Cruising Over Cardinals

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – In Sunday's rescheduled Southland Conference opener, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's tennis captured its 14th consecutive conference win in a 7-0 sweep of UIW at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center.
 
The Islanders improved to 7-1 on the season with the victory and open the conference season with their third shutout of the year.

DOUBLES DOMINANCE
 
The Islanders raced out to a 1-0 advantage thanks to a strong effort in doubles play. Wins at one and three propelled Corpus Christi to the early lead over the Cardinals.
 
Hortense Boscher and Alexandra Belle rolled in the three spot to get the day started. The French duo shutout Batchinksy and Tamayo of UIW to give the Islanders a quick start to the afternoon.
 
Following the French duo, veterans Jelena Dzinic and Judit Vives rattled off a 6-2 victory at the top of the doubles order. The win clinched the doubles point and staked the Islanders to a 1-0 advantage.
 
The pairing of Louise Trigona and Marina Vicens Miquel led 4-3 at the second spot when play was halted.
 
SINGLES SENSATION
 
Vicens Miquel carried the momentum from doubles play into singles action as she thrashed Alejandra Tamayo at the six spot. The sophomore won in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0, to grow the Islander advantage to two.
 
Shortly after, Maria Maldonado would make it a 3-0 lead for the Blue and Green. The freshman rolled to a 6-1, 6-2 victory at the fifth spot. With the win, Maldonado picked up her team-leading seventh singles victory of the season.
 
With the match ready for the taking, junior Jelena Dzinic sealed the victory for the Islanders. The veteran knocked off Rachel Sadiq 6-3, 6-2 to clinch the match for the Blue and Green.
 
The two sides played out the remainder of the matches with the Islanders picking up wins across the board. Hortense Boscher closed out a 6-3, 6-4 win at the number one slot just before Louise Trigona wrapped a 6-1, 7-5 victory at number four.
 
The final match on, Judit Vives rallied from a 7-6 first set loss to win with a 6-2 second and 10-3 tiebreak.
 
MOORE'S THOUGHTS
 
On today's win…
"I thought the girls did a great job of coming out to day and really making a statement with their footwork and energy. I thought the way they really supported each other and came out with a unified family mentality made a huge difference today. They really competed hard for each other. I thought our captains were fantastic and I think our freshmen are really growing up quick."
 
14th consecutive conference victory…
"We try so hard to focus on the things we can control. The winning has been a symptom of showing up to play every point with intensity and playing it the right way.  If we continue to make the choices to max out the things we can control, then we can continue that. Every single person has to bring effort and intensity ever single point."

On responding from lackluster performance earlier this week…
"I think they really came out and made a statement with their energy. They made a statement with their tenacity at the beginning. It was a different environment and they chose to make that happen with their actions. I was proud of what I saw today, now we just need to duplicate that effort, each girl, every match, every week. We have real high goals this year and they can achieve all of those so long as they commit to maxing out those things they can control."
 
 
BACK IN ACTION
 
The Islanders return to the courts of the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center Wednesday as they take on Nicholls. Both the men's and women's teams will be in action.