THIBODAUX, La. - The Nicholls State University women's tennis team hosted Northwestern State on Monday in its Southland Conference finale and after a lengthy weather delay, the visitors came away with a 6-1 victory over the Colonels at the Thibodaux Regional Sports Complex.
Nicholls (6-12, 0-7 SLC) picked up a point by default at No. 6 singles with Northwestern State (10-7, 3-3 SLC) having only five players in the lineup. The Lady Demons also surrendered Court 3 in doubles but secured the point with 6-3 and 6-4 victories on the top lines.
Lightning forced the teams off the court and then the rain set in for the next hour. The courts were finally dry and play resumed after a 3 hour and 30 minute delay.
The Colonels were also short a player with
Sophia Sara Safarova out, resulting in a shift up the lineup at 3 through 5. Sofi Garcia gave NSU a 2-1 lead with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over
Aada Inna at No. 4 before
Liu QianYu fell in straight sets against Tjasa Klevisar at No. 1. The clinching point came at No. 3 with
Lea Grinberg dropping her match to Maria Farina, 6-2, 6-3.
The final two matches saw
Constanza Cruz and
Carla Bouygues put up fights in two of their sets, but both would come up short. Cruz was handed a 6-2, 7-5 setback against Honoka Umeda at No. 5. Bouygues took Sara Erenda into a tiebreaker in their opening set at No. 2, 7-6 (7-3) before falling in the second, 6-4.
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The Colonels' match at Tulane scheduled for Wednesday, April 10 has been canceled due to weather. Nicholls will finish its nonconference slate at home against Loyola New Orleans on April 13 for Senior Day.
