NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Nicholls State University women's tennis team rallied back from a 3-0 deficit against Stephen F. Austin but could not complete the comeback as the Colonels were defeated, 4-3, Sunday afternoon.

After dropping the doubles point and Courts 3 and 5 in singles, Nicholls (11-10) came back with victories by Carla Bouygues at 4 and Jessie Mount at 2. Bouygues won in two sets, 6-4, 6-2, and Mount started a string of three-set battles that closed out match.

Needing just one more point, SFA (11-8) got the clincher on Line 6 as Ai Noa Fabre outlasted Morgan Forshag, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5. Simona Maksimovic won on the top court for the Colonels, picking up a 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3). 

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Nicholls will head to Mississippi for its regular season finale at Jackson State on Wednesday, April 13.