By JJ MARSHALL

jjm023@latech.edu

 

The Lady Techster tennis team fell to the top-ranked team in Louisiana last Thursday in non-conference action in Hammond.

The nationally ranked Southeastern Lady Lions (13-3) won both doubles matches and all five singles matches against a depleted Tech squad, which could only put five players on the court due to injuries.

The Lady Techsters fell behind 1-0 after a pair of 8-0 losses in doubles play, with the Lady Lions’ duo of Nina Knavs and Breda Kovac defeated Tech’s Avril Martinez and Noel Camell in the first doubles match, and Emilija Arnaudovska and Iva Velkovska being victorious over Techsters Alex Gaspar and Caroline Tran in the second.

In singles competition, Kovac defeated Martinez 6-2, 6-0 in the No. One match, with Tran falling in the second by the same score.

For the Lady Techsters, the best outing went to Ada Makowska, who managed to win just three games in her two set match with Arnaudovska.

“It was a tough match,” Makowska said, “but we knew that it was going to be hard going in.”

Makowska said that playing with five players was tough, but it was especially hard being without their top player, junior Monica Kelly.

“Monica is our number One, so without her we knew we might have a tough time.” Makowska said.

The Lady Techsters resume action with a pair of matches in Houston this weekend, taking on Arkansas at 11 a.m. on Saturday and then the University of Houston at 2 p.m. on Sunday.