NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Privateers women's tennis team assumed control early and kept the pressure on throughout the afternoon in a 7-0 win over the Nicholls Colonels on Saturday afternoon at the University Tennis Center.
DOUBLES
The Privateers got the day started with a pair of convincing doubles wins.
Ank Vullings and
Lea Alguacil moved to 7-1 as a team at flight two when they won their match 6-0 to set up the first point of the day.
That was carried out at flight three when
Salma Abdelrahim and
Estelle Vanthier won 6-2. That marked the fifth consecutive match the Privateers won the doubles point.
SINGLES
The momentum continued into singles as the Privateers won all six matches. Five of those were decided in straight sets.
Lina Hohnhold continues to dominate this season as she was first off court with a 6-1, 6-1 win at flight two. She was followed by
Anastasia Vaganova, who did not lose a game in the first set of her victory at flight four.
Vullings earned a single break in her first set win and continued to roll in the second set. Vullings won 6-4, 6-1 to give the Privateers the match deciding point.
Wins by Abdelrahim and Vanthier in straight sets followed. Alguacil put the finishing touches on the clean sweep when she came back from dropping the second set to win a 10-point tiebreaking third set 10-6.
FROM COACH KANGA
"The ladies played really well today from beginning to end. It was a great total team effort and I was very pleased with the way we played."
NEXT UP
The Privateers face Southern on Monday, Apr. 5 in their final scheduled non-conference match of the season. First serve is scheduled for 2 p.m.
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