Results
GREENTOWN, Ind. —
Unbeaten Union (Ky.) won two singles super-tiebreakers to defeat
Xavier University of Louisiana 4-3 at the IWU Invitational in a Friday matchup of two
of the hottest NAIA women's tennis teams.
The Bulldogs, 12-0 and ranked 11th, snapped
the eight-dual winning streak of XULA, 14-5 and ranked third.
Nicole Viljoen clinched at No. 5 singles
when she defeated
Angelica De Vincenzis 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-5).
Angela Charles-Alfred was XULA's only
player to win in doubles and singles. Charles-Alfred and
Lailaa Bashir defeated
Ljiljana Pajcin and Christina Schoener 6-3, in doubles, and Charles-Alfred beat
Schoener 6-0, 6-3 at No. 3 singles.
XULA also got singles victories from
Farah Baklouti and
Valentina Largacha. Baklouti defeated Maria Arteaga 6-0, 6-2
at No. 4, and Largacha tied the dual at 3 with her 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 victory
against Mai Kitashita at No. 6.
Wet weather forced XULA indoors for the second
consecutive day. XULA is scheduled to play two NAIA top-10 teams Saturday at
Indiana Wesleyan's Sutter Tennis Center: No. 7 Cardinal Stritch at 11 a.m.
and No. 9 Indiana Wesleyan at 4 p.m. Times are Eastern. The weather forecast: 90-percent chance of rain and a high of 68 degrees.