Women's tennis sweeps Cardinals on Friday

Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi women's tennis team swept the University of the Incarnate Word, 7-0, on Friday at the Mabry Tennis Center in San Antonio, Texas.
- The Islanders improved to 12-4 overall and 5-2 in Southland play. The Cardinals fall to 4-12 and 0-8 in league action.
- Myu Kageyama and Kei Kato got hte Islanders a victory at No. 2 doubles, paired with a UIW forfeit at No. 3, gave Texas A&M-Corpus Christi the double's point.
- In singles, the all five Islanders who took the court picked up a straight-set victory.

Match Scores
Doubles
1. Carolina Bulatovic/Mariya Shumeika (AMCC) vs. Victoria Kareh/Sara Djurdjevic (UIW), unfinished
2. Myu Kageyama/Kei Kato (AMCC) def. Alejandra Tamayo/Alejandra Landaluce (UIW), 6-2
3. Camille Townsend/Vanessa Reinicke (AMCC) def. UIW, forfeit

Singles
1. Carolina Bulatovic (AMCC) def. Victoria Kareh (UIW), 7-6, 7-5
2. Kei Kato (AMCC) def. Sara Djurdjevic (UIW), 6-3, 6-1
3. Camille Townsend (AMCC) def. Alejandra Tamayo (UIW), 6-4, 6-4
4. Mariya Shumeika (AMCC) def. Alejandra Landaluce (UIW), 6-0, 6-0
5. Myu Kageyama (AMCC) def. Taylor Parkinson (UIW), 6-0, 6-0
6. Maria Maldonado (AMCC) def. UIW, forfeit

From the Head Coach
"I thought our girls came out with great energy and fight today. They did a great job of controlling the things they can control-especially team spirit and aggressive feet. They are learning to play every point with intensity and today was another step in that direction. This is such a motivated young team and their desire to get better every week is fun to coach. Kei and Myu played great doubles and Mariya and Marolina showed great character digging out of an early hole. I love the character in grade of this team. We have a big test Sunday at Abilene Christian but I believe deeply in this group," 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 will head North to Abilene to take on the ACU Wildcats on Sunday, April 7, at noon.

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