SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The #5 seed Louisiana Christian University women's tennis program has had a season full of milestones and they can add another first to their repertoire, notching their first conference tournament victory of any kind since at least 2000 on Thursday morning, taking down the #4 seed LSU Shreveport in the RRAC Quarterfinals by a final score of 4-3.
 
The Basics:
 

• Score
  • #5 Louisiana Christian – 4
  • #4 LSU Shreveport – 3

 
 

• Records
  • #5 Louisiana Christian (11-9, 3-2 Red River)
  • #4 LSU Shreveport (8-5, 4-3 Red River)

 

• Location
  • San Antonio, Texas – Blossom Tennis Center

  

• Series History (Since 2007-08)
  • Pilots Lead 16-2 (11.1%)

 

• Winning Streak
  • Wildcats (W1) | Pilots' Last Win: March 27, 2025 (4-3)

 
Wildcats Top Performers:
 

• Elizaveta Mikhailova had the least resistance among the Wildcat winners, doubling up Maike Tiemersan in both sets (6-3, 6-3) on flight two.

 

• Ceding one more game but still getting the point without too much stress was #3 Alexandra Cedeno, going 6-4 then 6-3 to beat Angela Bastro-Parra.

 

• The third singles win and the one that sent the Orange and Blue into the Semis came off the racket of Patricia Principal Pineda out of the sixth slot, winning the first set (6-1), falling in the next (3-6), and finally putting the game away in dominating fashion with a third set sweep (6-0) of Daniela Maldonado.

 

• Cedeno / Principal Pineda got the morning going in the right direction by winning the #1 doubles court opposite Pierina Lescher / Maldonado via a tiebreaker (7⁷-6²).

 

• With the singles eventually getting split at 3 per side, the doubles point turned into the deciding factor which made the 6-2 decision picked up by Ana Sofia Ferrer Martinez and Raquel Coelho Rodrigues even more important than the typical third flight win, doing so by upending Sara Sofia Sanchez and Lidia Gomez.

 
Next:
  

• The Red River Rivalry: RRAC Semifinals edition, will happen at 9 a.m. Friday morning in San Antonio as the fifth-seeded Wildcats look to make it back-to-back triumphs over the top-seeded LSU Alexandria Generals with a spot in the championship hanging in the balance.

 

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