Houston Attempts to Stay Perfect at Home
3/23/2018 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
HOUSTON â€" The Houston Cougar Women's Tennis team returns home to face Louisiana Tech on Saturday, March 24. First serve is set for 1 p.m. at the Barbara Wallace Winston Tennis Facility.
The Cougars are 10-0 at home this spring season and will look to maintain that undefeated record. The 10-0 start is the best for Houston since finishing the 2006 season with a perfect 14-0 mark.
The Cougars are coming off only their second loss of the season in a match against South Florida in Tampa. South Florida, the reigning American Athletic Conference champions, beat Houston 4-2 in a competitive match.
Houston battled in doubles play but eventually were beaten at the first and second line. Tsveta Dimitrova and Ana Glumac lost 6-1 to Vanja Klaric and Nicole Dzenga. Following that match, Alison Mills and Lauren Alter fell 6-3 to Juliana Cardoso and Jessica Chaves.
South Florida led 1-0 in the overall match heading into singles. The Bulls took the first singles match, but Lauren Alter and Tsveta Dimitrova were able to win their singles matches to tie the match at 2-2. Ana Glumac and Constandena Nicolaou were outlasted in their matches to give South Florida the match 4-2.
ABOUT THE BULLDOGS
Louisiana Tech is coming off a two-game losing streak when they head to Houston this weekend. The Bulldogs fell to Louisiana-Monroe on March 13, and a week later they lost 4-3 to South Alabama. Louisiana Tech holds a 2-5 road record coming into the match against the Cougars and a 5-6 overall record. They are led by junior Sonia Chen, who is 8-3 in singles play this spring season. She is also 6-2 in doubles when playing with freshman Claudia Oravcova.
UP NEXT FOR HOUSTON
The Cougars welcome East Carolina to the Barbara Wallace Winston Tennis Facility on Friday, March 30. The match is set to start at noon. We will be celebrating our Seniors during this match.
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