Box Score

PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana Christian University women's tennis program faced a strong Loyola (New Orleans) Wolf Pack squad and held firm, avoiding a shut out but eventually falling to the NAIA powerhouse on Monday morning by a final score of 6-1.

The Basics:

• Score
  • #8 Loyola (New Orleans) – 6
  • (RV) Louisiana Christian – 1

• Records
  • (RV) Louisiana Christian (9-9, 2-2 Red River)
  • #8 Loyola-New Orleans (12-4, 3-2 Southern States)

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

• Series History (Since 2007-08)
  • Wolf Pack Leads 2-0 (0%)

• Winning Streak
  • Wolf Pack (W2) | Wildcats' Last Win: N/A

Wildcats Top Performers:

• Adjowa-Sika Geli put the Wildcats officially on the scoreboard and helped them avoid the shutout, overwhelming Bianca Harris out of the six spot at 6-1, 6-2.

• Elizaveta Mikhailova teamed up with Geli to force doubles play to go the distance, knocking off Reilly Briggs and Ana Castillo on flight three (6-1) while taking five games on the second singles opposite Chloe Henderson.

• #5 Alexandra Cedeno was the other player to win a set, going down to the wire before succumbing to Avrora Volkova at 4-6, 7⁷-6⁴, 4-10.

• The Orange and Blue showed resolve as none of their student-athletes were blanked as the trio of Raquel Coelho Rodrigues (5), Ana Sofia Ferrer Martinez (4), and Patricia Principal Pineda (5) combined to win 14 games between them.

Next:

• The regular season closes with the team's first Senior Day since being revived on Thursday when the #10 LSU Alexandria Generals make their way across the Red River at 1 p.m. with festivities to honor Principal Pineda occurring prior to first serve.

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