PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana Christian University women's tennis program came close to knocking off the Pilots yet again but could not finish (4-3) while the 8th-ranked Crusaders took the win, 4-0.

The Basics:
 

• Score (Match 1)
  • #8 William Carey – 4
  • Louisiana Christian – 0

 

• Score (Match 2)
  • LSU Shreveport – 4
  • Louisiana Christian – 3

 

• Records
  • Louisiana Christian (4-6, 0-3 Red River)
  • #8 William Carey (3-0, 0-0 Southern States)
  • LSU Shreveport (3-3, 2-0 Red River)

 

• Location
  • Pineville, Louisiana – Richard L. Crowell Tennis Center

  

• William Carey Series History (Since 2007-08)
  • William Carey Leads 3-0 (0%)

 

• LSU Shreveport Series History (Since 2007-08)
  • LSU Shreveport Leads 14-0 (0%)

 

• William Carey Winning Streak (Since 2007-08)
  • William Carey (W3) | Louisiana Christian's Last Win: N/A

 

• LSU Shreveport Winning Streak (Since 2007-08)
  • LSU Shreveport (W14) | Louisiana Christian's Last Win: N/A

 
Wildcats Top Performers:
 

• Ana Sofia Ferrer Martinez was the best player on the afternoon for the Wildcats, defeating LSUS' Lidia Gomez by a 6-7⁶, 6-1, 11-9 score on the fourth singles flight while pairing up with Raquel Coelho Rodrigues for the team's only doubles win of the day as the duo took down Gomez and Angela Basto (6-4) on court number two.

 

• Tanit Cevada Cruz came off the reserves list to claim a win in the six-hole, cruising past the Pilots' Nicoleta Anestiadi by a combined 12-2 margin.

 

• The final point scorer for the Orange and Blue was #3 Alexandra Cedeno, who fought back from an early deficit to topple Daniela Maldonado in three (4-6, 6-4, 6-2).

 

• An unfinished score of note in the match with William Carey was the top doubles squad of Patricia Principal Pineda and Ferrer Martinez who led over Sunny Logan / Tiffany Chang by a tally of 5-3 before the Crusaders locked up the point.

 

• Also opposite WCU, despite falling 6-4 in the first game, Coelho Rodrigues was up 2-0 on Chang when the contest ended in the second set while on flight three.

 
Next:
  

• The ladies will face Louisiana State University Shreveport for the third time out of four overall matchups between the foes, this time in Shreveport as the next game will be on Friday, March 8 at 9 a.m. followed by a non-conference tilt with Texas Wesleyan at half-past noon.

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