Box Score MONROE, La. (4/10/21) – Closing out the regular season schedule Sunday, the Arkansas State women's tennis team was dealt a 4-0 loss at ULM.
 
A-State heads into the Sun Belt Conference Championship with a 4-8 season record, 2-6 in conference play. The Warhawks improved to 10-5 overall, 4-4 in league action.
 
A-State dropped the doubles points with the Warhawks winning a pair of matches while the third went unfinished. Thea Rice and Hunter Roper dropped their match 6-2 to the Warhawks' Hala Badwy and Oleksandra Balaba. ULM's Drousile Dzeubou and Madalina Grigoriu defeated A-State's Shelby King and Jill Morse 6-2 to secure the doubles tally. Nejla Zukic and Yasmine Humbert were tied 4-4 with ULM's Jimena Paula Gabrino and Daniela Hernandez when the doubles point was clinched.
 
ULM earned singles victories on courts three, four and five to secure the win. The Warhawks Balaba tallied a 6-1, 7-6 (1) decision against King while Grigoriu defeated Morse 6-4, 6-3 on court four. Garbino added a third singles' marker for the Warhawks with a 6-2, 6-3 score against Zukic. Rebecca Brody made her singles debut, winning the first set 6-4 against Hernandez, before falling in the second set 6-1 and trailing 4-1 when the match had been decided. Roper was battling Dzeubou 3-6, 5-4, but went unfinished while Rice forced a third set on court two (2-6, 7-6 [5]).
 
A-State readies for the Sun Belt Conference Championship that begins Thursday, April 15, at the Peachtree City Tennis Center in Peachtree City, Ga.