CONWAY, Arkansas – Northwestern State cobbled together another positive effort Monday on the final day of the Second Central Arkansas Fall Invitational.
 
Three of five Lady Demons won their final singles matches while NSU snatched four of six doubles matches involving NSU-only tandems.
 
"Overall we had a great tournament at UCA," said NSU coach Jonas Brobeck. "Our process and commitment in doubles was really good, and it's exciting to see the girls understanding the importance of setting the tone early and playing on our terms."
 
With Monday's action focused on doubles play, Mariella Minetti and Tjasa Klevisar took both of their matches – 6-2 over UCA pair (Vdovychenko/Humbert) and 6-4 against Austin Peay's Morris/Nakanishi in Flight 2.
 
Two other NSU tandems split Monday matches.
 
Rozalie Dohnalova and Viktorie Wojcikova dropped its opener against APSU's Leder/Torrealba 7-6 (6) before rebounding for a 6-1 win against Arkansas State pair (Vdovychenko/Humbert) in Flight 1.
 
In Flight 3, Dorota Szczygielska and Ayu Ishibashi fell 6-4 to Austin Peay's Topalovic/Cheng before bouncing back 6-4 against Missouri State's Nash/Miley.
 
In singles play, freshman Tjasa Klevisar protected her unbeaten singles streak this fall, winning her third singles match of the round-robin event after Austin Peay's Danielle Morris withdrew.
 
Klevisar bested her two Flight 1 opponents on Sunday and is 6-0 this fall.
 
Sophomore Mariella Minetti and freshman Rozalie Dohnalova were also victors in their final singles matches.
 
Minetti charged back from a first-set loss to beat Southeastern Missouri State's Ksenia Shikanova (4-6, 6-0, 10-5) in Flight 4. Minetti finished 2-1 on the weekend in singles.
 
Dohnalova swept Missouri State's Sandra Lukacova (6-3, 6-2) in Flight 2, earning her first victory in Flight 2.
 
Other singles action Monday including freshman Ayu Ishibashi dropping a close 3-6, 6-3, 11-9 decision to SEMO's Myroslava Zelenchuk and Gig Kanaphuet falling to to SEMO's Lera Valeeva (6-3, 7-6 (4).