Women's Tennis Sees Rally Fall Short in Loss to Abilene Christian

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HOUSTON, Texas – The University of New Orleans women's tennis team (14-5, 7-4 Southland) earned singles wins at the top two spots in the rotation, but it wasn't enough in a 5-2 loss to the Abilene Christian Wildcats (20-6, 9-2) on Saturday.
 
The Privateers had lost the doubles point when the two teams originally started the match in New Orleans. Trailing 1-0, Anna Segarra Rius and Soledad Calderon Arroyo each picked up victories for UNO in their conference finale.
 
Segarra earned a straight sets win, defeating Erin Walker 6-3, 6-2. Calderon had a much longer match, but was able to outlast Kaysie Hermsdorf. After losing the first set 6-3, Calderon came back to win the second set 6-4 and win the tiebreaking third set 13-11.
 
The Wildcats were able to sweep the board at the No. 3 through 6 position to stave off the UNO rally. Lucile Pothier was pushed to a tiebreaker in the second set, but was able to hold on for a straight set win. The rest of the spots resulted in straight set wins for Abilene Christian.
 
With the result, UNO will now enter the Southland tournament as the five seed and will play McNeese State in the first round.
 
The Privateers will be back home for Senior Day against Xavier on Monday. The match is scheduled for 4 p.m.
 
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