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Cougars Drop 4-1 Decision at LSU
2/19/2017 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
BATON ROUGE, La. â€" The Houston Cougar Women's Tennis team dropped a 4-1 decision on the road at LSU to close out weekend play on Sunday. The match was the fourth in a string of 10-straight road matches for the Cougars.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Houston struck first in doubles-play when the duo of junior Sveva Mazzari and freshman Lauren Alter won their third consecutive match to open doubles with a 6-4 win over Skylar Holloway and Jessica Golovin. The win moved the team to 3-1 as a team this season.
However, Jade Lewis and Becca Weissman defeated freshman Constandena Nicolaou and junior Ana Glumac 6-3 to even doubles, before Ryann Foster and Joana Valle Costa beat freshmen Tsveta Dimitrova and Cristina Rovira 6-4 to earn the first point.
Houston fought back to tie the overall score at 1-1 with a win from Glumac in singles on court 6. Playing against Abby Owens, Glumac didn't drop a game, winning 6-0, 6-0. The win for Glumac is her third in the spring season.
LSU regained the lead with a straight-set win on court 4 for Golovin over Alter. Golovin won the first set 6-2 before clinching the match with a 6-3 win in set two, making the score 2-1 LSU. The Tigers extended their lead with a win on court 3 as No. 63 Costa defeated Rovira 6-2, 6-4.
LSU scored the match-clinching point on court 1 in a 6-2, 6-3 win for No. 35 Lewis over Dimitrova. Mazzari was battling back in a 1-6, 4-4 match, and Nicolaou trailed 6-3, 5-2 when play was halted.
UP NEXT FOR HOUSTON
The Cougars continue their month-long road trip with a two matchups on the west coast against a pair of Pac-12 schools. Houston meets Washington on Friday, Feb. 24 at 3 p.m., before traveling to face Oregon on Sunday, Feb. 26, at 11 a.m.
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