LSUS won the first match by a final tally of 7-2. LSUS won all three doubles matches before dropping the first two singles matches. They rallied to win the final four singles matches to get their first win in LSUS women's tennis history.
Tougaloo took the second match of the day, 6-3. LSUS won only one doubles match and two singles matches in the loss.
The next match for LSU Shreveport will be on Friday, April 16th, at 4:00 p.m. against Belhaven University at the Cockrell Tennis Center on Pines Road in Shreveport.
THURSDAY'S FIRST MATCH RESULTS
SINGLES
1. Rukiya Umoja (TC) def. Katie Moak (LSUS), 6-1, 6-1
2. Charity Foster (TC) def. Lindsey Crane (LSUS), 6-4, 6-1
3. Priscilla Erickson (LSUS) def. Carmen Burton (TC), 6-0, 6-0
4. Lauren Simmons (LSUS) def. Denise Breeland (TC), 6-4, 6-2
5. Anne Kelly (LSUS) def. Carla Coleman (TC), 6-4, 4-6, 10-5
6. Ali Lieberman (LSUS) def. Maya May (TC), 4-6, 6-4, 10-5
DOUBLES
1. Moak/Erickson (LSUS) def. Foster/Umoja (TC), 8-6
2. Crane/Simmons (LSUS) def. Burton/Breeland (TC), 8-4
3. Kelly/Lieberman (LSUS) def. May/Robinson (TC), 8-2
THURSDAY'S SECOND MATCH RESULTS
SINGLES
1. Rukiya Umoja (TC) def. Priscilla Erickson (LSUS), 6-2, 6-2
2. Charity Foster (TC) def. Lindsey Crane (LSUS), 6-1, 6-1
3. Anne Kelly (LSUS) def. Carmen Burton (TC), 6-1, 6-7, 7-5
4. Lauren Simmons (LSUS) def. Moya May (TC), 0-6, 6-4, 10-5
6. Coleman (TC) def. Charli Beal (LSUS), 6-3, 6-4
DOUBLES
1. Foster/Umoja (TC) def. Moak/Erickson (LSUS), 10-8
2. Crane/Simmons (LSUS) def. Burton/Coleman (TC), 9-7
3. May/Robinson (TC) def. Kelly/Bomba (LSUS), 8-2