Results
ALEXANDRIA, La. — Freshman
Manon Bonada defeated
Ariadna Cabezas 7-6 (7-2), 7-5 at No. 4 singles Monday to clinch Xavier University of
Louisiana's 6-3 victory against LSU-Alexandria in a matchup of NAIA top-10 women's tennis teams.
The Gold Nuggets (1-5), ranked 10th, gave
Alan Green
his 199th dual-match victory as coach of the XULA women. It was the season
opener for the Generals, who are No. 9 and were a national quarterfinalist in 2017.
XULA never trailed and won despite getting just a
half-point from two-time All-American
Charlene Goreau. Freshmen accounted
for four of the Gold Nuggets' points.
For the second consecutive dual, freshman Mariia
Borodi and sophomore
Yi Chen Pao were winners in doubles and singles.
They teamed for an 8-5 victory against Alba Perny and Laia Charles
to give XULA a 2-1 lead heading into singles.
Borodii then beat Miljana Milojevic 6-1, 6-0,
and Pao came from behind to beat 46th-ranked Laia Charles 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Bonada and Goreau secured the other doubles victory,
8-2 against Cabezas and Claudia van den Brink.
At. No. 5 singles, XULA freshman
Farah Baklouti earned her first collegiate
singles victory by beating van den Brink 6-3, 6-1.
XULA's women and men will visit two-time defending NAIA champion
Georgia Gwinnett at 10:30 a.m. EDT Friday in the Grizzly Invitational
at Lawrenceville, Ga.
