Final Stats

HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Five Lady Cardinals took their singles matches, three in straight sets, after they swept the doubles point and gave the Lamar women's team a 6-1 Southland Conference win over Sam Houston State at the McAdams Tennis Center on Thursday.

Lamar improved to 9-9 on the season and 3-5 in Southland Conference play, and SHSU fell to 2-12 on the year and 1-6 in league play.

Katya Lapayeva and Carolina Maso teamed up on court one and defeated Olivia Battye and Mila Milanovic 8-3 in doubles action. Andrea Ivanovic and Anna Spengler took down Karen Martinez and Bailey VanDyke 8-4 on line two, and Hanna Elfving and Stephanie Marchena notched an 8-5 win over Fabienne Gettwart and Maddie Mortimore from the third position.

Lapayeva and Maso have a team record of 6-4 and have won five in a row. Ivanovic and Spengler own a 7-4 mark and Eflving and Spengler improved to 5-4.

On No. 1 in singles action, Lapayeva defeated Gettwart in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5. She improved her singles record 8-10 and has a three-match win streak. Anna Spengler won the first set 6-4 over Battye, and lost the second 6-4. Spengler took the match by default in the final frame.

Ivanoic improved her season mark to 8-10 with a 6-3, 6-2 straight set win over Milanovic.

Maso had to battle back in her singles match on No. 4 after falling the first set in a tight 7-6 loss to Van Dyke. She came out in the second set and won 6-3 before closing the match with a super tiebreak win, 10-6. Maso improved to 10-6 this season, and is the first Lady Cardinal to notch double-digit wins on the season.

Marchena finished off Mortimore quickly with a 6-1, 6-4 straight set win on line six. She improved her individual record to 9-4 this season.

Hanna Elfving fell on line five to Martinez in straight sets, 7-5, 6-2.

The Lady Cardinals will finish the road portion of their schedule on Sunday morning when they travel to Abilene Christian for a 10 o'clock start time.

Lamar 6, Sam Houston State 1