HAMMOND, La. – The Lamar University women's tennis team traveled to Hammond, La., Friday for the final tournament of the fall season – the George E. Fourmaux Fed Cup. The event which is normally a two-day tournament was condensed to one day due to the weather, in addition each set was reduced to a four-game winner.
 
Lamar picked off wins over Loyola, 4-1, and Dillard, 3-2, but dropped a 3-2 decision to tournament host Southeastern Louisiana, 3-2.
 
Senior Martina Alcaino and junior Arina Gudovskaya each posted two singles wins on the day. Gudovskaya earned a quick win over Loyola's Presta Shanthamoorthi, 4-0, 3-3, Ret., and then had to turn right back around and face Southeastern's top player Aitana Darder. Gudovskaya was even more dominant in her second match posting a 4-0, 4-0 victory.
 
Alcaino also recorded two wins, but she had to go the distance in her first match against Loyola's Sofia Amodu. After dropping the first set, 5-3, Alcaino battled right back with a 4-2 decision in the second set forcing a super tiebreak. Alcaino continued to dominate in the super tiebreak with a 10-4 decision for the overall victory. Alcaino's next match came against Dillard's Gia Pereira. Alcaino kept her foot on the accelerator in the second match with a 4-0, 4-2 decision.  
 
Other Cardinals who picked up singles wins Friday were sophomore Varvara Popadina, freshmen Jevrosima Mitic and sophomore Livia Espirito Santo.
 
The Cardinals' doubles team of Mitic and sophomore Lera Zaginayko posted some very strong results on the doubles courts. The duo produced two wins – one against Loyola and the other against Dillard. The LU defeated Avrora Volkova and Monica Gallegos in a long two-set match, 4-2, 5-4 (7-5), and then returned to the court to defeat Mariam Tetradze and Kennedy Hutto in an even longer three-setter, 5-4 (7-5), 4-5 (3-7), 11-9.
 
With the fall season complete, the Cardinals will now turn their focus to preparing for the spring schedule which will get under way in January.