Feb. 8, 2015

Final Stats

BEAUMONT, Texas - The Lamar men's and women's tennis teams combined for two sweeps and four wins in two doubleheaders over Alcorn State Sunday at the Thompson Family Tennis Center in nonconference action.

The men's team (5-2) won the morning match 7-0 while the women (3-2) pushed across a 5-2 result. In the afternoon matches, the Cards won 4-1 and Lady Cards 6-0.

The guys were 14-1 in all matches (singles and doubles) on Sunday, and Steven McMullan led the way with a 4-0 record. He had two wins each in singles and doubles play.

Mikko Rajamaki and Benny Schweizer were each 3-0 on the day followed by Nikita Lis, Michael Feucht, Jeandre Hoogenboezem and Juuso Latitinen, who were all 2-0.

Lamar took the doubles points quickly in game one as ASU was not able to get past four points in any match. The 29th-ranked duo of Feucht and Lis downed Mikita Kostikov and Ernesto Santillan, 6-1. Laitinen and Schweizer defeated Nischay Rawal and Vasudev Vijayaraman, 6-2 on court two and Trey Crysel and McMullan beat Garry Amor and Kilian Salgado on court three, 6-4.

After sweeps from all the men, Lamar walked away from match one with a 7-0 win. Lis defeated Santillan 6-3, 6-2 (court one), Schweizer overcame Kostikov 6-3, 6-3 (court two), Hoogenboezem beat Nischay 6-2, 6-3 (court three), Rajamaki downed Vijayaraman 2-6, 6-2, 10-3 (court 4), McMullan got past Amor 6-4, 6-1 and Crysel wrapped it up with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Salgado.

The Cards claimed the doubles point in the second match on Hoogenboezem's and Rajamaki's 6-3 win over Amor and Salgado and Crysel's and McMullan's win over Rawal and Vijayarman, 6-4.

Feucht won singles court one over Kostikov, 6-2, 6-1 and Laitnen made it 3-0 after his 6-2, 6-1 win over Nischay. McMullan locked up the victory on a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Kilian.

Three Lady Cardinals played to 3-0 sweeps in the doubleheader, Katya Lapayeva, Carolina Maso and Anna Spengler. Stephanie Marchena, Teodora Stefanovic and Hanna Elfving were all 2-0, and Andrea Ivanovic and Lara Delli Castelli were both 2-1.

The Lady Cardinals took the doubles point in the first match after Spenger and Marchena blanked Siobhan Ryan-Bovey and Patricia Normand, 6-0. Soon after Lapayeva and Elfving wrapped up their match and doubles on a 6-3 win over Ekaterina Potopova and Aakanksha Punj.

Despite the doubles win, Maso and Andrea Ivanovic elected to continue their match and won a nail biter over Ivana Boberic and Aida Kelic, 7-6 (1).

Singles wins for Lapayeva, Spengler, Maso and Stefanovic gave Lamar the 5-2 victory. Lapayeva downed Boberic 6-3, 6-1 in position one, Spengler beat Potopova 6-4, 6-0 in the third spot, Maso defeated Ryan Bovey 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 at court four and Stefanovic overcame Normand, 6-4 6-2 on the fifth line.

Both teams decided to bypass the doubles point unless a tiebreaker was needed, and LU went on to sweep the singles points. Ivanovic moved up to the first court and defeated Boberic 6-4, 6-4. Court two saw Lapayeva take down Kelic 6-1, 6-2 while court three had Maso and Potopova end in a 6-1, 6-3 scored.

Spengler downed Ryan-Bovey 6-3, 6-4 on line four, Elfving overcame Normand 6-0, 6-0 and Marchena defeated Punj 6-4, 6-3.

The Lady Cards return to the courts on Saturday when the travel to Samford and follow that win another match at UAB on Sunday. The Cardinals are back in action on Saturday as well at Texas-San Antonio.

Women's Game 1:

LU 5, ASU 2

Singles

1. Lapayeva (LU) def. Boberic (ASU) 6-3, 6-1

2. Kelic (ASU) def. Ivanovic (LU) 6-4, 7-5

3. Spengler (LU) def. Potopova (ASU) 6-4, 6-0

4. Maso (LU) def. Ryan-bovey (ASU) 6-1, 1-6, 6-2

5. Stephanovic (LU) def. Normand (ASU) 6-4, 6-2

6. Kazarina (ASU) def. Delli Castelli 2-6, 7-5, 11-9

Doubles

1. Maso/Ivanovic (LU) def. Boberic/Kelic (ASU) 7-6 (1)

2. Spengler/Marchena (LU) def. Ryan-Bovey/Normand (ASU) 6-0

3. Lapayeva/Elfving (LU) def. Potopova/Punj (ASU) 6-3

Women's Game 2:

LU 6, ASU 0

Singles

1. Ivanovic (LU) def. Boberic (ASU) 6-4, 6-4

2. Lapayeva (LU) def. Kelic (ASU) 6-1, 6-2

3. Maso (LU) def. Potopova (ASU) 6-1, 6-3

4. Spengler (LU) def. Ryan-Bovey (ASU) 6-3, 6-4

5. Elfving (LU) def. Normand (ASU) 6-0, 6-0

6. Marchena (LU) def. Punj (ASU) 6-4, 6-3

Men's Game 1:

LU 7, ASU 0

Singles

1. Lis (LU) def. Santillan (ASU) 6-3, 6-2

2. Schweizer (LU) def. Kostikov (ASU) 6-3, 6-3

3. Hoogenboezem (LU) def. Rawal (ASU) 6-2, 6-3

4. Rajamaki (LU) def. Vijayaraman (ASU) 2-6, 6-3, 10-3

5. McMullan (LU) def. Amor (ASU) 6-4, 6-1

6. Crysel (LU) def. Salgado (ASU) 6-4, 6-2

Doubles

1. #29 Lis/Feucht (LU) def. Kostikov/Santillan (ASU) 6-1

2. Laitnen/Schweizer (LU) def. Rawal/Vijayaramen (ASU) 6-2

3. Crysel/McMullan (LU) def. Amor/Salgado (ASU) 6-4

Men's Game 2:

LU 4, ASU 1

Singles

1. Fecuht (LU) def. Kostikov (ASU) 6-2, 6-1

2. Schweizer (LU) def. Santillan (ASU) 6-4, 4-4, unf.

3. Rajamaki (LU) def. Amor (ASU) 7-5, 3-2, unf.

4. Laitnen (LU) def. Rawal (ASU) 6-2, 6-1

5. McMullan (LU) def. Salgado (ASU) 6-2, 6-4

6. Vijayaramen (ASU) def. Crysel (LU) 6-1, 6-3

Doubles

1. #29 Lis/Feucht (LU) def. Kostikov/Santillan (ASU) 5-5, unf.

2. Hoogenboezem/Rajamaki (LU) def. Amor/Salgado (ASU) 6-3

3. Crysel/McMullan (LU) def. Rawal/Vijayaramen (ASU) 6-4