PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana Christian University women's tennis program is an extremely battle-tested team that will only serve it well as the squad's players build chemistry, gaining more experience in a setback to the NAIA's 12th-best club on Monday, falling to Loyola University New Orleans by a 7-0 final.
 
The Basics:
 

• Score
  • #12 Loyola (New Orleans) – 7
  • Louisiana Christian – 0

 

• Records
  • Louisiana Christian (4-10, 0-3 Red River)
  • #12 Loyola-New Orleans (5-5, 3-1 Southern States)

 

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

 

• Series History (Since 2007-08)
  • Loyola (New Orleans) Leads 2-0 (0%)

 

• Winning Streak (Since 2007-08)
  • Loyola-New Orleans (W2) | Louisiana Christian's Last Win: N/A

 
Wildcats Top Performers:
 

• #2 Raquel Coelho Rodrigues and #5 Tanit Cevada Cruz both scored the most points out of all the Wildcats' student-athletes with each woman falling by identical 6-4, 6-2 scores versus Micaela Ponce and Avrora Volkova, respectively.

 

• Patricia Principal Pineda (6-0, 6-4) against Lucy Carpenter on the top flight, Alexandra Cedeno (6-2, 6-2) opposite Chloe Henderson in the third slot, and Ana Sofia Ferrer Martinez (6-1, 6-3) matched up with Adele Fereres while competing on court four, all put four games in the bank.

 

• Last among the singles action, sixth-seeded Emili Rebecca Maljawskij Mkhitaryan dropped her sets by a tally of 6-2 and 6-1 against Isabella Leaño.

 
Next:

• Another NAIA top-25 squad comes riding into Pineville as RRAC foe and 21st-ranked Our Lady of the Lake Saints kicks off the LSU Alexandria Tournament against the Wildcats on Thursday at nine in the morning.

 

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