Stephen F. Austin
McNeese
Ljubic Earns Fourth Consecutive Singles Win in Ladyjacks' 6-1 Loss at McNeese
3/11/2018 8:17:00 PM | Women's Tennis
SFA drops to 0-11, has now lost 16 straight matches
Box Score
LAKE CHARLES, La. - A three-set win by junior Kaja Ljubic in the number-five singles slot was the only thing that prevented the Stephen F. Austin women's tennis from being shut out for the fifth time this season as the Ladyjacks dropped a 6-1 Southland Conference decision at McNeese Sunday afternoon at the Nancy Hank Tennis Center.
Ljubic posted a 6-3, 6-7, 10-3 triumph over Charoline Erlandsson and that was one of the two singles bouts that went to three sets on the day. The loss pushed the Ladyjacks' 2018 record to 0-11 and 0-4 in league play while the Cowgirls moved to 7-2 and evened up their Southland record at 1-1.
McNeese posted wins at the number-one and number-three doubles lines to take the doubles point and earn an early 1-0 lead. Siân Payne then fell to Sarah Jurakova 6-0, 6-1 before the Cowgirls opened up a 3-0 advantage with Phonexay Chitdara's 6-0, 6-3 triumph over Nida Kamal on the number-six line.
Giovanna Fioretti bested Gabi Guilarte 7-5, 6-3 in number-one singles before Ljubic broke up the Cowgirls' shutout bid with her win in the fifth flight. Darinka Tiboldi forced a third set with Sarah Jurakova in number-two singles but came up short by a 7-5, 3-6, 10-2 tally. Armelle Cerdan took a total of 10 games from Marija Mastilovic in fourth-line singles but fell 7-5, 7-5 to close out the match.
SFA returns home to the Schlief Tennis Complex with hopes of locking up its first win of the season. The Ladyjacks' two-match weekend starts Saturday at noon when Southland Conference foe New Orleans pays a visit to Nacogdoches.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,1,2
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
2,6,1,5,3,4
