Women's tennis beats McNeese, 5-2

Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi women's tennis team defeated McNeese State University, 5-2, on Friday afternoon at the Thomas J Henry Tennis Center on the Momentum campus.
- The win moves the Islanders to 7-3 on the year and 1-1 in Southland play. The Cowgirls fall to 6-5 overall and 1-1 in league action.
- Carolina Bulatovic, Mariya Shumeika, Kei Kato and Myu Kageyama all contributed singles and doubles points for Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
- Camille Townsend won her match at No. 3 singles for the Islanders' fifth point.
- A&M-Corpus Christi picked up the singles point and proceeded to win at No. 5 and No. 2 singles to go up, 3-0.
- The Cowgirls got a point back at No. 1 singles but it was Shumeika's win at No. 4 that clinched the victory for the Islanders, winning in straight sets.
- With the win, the Islanders avenged last season's only regular season Southland loss. McNeese beat the Islanders by an identical 5-2 score last year in Lake Charles.
- This was a battle of last year's Southland regular season co-champions.
- 103 fans were in attendance for the match.

The Results
Doubles
1. Carolina Bulatovic/Mariya Shumeika (AMCC) def. Carlotta Romito/Charoline Erlandsson (MCN) 6-3
2. Kei Kato/Myu Kageyama (AMCC) def. Giovanna Fioretti/Dalia Ahmed (MCN) 7-6 (7-4)
3. Marija Mastilovic/Stella Carra (MCN) def. Camille Townsend/Maria Maldonado (AMCC) 6-2

Singles
1. Charoline Erlandsson (MCN) def. Carolina Bulatovic (AMCC) 7-6, 7-5
2. Kei Kato (AMCC) def. Giovanna Fioretti (MCN) 6-4, 6-2
3. Camille Townsend (AMCC) def. Marija Mastilovic (MCN) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
4. Mariya Shumeika (AMCC) def. Carlotta Romito (MCN) 6-3, 6-4
5. Myu Kageyama (AMCC) def. Sofia SanJose Moreno (MCN) 6-1, 6-3
6. Dalia Ahmed (MCN) def. Vanessa Reinicke (AMCC) 5-7, 6-1, 6-1

From the Head Coach
- "These girls have so much character and learned so much in the last week. They work so hard on improving certain tactics and facets of the game that they felt hurt us last week. And I think their hard work really showed today. McNeese is an elite team that own the conference tournament last year and went to the NCAAs, so this is a big win for this young team! And what I love most about this team was right after today's match, every girl was so hungry and motivated to work on what they learned today. Hungry and motivated to take it to another level with a good day's practice tomorrow." Director of Tennis Steve Moore

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' home weekend continues on Sunday at noon against Southland foe Southeastern Louisiana at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center.

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