Thibodaux, La. - Central Arkansas came up short in its attempt to move up in the Southland Conference Tennis standings Saturday morning, falling 4-3 to Nicholls State.
The singles competition was tightly contested, with each school taking three of the six matches played on the day. The Sugar Bears took the No. 6 singles by default, while Sasha Ruocco defeated Catherine Gauthier 6-2, 6-2 in No. 5 singles, and Kristina Horsikyan defeated Janna Leeuwerik 6-2, 6-2 in No. 3 singles. The victory is the fifth in a row for Horsikyan, who is 11-4 at the No. 3 position on the season.
Nicholls took two of the three doubles matches, with the Sugar Bears lone doubles victory coming when Ruocco and Horsikyan won the No. 3 matchup by default, moving their doubles record to 14-7 on the season.
The Sugar Bears end the regular season tomorrow morning in Hammond, La., facing off with the Southeastern Louisiana Lions at 11:00.
Full Results
Singles Competition:
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Parija Maloo (Nich) def. Simona Horsikyan (UCA) 6-2, 6-2
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Marie Aubert (Nich) def. Allison Murphy (UCA) 6-2, 6-2
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Kristina Horsikyan (UCA) def. Janna Leeuwerik (Nich) 6-2, 6-2
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Marina Ljoshevska (Nich) def. Allison Hartman (UCA) 6-2, 6-1
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Sasha Ruocco (UCA) def. Catherine Gauthier (Nich) 6-2, 6-2
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Kazumi Otani (UCA) def. No player (Nich) by default
Doubles Competition:
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Parija Maloo/Janna Leeuwerik (Nich) def. Allison Hartman/Allison Murphy (UCA) 8-5
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Marie Aubert/Catherine Gautier (Nich) def. Simona Horsikyan/Kazumi Otani (UCA) 8-5
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Sasha Ruocco/Kristina Horsikyan (UCA) def. No player/No player (Nich) by default
