2, unfinished
6. Elizabeth Goines (GS) def.
Daniela Hernandez (ULM) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Charlotte Van Diemen/Sophie Wagemaker (GS) def.
Hala Badwy/
Oleksandra Balaba (ULM) 7-6
2. Drousile Dzebou/
Madalina Grigoriu (ULM) def. Nadja Meier/Paula Boixader (GS) 6-1
3. Sonja Keranen/Elizabeth Goines (GS) def.
Jimena Paula Garbino/
Daniela Hernandez (ULM) 6-4
