Women's Tennis Guts Out Doubles Point, Defeats Bradley

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NEW ORLEANS, La. –The New Orleans Privateers women's tennis team (9-6, 2-3 Southland) had a strong finish from the #2 doubles tandem to win a  hard fought doubles point on the way to a 6-1 victory over the Bradley Braves (9-7, 0-0 MVC) on Wednesday afternoon at the University Tennis Center.
 
In doubles, the Privateers and Braves split matches by 8-1 scores at #1 and #3 doubles, putting the opening point in the middle court. Anna Segarra Rius and Anja Luethi rebounded from an early 3-1 deficit to win the next three games and take a 4-3 advantage.
 
After each team held their next two serves, Segarra and Luethi came up with a service break. Serving for the match, the Privateers #2 tandem wound up holding to end the match 8-5 and give the Privateers the opening point.
 
In singles, Hafsa Laraibi again set the tone for the Privateers with a 6-1, 6-0 victory. Laraibi now moves to 10-3 on the year and eight of her singles victories have been accomplished while dropping four games or fewer.
 
Soledad Calderon Arroyo had an early break in the first set, which sparked a 6-3 opening set in her favor. Calderon controlled the action in the second set as well, winning at 6-2 over Bradley's Alexa Brandt. The match clinching point came from Segarra who won her match 6-1, 6-2 to notch her 11^th singles victory of the season.
 
With the match already decided, the rest of the singles bouts played out in full. Luethi finished with a 6-3, 6-3 victory. Marta Sans broke the serve of Aimee Manfredo to finish off a straight set victory of her own.
 
The Privateers next travel to Hattiesburg to take on Southern Miss on Sunday. The match is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start.
 
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