Women's tennis beats Ladyjacks, 4-1

Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi women's tennis team picked up a 4-1 Southland victory over Stephen F. Austin on Sunday at the Corpus Christi Athletic Club.
- The Islanders improved to 11-4 overall and 4-2 in Southland play while SFA drops to 6-10 overall and 2-5 in league action.
- The No. 2 duo of Myu Kageyama and Kei Kato picked up a decisive win to give Texas A&M-Corpus Christi the doubles win after Camille Townsend and Vanessa Reinicke won their match on the No. 3 court.
- In singles, Carolina Bulatovic gave the Islanders a 2-0 lead with her straight set win at No. 1.
- After the Ladyjacks picked up a win on the No. 2 court, Townsend put A&M-Corpus Christi up 3-1 with her victory at No. 3 singles.
- Mariya Shumeika took care of business at No. 4 to win the match for the Islanders, winning in straight sets, 6-0, 6-2.
- The match was originally scheduled to be played outside but due to weather, it was moved inside. Islander Athletics would like to thank the Corpus Christi Athletic Club for their hospitality for Sunday's matches.

Match Scores
Doubles
1. Kaja Ljubic/Gabi Guilarte (SFA) def. Carolina Bulatovic/Mariya Shumeika (AMCC) 6-3
2. Myu Kageyama/Kei Kato (AMCC) def. Darinka Tiboldi/Armelle Cerdan (SFA) 6-4
3. Camille Townsend/Vanessa Reinicke (AMCC) def. Nida Kamal/Vera Carvalho (SFA) 6-2

Singles
1. Carolina Bulatovic (AMCC) def. Gabi Guilarte (SFA) 6-2, 7-5
2. Darinka Tiboldi (SFA) def. Kei Kato (AMCC) 6-3, 6-2
3. Camille Townsend (AMCC) def. Armelle Cerdan (SFA) 6-2, 6-0
4. Mariya Shumeika (AMCC) def. Kaja Ljubic (SFA) 6-0, 6-2
5. Myu Kageyama (AMCC) vs. Nida Kamal (SFA) 6-3, unfinished
6. Maria Maldonado (AMCC) vs. Vera Carvalho (SFA) 6-2, unfinished

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History of Success
- As a program, the Islanders have reached 10 NCAA Tournaments in program history and captured 22 Southland titles in the last 12 years. The women have won the past three Southland Conference titles.

Up Next
- The Islanders will begin a five-match road swing to close out the regular season starting on Friday, April 5, at noon at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas.

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