Islanders open Southland with win over Northwestern State

Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi women's tennis team opened 2020 Southland Conference play with a 5-2 victory over Northwestern State on Friday afternoon, 5-2.
- The Islanders improved to 11-2 with the win while the Lady Demons fell to 7-4.
-  Texas A&M-Corpus Christi got off to a quick start, winning the doubles point after Emma Honore and Kei Kato won at No. 1 and Mariya Shumeika and Camille Townsend won at No. 2.
- In singles, Honore started things off with a win at No. 5 to put the Islanders up, 2-0.
- Shumeika extended the lead to 3-0 with a win at No. 1 and Victoire Delattre clinched the win with a straight-set win at No. 4.
- Townsend also won at No. 2 singles to complete the A&M-Corpus Christi scoring.
- The match was played at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Singles Results
1. Mariya Shumeika (AMCC) def. Mariella Minetti (NSU) 6-3, 6-1
2. Camille Townsend (AMCC) def. Ela Iwaniuk (NSU) 6-3, 6-3
3. Dorota Szczygielska (NSU) def. Kei Kato (AMCC) 6-2, 7-5
4. Victoire Delattre (AMCC) def. Patrycja Polanska (NSU) 6-3, 6-2
5. Emma Honore (AMCC) def. Olivia Alfredsson (NSU) 6-0, 6-2
6. Judit Castillo (NSU) def. Jordan Ortega-Mendez (AMCC) 6-1, 6-4

Doubles Results
1. Emma Honore/Kei Kato (AMCC) def. Ela Iwaniuk/Emilija Dancetovic (NSU) 6-2
2. Mariya Shumeika/Camille Townsend (AMCC) def. Patrycja Polanska/Mariella Minetti (NSU) 6-4
3. Maria Maldonado/Jordan Ortega-Mendez (AMCC) vs. Judit Castillo/Dorota Szczygielska (NSU) unfinsished

History of Success
- As a program, the Islanders have reached 11 NCAA Tournaments in program history and captured 23 Southland titles in the last 13 years. The women have won three of the past four Southland Conference regular season titles.

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Up Next
- The Islander women will head to Beaumont, Texas, to face Central Arkansas on Sunday in a neutral site Southland match starting at noon.