Nicholls women’s tennis team’s season ends with second-round SLC tournament loss to McNeese

The Nicholls women’s tennis team saw its season come to an end with a loss in the second round of the Southland Conference tournament Friday afternoon at the McFarlin Tennis Center in San Antonio.

Nicholls was eliminated by second-seeded McNeese State, 4-0.

The Lady Colonels, the No. 10 seed, advanced in the tournament by upsetting No. 7 seed Southeastern Louisiana on Thursday.

McNeese won in doubles play on Friday to gain the early momentum.

The Nicholls No. 3 doubles team of Betija Dusele and Dareen Hassan, lost to the McNeese duo Ai Domingo-Bernabeu and Tiana Fox, 1-6.

McNeese clinched the point from doubles play when the No. 1 team for Nicholls, Carla Bouygues and Constanza Cruz fell to the Cowgirls’ duo of Anastasija Adeikyte and Arina Gamretkaia, 2-6.

In the first final from singles play, Nicholls’ Adda Inna, on Court 4, fell to McNeese’s Emma-Lou Pommiers, 2-6, 1-6.

Cruz fell to Ari Monlleo Sanchis, 2-6, 4-6, on Court 6.

The Cowgirls clinched the match on Court 3 when Lea Grinberg lost to Maria Wang Martinez, 1-6, 3-6.

In all the remaining unfinished matches, Nicholls players won the first set.

Nicholls ended its season at 7-14.