RUSTON – Northwestern State nearly snatched the double point from Louisiana Tech on Friday, but the Techsters surged in singles to hand the Lady Demons a 4-0 loss.
NSU's (3-0) Tjasa Klevisar and Ayu Ishibashi couldn't complete the doubles point, falling 7-6 to Najah Dawson and Leonie Schuknecht to clinch the point for the Lady Techsters.
The Lady Demons pairing of Paige Wise and Sofi Garcia edged Louisiana Tech's Tiffani Nash and Ilana Tetruashvili 6-2 to start doubles to earn the lone doubles match triumph for NSU.
Louisiana Tech rolled to four first-set wins in singles, as the Lady Techsters sealed the result with singles victories.
Ishibashi challenged Olga Bienzobas in the No. 2 slot with a first set win 6-3, before Bienzobas won the last two sets 6-3.
Klevisar challenged Leonie Schuknecht it the top slot with a 7-6 win in the first set before Schuknecht came back to force a third set 6-4. The third set was tied 1-1 when the match went undecided.
Tech's Najah Dawson topped Paige Wise in the No. 3 slot (6-2, 6-2) and Ana Rodrigues bested Mariella Minetti in the No. 5 position (6-1, 6-1).
Renske Ubachs, No. 6 slot, came up short in the first set against Ilana Tetruashvili 7-6. Ubachs and Tetruashvili went unfinished in the second set, tied at 3.
The other unfinished singles match was in the No. 4 position as Garcia dropped the first set 6-4 to Nash, they were tied 6-6 in the second set.
"Congratulations to Tech, they competed very hard and made things tough for us," head coach Jonas Brobeck said. "Tomorrow is a great opportunity to work and execute the things we did not do well today in our last home match before conference starts."
The Lady Demons return home Saturday at 1 p.m. for the last nonconference matchup against Alcorn (4-8).
NSU is 3-0 in the series against Alcorn that started in 2016.
Tennis Match Results
Northwestern State v. Louisiana Tech
March 17, 2023 in Ruston, La.
Tech 4, NSU 0
SINGLES:
1.Tjasa Klevisar (NSU) v Leonie Schuknecht (TECH) 7-6, 4-6, UNF
2.Olga Bienzobas (TECH) def. Ayu Ishibashi (NSU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
3.Najah Dawson (TECH) def. Paige Wise (NSU) 6-2, 6-2
4.Tiffani Nash (TECH) v. Sofi Garcia (NSU) 6-4, 6-6 UNF
5.Ana Rodrigues (TECH) def. Mariella Minetti (NSU) 6-1, 6-1
6.Ilana Tetruashvili (TECH) v. Renske Ubachs(NSU) 7-6, 3-3 UNF
Order of finish: 5,3,2
DOUBLES:
1.Najah Dawson/Leonie Schuknecht (TECH) def. Tjasa Klevisar/Ayu Ishibashi (NSU) 7-6
2.Olga Bienzobas/Ana Rodrigues (TECH) def. Dorota Szczygielska/Renske Ubachs (NSU) 7-5
3.Sofi Garcia/Paige Wise (NSU) def. Tiffani Nash/Ilana Tetruashvili (TECH) 6-2
Order of finish: 3,2,1
