Women's tennis scores 5-2 win at Nicholls State Thursday - Jacksonville State University Athletics

Thursday, February 6

Thibodaux, La.

Noon

Jax State

Nicholls State

2/7/2020 1:27:00 AM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

THIBODAUX, La. – The Jacksonville State women's tennis team picked up a 5-2 road win at Nicholls State on Thursday, earning its third win in a row.

The Gamecocks (3-1) haven't lost since their season opener on Jan. 25 against West Alabama, taking down the Colonels (1-2) in their third of five consecutive road matches.

Kaya Balsen and Jara Jamal were blanked 6-0 at No. 2 doubles, but back-to-back set wins at No. 1 and No. 3 secured the doubles point for Jax State. Cristina Moll Alles and Harriet Hamilton won 6-2 over Simona Maksimovic and Laura Lopez at No. 1, and Alba Conejero and Malin Buechner took a 7-5 nail-biter over Morgan Forshag and Carla Bouygues at No. 3.

Singles competition finished in consecutive order with Jax State taking four of the six points. The Gamecocks won the first four matches but dropped the final two of the afternoon.

Cristina Moll Alles, Malin Buechner and Harriet Hamilton each remained undefeated at 4-0 this season with wins at No. 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Moll Alles defeated Simona Maksimovic 6-3, 6-1, and Buechner swept Laura Lopez 6-3, 6-4. Hamilton won 7-5, 6-2 over Lingfeng Gu at No. 3.

Balsen Kaya rounded out the scoring for Jacksonville State with straight-set wins (6-3, 6-4) over M. Konstantinova at No. 4.

The Gamecocks continue their road swing Saturday at 1 p.m. at Alabama A&M. Their next home match is Thursday, Feb. 27 against Alabama State at 1:30 p.m.

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