LAFAYETTE, La. (4/10/21) – On Saturday afternoon at the Cajun Courts, Arkansas State tennis dropped a 4-0 decision at Louisiana.
In a tightly-contested doubles point, A-State (4-7, 2-5 SBC) dropped a pair of matches to the Ragin' Cajuns (8-5, 4-2) that went into tiebreakers. Yasmine Humbert and Nejla Zukic fell to Dana Radovanovic and Lucie Raquin 7-6(4) before Thea Rice and Hunter Roper dropped their match to Louisiana's Clara Mantaux and Floriane Picaut, 7-6(6).
The Ragin' Cajuns' Christina Jordan and Isabel Kierkegaard led Red Wolves Shelby King and Jill Morse 6-5 in the match on Court 2 that went unfinished.
In singles, Amelia Guevremont dropped a 6-0, 6-1 decision to Radovanovic to make it 2-0 in the match. Morse then fell 6-3, 6-0 to Jordan on Court 4 before Zukic dropped a 6-2, 6-4 match to Kierkegaard in what would be the match-clincher.
When the match ended, King had just forced a third set on Court 3 versus Raquin, splitting 2-6, 6-4 in the first two sets. Roper trailed Picaut 7-6(3), 3-2 on Court 1 and Rice was down 1-0 in the third set to Mantaux.
A-State returns to action Sunday, April 11, traveling to ULM to conclude the regular season. First serve in Monroe is set for 10 a.m. CT.