From CU Sports Info.
Don Vieth, Sports Information Director
BISHOP, Texas – The No. 17 Cameron women’s tennis can call themselves Lone Star Conference Champions for the first time after an 8-1 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville on Friday.
CU has finished in second place six times in the LSC regular season and ended Midwestern State’s two year reign as LSC Champs. The Aggies will be the top seed in the LSC Tournament which will be held on April 29-30 in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Beginning in 2015, OPSU will compete with the Lone Star Conference in football.
The Aggies set the bar early with a full doubles sweep for the ninth time this season. Alina Gorina and Zhenia Shviadok went 8-0 in the top-slot for their sixth win in a row.
In singles play, Gorina took her first win in CU’s top-slot 6-4, 6-0 for her sixth singles win in a row, Samantha Wood won in the four-slot 6-0, 6-1 for her seventh win in a row, and Magdalena Kovinic played her first match since February picking up a 7-6, 7-6 in the six-slot.
The win for CU is their eighth in a row and will move them to 15-2 overall and 3-0 in LSC play; TAMUK will fall to 5-12 and 0-1 in league action.
Cameron will have a day off and on Sunday they will play St. Mary’s; the match will have significant importance in the NCAA South Central Region with St. Mary’s ranked first and the Aggies second in last week’s poll.
Singles competition
1. Alina Gorina (CU) def. Mariaxi Herrera (TAMUK) 6-4, 6-0
2. Marija Dimitrovska (TAMUK) def. Zhenia Shviadok (CU) 6-2, 7-6
3. Angie Torres (CU) def. Nadia Grlj (TAMUK) 6-2, 6-2
4. Samantha Wood (CU) def. Paula Saenz (TAMUK) 6-0, 6-1
5. Mathilde Thibaudat (CU) def. Erika Larrea (TAMUK) 6-4, 6-2
6. Magdalena Kovinic (CU) def. Martina Urrutia (TAMUK) 7-6, 7-6
Doubles competition
1. Alina Gorina/Zhenia Shviadok (CU) def. Nadia Grlj/Martina Urrutia (TAMUK) 8-0
2. Angie Torres/Samantha Wood (CU) def. Mariaxi Herrera/Erika Larrea (TAMUK) 8-4
3. Paula Gutierrez/Mathilde Thibaudat (CU) def. Marija Dimitrovska/Paula Saenz (TAMUK) 8-5