Women's Tennis Blanks Alcorn State 4-0

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Southern Miss women's tennis (4-5, 0-2 Sun Belt) secured a dominant 4-0 win over Alcorn State (4-12) Wednesday afternoon at the Southern Miss Tennis Complex, sweeping the doubles point and claiming three straight singles victories to seal the match.

With the win, the Golden Eagles snapped a four-match skid and improved their home record to 4-2 this season.

The Golden Eagles started strong in doubles play, clinching the point with wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions. The pair of Gagana Mohan Kumar and Talia Wunnenberg secured a 6-3 win at the No. 2 spot, while Sakura Sudo and Miranda Xu delivered a 6-2 victory at No. 3.

In singles, Talia Wunnenberg gave Southern Miss a 2-0 lead with a walkover win at the No. 6 position. Malannia Vashkevich extended the lead to 3-0 on court two, taking the first set 6-1 before her opponent retired in the second. Sudo then clinched the match on court four with a commanding 6-3, 6-1 victory.

Southern Miss was leading in three of the remaining singles matches when play was halted. Xu held an advantage at No. 3, Jordan Parker held a lead at No. 5, and Hannah Chambers was battling in the second set on court one.

The Golden Eagles have now won 13 consecutive matches against Alcorn State since 2005.

Results

Doubles

No. 1: Natalija Nikolic / Josephine Yakubu (ASU) vs. Hannah Chambers / Malannia Vashkevich (USM) – 5-2, unfinished
No. 2: Gagana Mohan Kumar / Talia Wunnenberg (USM) def. Nikita Liyanage / Oi Villanueva Lopez (ASU) – 6-3
No. 3: Sakura Sudo / Miranda Xu (USM) def. Doaa Mohamed / Aanya Rao (ASU) – 6-2

Order of Finish: 2, 3

Singles

No. 1: Doaa Mohamed (ASU) vs. Hannah Chambers (USM) – 6-3, 2-2, unfinished
No. 2: Malannia Vashkevich (USM) def. Natalija Nikolic (ASU) – 2-6, retired
No. 3: Miranda Xu (USM) vs. Oi Villanueva Lopez (ASU) – 6-1, 3-2, unfinished
No. 4: Sakura Sudo (USM) def. Oz Josephine Yakubu (ASU) – 6-3, 6-1
No. 5: Jordan Parker (USM) vs. Nikita Liyanage (ASU) – 6-4, 5-0, unfinished
No. 6: Talia Wunnenberg (USM) def. Aanya Rao (ASU) – 1-0, default

Order of Finish: 6, 2, 4

Up Next

Southern Miss begins a road trip to continue conference play, facing Marshall on Saturday at 9 a.m. CT before taking on App State on Sunday at 9 a.m. CT.

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