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Box Score 2 PUEBLO, Colo. – The No. 32-ranked Tarleton Tennis team made the trek to Pueblo Colorado for three matches in two days and got started on the right foot with a sweep of Colorado Mesa (6-1) and CSU-Pueblo (7-0).
Match 1: No. 32 Tarleton 6, Colorado Mesa 1
Nathalie Ulander and
Shelby Fillingame were the deciding factor in the doubles match and the momentum lifted Tarleton to a 6-1 rout of the Mavericks early Saturday morning.
After the top two pairing split the first two matches of the afternoon, Fillingame and Ulander won the No. 3 battle 6-3 and sent Tarleton into singles with the edge.
Tarleton won the first four points of singles play to secure the match with a 5-0 advantage. After Mesa won its only point of the day in the No. 1 match,
Neetika Sud closed things out with a super-tiebreak victory by edging out Emily Beckley 10-4 in the final set.
The complete results are as follows:
DOUBLES
1. Kristen Kirby/Emily Beckley (CMU) def.
Alicia Barbaroux/
Neetika Sud (TSU) 6-3
2.
Faustine Palatte/
Sherine Salem (TSU) def. Georgia Hansen/Maike Waldburger (CMU) 6-2
3.
Nathalie Ulander/
Shelby Fillingame (TSU) def. Taylor Hershey/Rebecca Osterberg (CMU) 6-4
SINGLES
1. Kristen Kirby (CMU) def.
Alicia Barbaroux (TSU) 3-6, 7-5, 10-6
2.
Neetika Sud (TSU) def. Emily Beckley (CMU) 6-2, 5-7, 10-4
3.
Sherine Salem (TSU) def. Rebecca Osterberg (CMU) 6-1, 6-1
4.
Faustine Palatte (TSU) def. Georgia Hansen (CMU) 6-1, 6-1
5.
Nathalie Ulander (TSU) def. Taylor Hershey (CMU) 6-2, 6-3
6.
Sofija Hrovat (TSU) def. Maike Waldburger (CMU) 6-1, 6-3
Match 2: No. 32 Tarleton 7, Colorado State-Pueblo 0
Tarleton finished off their first day in Colorado with a clean sweep of the Thunderwolves.
Tarleton won the top two pairings in doubles to take the point and then headed into singles with a 1-0 advantage and five matches to play after the Thunderwolves failed to produce a No. 6 player.
The TexAnns cruised in the top five matches, however, as
Sherine Salem (6-0, 6-1) and
Faustine Palatte (6-0, 6-0) combined to handle the No. 2 and 3 matches, respectively, by a total of 24-1.
The complete results are as follows:
DOUBLES
1.
Sherine Salem/
Faustine Palatte (TSU) def. Nia Matthews/Kali Hampton (CSU-P) 6-1
2.
Sofija Hrovat/
Nathalie Ulander (TSU) def. Sarah Megilligan/Emily Sproston (CSU-P) 7-5
SINGLES
1.
Neetika Sud (TSU) def. Nia Matthews (CSU-P) 7-5, 6-1
2.
Sherine Salem (TSU) def. Kali Hampton (CSU-P) 6-0, 6-1
3.
Faustine Palatte (TSU) def. Emily Sproston (CSU-P) 6-0, 6-0
4.
Nathalie Ulander (TSU) def. Sarah Megilligan (CSU-P) 6-2, 6-3
5.
Shelby Fillingame (TSU) def. Katherine Ambrose (CSU-P) 6-3, 6-2
Tarleton will return to action with a single match in Pueblo, Colo. tomorrow at 10 a.m. (CT) against Metro Sate.
