Saturday, February 1, 2014

SU Women's Tennis falls 6-1 to ULM in home opener

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  --  Junior Camara Davis scored Southern's lone point in singles play as the Lady Jaguars fell 6-1 to UL Monroe in the 2014 home opener at the SU University Courts Thursday afternoon.

In a rescheduled match that was postponed early in the week due to inclement weather through much of south Louisiana, Davis defeated Sthefani Rodriguez in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 and recorded her first win of the season.

Southern began the match dropping the doubles point when Gabrielle Moore and Danesha Moore fell 6-0 to Petra Horakova and Medy Blankvoort prior to Kendall Bunch and Laura Syori lost 6-1 to Sophie Rufyikiri and Angela Tejedor.

In singles play, Morgan Taylor fell 6-1, 6-2 to Sandy Lochu in No. 4 singles match. ULM clinched the No. 2 and No. 3 singles point after Sophie Rufyikiri ousted Gabrielle Moore 6-2, 6-2 and Petra Horakova defeated Darnesha Moore 6-3, 6-2.

ULM added to its point total winning the No. 1 and No. 5 singles point after Laura Syori fell to Medy Blankvoort  6-0, 7-5 and Kendell Bunch lost to Angela Tejedor 6-3, 6-4 prior to Davis' srtaight set win.

Southern will return to the SU University courts to host UL Lafayette Wednesday, Feb. 5. First serve is set for 2 p.m.

Southern Women's Tennis 2014
ULM vs Southern U. Lady Jaguars (Jan 30, 2014)


ULM 6, Southern U. Lady Jaguars 1
Jan 30, 2014 at Baton Rouge, La. (SU University Courts) 

Singles competition
1. Blankvoort, Medy (ULM) def. Syori, Laura (SUBR) 6-0, 7-5
2. Rufyikiri, Sophie (ULM) def. Moore, Gabrielle (SUBR) 6-2, 6-2
3. Horakova, Petra (ULM) def. Moore, Darnesha (SUBR) 6-3, 6-2
4. Lochu, Sandy (ULM) def. Taylor, Morgan (SUBR) 6-1, 6-2
5. Tejedor, Angela (ULM) def. Bunch, Kendall (SUBR) 6-3, 6-4
6. Davis, Camara (SUBR) def. Rodriguez, Sthefani (ULM) 6-4, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. Blankvoort, Medy/Horakova, Petra (ULM) def. Moore, Gabrielle/Moore, Darnesha (SUBR) 6-0
2. Rufyikiri, Sophie/Tejedor, Angela (ULM) def. Bunch, Kendall/Syori, Laura (SUBR) 6-1
3. Taylor, Morgan/Davis, Camara (SUBR) vs. Rodriguez, Sthefani/Lochu, Sandy (ULM) unfinished

Match Notes
ULM 1-0
Southern U. Lady Jaguars 0-2

COURTESY SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS

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