Miss. State Tennis Hands Cajuns First Loss

STARKVILLE, Miss.- Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns women's tennis team was dealt their first loss of the season to Mississippi State on Thursday by the score of 6-1. The loss drops the Cajuns to 7-1 on the season. The only singles win of the afternoon came from Myrthe Molenveld at the No. 3 position. Molenveld defeated MSU's Daniela Juskova 6-2, 6-1. Martina Banikova triumphed over Tammy Day 7-6(2), 4-6, 1-0(6) at No. 1, while Chanell Meijer dropped her match to Elna de Villiers 6-2, 6-3 at the No. 2 position. Meijers' loss clinched the match for the Bulldogs. Laura Martelli was defeated by Renee Joseph 6-1, 6-3 at the No. 4 spot, and Angela Dangond fell to Valeriya Makarycheva 6-4, 6-1 at No. 5. MSU's Tatiana Feit defeated Clemence Remy 6-4, 6-4 at No. 6. The Bulldogs secured the doubles point after winning at Nos. 2 and 3. The team of Day and Meijer captured the only Cajuns' victory in doubles action. The pair defeated Banikova and Makarycheva 8-7(3) at No. 1. Molenveld and Remy fell to Villiars and DeAndra Saddler 8-4 at the No. 2 spot, and Dangond and Martelli dropped their match to Joseph and Juskova 8-4 at No. 3. The Cajuns return to action Friday, March 2 to take on Southeastern Louisiana in Hammond, La. Match time is set for 2:00 p.m. Doubles: #1 Tammy Day (UL) def. Martina Banikova (MSU) 8-7(3) Chanell Meijer Valeriya Makarycheva #2 Elna de Villiers (MSU) def. Myrthe Molenveld (UL) 8-4 DeAndra Saddler Clemence Remy #3 Renee Joseph (MSU) def. Angela Dangond (UL) 8-4 Daniela Juskova Laura Martelli Singles: #1 Martina Banikova (MSU) def. Tammy Day (UL) 7-6(2), 4-6, 1-0(4) #2 Elna de Villiers MSU) def. Chanell Meijer (UL) 6-2, 6-3 #3 Myrthe Molenveld (UL) def. Daniela Juskova (MSU) 6-2, 6-1 #4 Renee Joseph (MSU) def. Laura Martelli (UL) 6-1, 6-3 #5 Valeriya Makarycheva (MSU) def. Angela Dangond (UL) 6-4, 6-1 #6 Tatiana Feit (MSU) def. Clemence Remy (UL) 6-4, 6-4

Postmatch Records: MSU: 3-3 ULL: 7-1

Miss. State Tennis Hands Cajuns First Loss

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