NEW ORLEANS – The Texas State women's tennis team concluded its three-match road trip battling Xavier University-Louisiana before the Bobcats suffered a tough 4-3 loss on Sunday afternoon at the Xavier University Tennis Center.
 
The Bobcats fell behind early when Xavier captured the doubles point by winning two of the three doubles matches.
 
Julia Navajo-Melendez and Andrea Fuchs suffered a 6-2 loss on the No. 3 court, while Ana Perez and Joy Chia Ming Ming fell 6-4 against Marila Borodii and Farah Baklouti at center court.
 
Texas State took an early lead in singles action when the Bobcats won three straight decisions in singles matches. First, Fuchs defeated Lacee Ancar by a score of 6-0, 6-1 in the No. 6 match. The Bobcats took their first lead in the match with Navajo-Melendez winning a 6-3, 6-2 decision against Angela Charles-Alfred.
 
Texas State increased its lead on the No. 5 court, where Chia Ming Ming won a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Yi Chen Pao, giving the Bobcats a 3-1 advantage.
 
The Gold Nuggets closed to within 3-2 after Josefina Cassara fell 6-1, 6-4 against Baklouti in the No. 4-seeded match. Xavier tied the score with Ana Perez falling in three sets against Borodii by the score of 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 on the top-seeded bout.
 
The final point was decided in another hard-fought match when Rishona Israel-Lewis lost a first-set tiebreaker and fell 6-4 in the second set against Charlene Goreau on the No. 2 court.  
 
The loss drops Texas State's record to 2-1 this spring and the Bobcats return home to host Presbyterian on Feb. 1 at the Bobcats Tennis Complex.
 
 
 
Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019
XULA Tennis Center, New Orleans, La.
Weather: Overcast, temperature 54 degrees, wind N at 5 mph, humidity 69 percent
 
Doubles

1. Borodii, Mariia/Baklouti, Farah (XULA) def. Perez, Ana/Chia Ming Ming, Joy (TXST) 6-4

2. Goreau, Charlene/Ancar, Lacee (XULA) vs. Israel-Lewis, Rishona/Cassara, Josefina (TXST) 5-4, unfinished

3. Chen Pao, Yi/Charles-Alfred, Angela (XULA) def. Navajo-Melendez, Julia/Fuchs, Andrea (TXST) 6-2

 
Singles

1. Borodii, Mariia (XULA) def. Perez, Ana (TXST) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1

2. Goreau, Charlene (XULA) def. Israel-Lewis, Rishona (TXST) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4

3. Navajo-Melendez, Julia (TXST) def. Charles-Alfred, Angela (XULA) 6-3, 6-2

4. Baklouti, Farah (XULA) def. Cassara, Josefina (TXST) 6-1, 6-4

5. Chia Ming Ming, Joy (TXST) def. Chen Pao, Yi (XULA) 6-3, 6-3

6. Fuchs, Andrea (TXST) def. Ancar, Lacee (XULA) 6-0, 6-1

 
Order of Finish: Doubles — 3, 1. Singles — 6, 3, 5, 4, 1, 2. 
Records: XULA 1-0, Texas State 2-1.