LAFAYETTE, La. - The Nicholls State University women's tennis team met Lamar University in Lafayette for a makeup match and the Colonels were defeated, 5-2, Tuesday afternoon.

Carla Bouygues had a perfect day with a win in doubles and No. 2 singles but it was not enough for Nicholls (6-4, 0-2 SLC) to secure its first league win. The win for Lamar was the eighth straight in the series.

Bouygues and Constanza Cruz evened up doubles with a 6-3 win at No. 2 with Noemie Piquet and Dareen Hassan securing the point with a 7-5 win at No. 3. In singles action, Bouygues gave Nicholls a 2-0 advantage with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Marika Mueller at No. 2. But that would be the final point of the match for the Colonels.

Lamar won the next four matches in straight sets to secure the team win. In the final bout, Piquet nearly improved to 2-0 in league play but fell 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 10-8 at No. 6.

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Nicholls will hit the road for its next two matches, taking on UIW (March 23) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (March 25).