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Women's Tennis Falls On The Road At ULL, 5-2

The Bulldogs’ Stephanie N’tcha was victorious in both doubles and singles play Tuesday

The Bulldogs’ Stephanie N’tcha was victorious in both doubles and singles play Tuesday.

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LAFAYETTE, LA. – The Samford University women's tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision against the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns on Tuesday as the Bulldogs couldn't take advantage of a doubles sweep held at the Cajun Courts.
 
With the loss, Samford (6-8) remained winless on the road this season and moved to 0-6 when playing away from Birmingham, Ala. The setback also proved to be the Bulldogs' fourth in a row, dating back to March 2 when they earned a 7-0 Southern Conference triumph over Western Carolina.
 
Louisiana-Lafayette (11-8) snapped its two-match losing streak and improved to 9-5 at home this season.
 
Samford swept Tuesday's doubles competition to take an early 1-0 lead in the contest, but the Ragin' Cajuns responded by winning three of the first four singles matches.
 
After earning victories on courts No. 4, No. 6 and No. 1, Louisiana-Lafayette garnered a 3-1 advantage in the nonconference showdown. Samford's Stephanie N'tcha then rallied for a three-set triumph in the No. 3 singles contest, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0, to pull the Bulldogs within one point at 3-2.
 
The Ragin' Cajuns' Nicole Breaux clinched the victory on court No. 2 with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Samford's Jessica Northcutt. Once the match was decided at 4-2, play continued on court No. 5 where Louisiana-Lafayette's Bailey VanDyke held on for a three-set tally over the Bulldogs' Emily Mallory, 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-3.
 
With N'tcha's victory, Samford's talented All-SoCon performer from Abomey-Calavi, Benin, improved to 8-5 in singles play this season, including an unblemished 6-0 at court No. 3.
 
N'tcha was also triumphant in doubles play against Louisiana-Lafayette as she teamed with Kristin Lewis to post a dominant 8-0 victory on court No. 1. The Bulldogs' doubles tandems of Carita Moolman and Adri Lochner, as well as Northcutt and Mallory were also winners versus their Ragin' Cajun counterparts Tuesday.
 
Samford's Lochner and Moolman moved to 9-4 in doubles play this season and improved to 6-4 when competing in the No. 2 position.
 
Samford will continue its two-match Louisiana road swing Wednesday at 1 p.m. (CDT) as the Bulldogs square off against the 50th-ranked Tulane Green Wave in another regional matchup. Wednesday's contest will be held at Tulane's Goldring Tennis Center in New Orleans.

Final Results
Updated Samford Stats
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