Tennis 03/22/2008 Courtesy RaginCajuns.com
LAFAYETTE-Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns women’s tennis team topped East Tennessee
State 6-1 at Cajun Courts on Saturday. The win improves the No. 72 Cajuns to
11-4 on the season.
The match was the Cajuns’ first since Sunday, March 9.
The Cajuns captured five of the six singles matches. Sophomore Myrthe
Molenveld defeated Elena Volobueva 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3. Junior Angela Dangond
bested Andra Voinea 6-1, 6-2 at No.4, and freshman Briggitt Marcovich topped
Vita Moskaliova 6-2, 6-1 at No. 5. At No. 6, freshman Mia Gordon defeated
Whitney Trotter 6-0, 6-2. Freshman Kim van der Horst won a hard fought match
against Oyla Batsula at No. 2. Van der Horst won 1-6, 6-1, 7-5.
The Cajuns won the doubles point after picking up wins at Nos. 2 and 3.
Dangond and Molenveld bested Volobueva and Trotter 8-1 at No. 2, while the
team of Gordon and freshman Julie Mazinova defeated Voinea and Moskaliova 8-5
at No. 3.
The Cajuns will next compete on Tuesday, March 25 when they travel to
Natchitoches to take on instate-rival Northwestern State. The match is set to
begin at 10:30 a.m.
Tennis Match Results
East Tennessee State vs Louisiana-Lafayette
Mar 22, 2008 at Cajun Courts
#72 Louisiana-Lafayette 6, East Tennessee State 1
Singles competition
1. Yevgeniya Stupak (ETSU) def. Julie Mazinova (UL) 6-1, 4-6, 11-9
2. Kim van der Horst (UL) def. Oyla Batsula (ETSU) 1-6, 6-1, 7-5
3. Myrthe Molenveld (UL) def. Elena Volobueva (ETSU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Angela Dangond (UL) def. Andra Voinea (ETSU) 6-1, 6-2
5. Briggitt Marcovich (UL) def. Vita Moskaliova (ETSU) 6-2, 6-1
6. Mia Gordon (UL) def. Whitney Trotter (ETSU) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Yevgeniya Stupak/Oyla Batsula (ETSU) def. Kim van der Horst/Briggitt
Marcovich (UL) 8-6
2. Angela Dangond/Myrthe Molenveld (UL) def. Elena Volobueva/Whitney Trotter
(ETSU) 8-1
3. Mia Gordon/Julie Mazinova (UL) def. Andra Voinea/Vita Moskaliova (ETSU) 8-5
Match Notes:
East Tennessee State 10-6
Louisiana-Lafayette 11-4; National ranking #72