CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – In a match that finished in under an hour and 45 minutes, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's tennis program cruised to a 4-0 win over Nicholls on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Southland Conference Championships at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center.
The top-seeded Islanders extended their home-winning streak to 32 matches. They did not drop a set to the ninth-seeded Colonels and won their seventh consecutive SLC Tournament match. The Islanders are the back-to-back SLC Tournament champions.
A&M-Corpus Christi wasted little time grabbing a lead on all three courts in doubles. Juniors
Valeria Cherfus and
Kateryna Rublevska won 6-0 on court three, and junior
Naomi Moi McKenzie and freshman
Sofia Pinto finished it off 6-1 on court one.
It was nearly a flawless day for Cherfus as she followed up her doubles victory with a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 4 singles. Senior
Victoire Delattre followed with a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 5, and McKenzie sealed the victory with a 6-4, 6-0 decision at No. 2.
Pinto, Rublevska and junior
Emma Aucagne were all up a set when play was halted.
The women improved to 15-0 all-time against Nicholls and head coach
Steve Moore. They are now 20-8 in SLC Tournament matches under Moore.
Up next, the women will square off with fourth-seeded Northwestern State at 10 a.m. Sunday in the semifinals. The men will play this evening at 6 p.m. in the semifinals against UIW.
A&M-Corpus Christi 4, Nicholls 0
Doubles Competition
1.
Naomi Moi McKenzie and
Sofia Pinto (AMCC) def. Constanza Cruz and Laura Lopez (NICH) 6-1
2.
Emma Aucagne and
Victoire Delattre (AMCC) vs. Carla Bouygues and Dareen Hassan (NICH) 4-2 unfinished
3.
Valeria Cherfus and
Kateryna Rublevska (AMCC) def. Noemie Piquet and Sophia Sara Safarova (NICH)
Singles Competition
1.
Emma Aucagne (AMCC) vs. Simona Maksimovic (NICH) 6-2, 3-1 unfinished
2.
Naomi Moi McKenzie (AMCC) def. Sophia Sara Safarova (NICH) 6-4, 6-0
3.
Sofia Pinto (AMCC) vs. Dareen Hassan (NICH) 6-4, 3-3 unfinished
4.
Valeria Cherfus (AMCC) def. Constanza Cruz (NICH) 6-1, 6-1
5.
Victoire Delattre (AMCC) def. Carla Bouygues (NICH) 6-2, 6-3
6.
Kateryna Rublevska (AMCC) vs. Laura Lopez (NICH) 6-2, 3-1 unfinished
A&M-Corpus Christi Tennis
- 14 NCAA Tournaments
- 31 SLC Championships
- 4 Top-40 National Rankings
- 3.0 GPA 39 Straight Semesters
- Islanders have received a No. 3 seed at the NCAA Tournament three times
- Women's tennis has cracked the ITA top-75 national rankings three times
- Men's tennis has cracked the ITA national rankings 10 consecutive years
- Ranked nationally in NCAA DI as high as No. 35 for the men and No. 60 for the women
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