Tiger tennis teams face familiar foe in Cameron University

The Tiger men dropped their match to Cameron 5-2, and the Lady Tigers lost to Cameron 6-1. Despite the outcome, Cowley head tennis coach Marcel Miasato saw many positives from the Tiger tennis teams.

"We played really well against Cameron," Miasato said. "So many of the matches went to third sets and tie-breaks, and they truly could have gone either way."

The Cowley men gave a strong effort while winning two of three doubles matches to earn the doubles point. Cowley's doubles wins came from its No. 1 and 2 doubles teams.

"I can really feel how much our chemistry in doubles has improved," Miasato said. "We are moving better together and trusting each other more on court."

The Tigers also got a win from Luca Laurindo at No. 3 singles, while Wojciech Biela and Guilherme Coelho battled hard before losing in three sets.

The Cameron women won all three doubles matches to earn the doubles point, then won five of six singles matches. Cowley was close in nearly all of the singles matches, with Sofia Karlau and Lisa Takamura taking their matches to three sets before losing. The Lady Tigers' lone victory came from Chiho Takada at No. 4 singles as she defeated Cameron's Alexa Lugo 6-1, 7-6(9-7).

"Big shoutout to Chiho (Tahada) and Luca (Laurindo) for their incredible performances, winning both singles and doubles," Miasato said.

The Tiger tennis teams will continue their competition against four-year schools when they play at Newman University on Thursday, February 19, at 1 p.m.

Results:

MEN

DOUBLES

*No. 1 – Haruki Okude/Dan Hosono (CC) defeated Lukas Janousek/Noe Milliard (Cameron) 6-4.

*No. 2 – Luca Laurindo/Wojtek Biela (CC) defeated Santiago Ledesma/Abubakari Yakuba-Lea (Cameron) 7-6(7-5).

*No. 3 – Vaughn Smith/Guilherme Coelho (CC) lost to Tom Debonne/Zoheir Fardoun (Cameron) 3-6.

SINGLES

*No. 1 – Okude (CC) lost to Janousek (Cameron) 0-6, 3-6.

*No. 2 – Hosono (CC) lost to Milliard (Cameron) 4-6, 2-6.

*No. 3 – Laurindo (CC) defeated Ledesma (Cameron) 6-4, 6-0.

*No. 4 – Biela (CC) lost to Yakuba-Lea (Cameron) 6-3, 2-6, 2-6.

*No. 5 – Coelho (CC) lost to Pavel Kelo (Cameron) 1-6, 7-5, 0-1 (7-10).

*No. 6 – Smith (CC) lost to Ulysse Esphahani (Cameron) 1-6, 2-6.

Results:

WOMEN

DOUBLES

*No. 1 – Naghely Garcia Galian/Cynthia Wanjala (CC) lost to Jenna Goessel/Adel Ismagulova (Cameron) 1-6.

*No. 2 – Chiho Takada/Sofia Karlau (CC) lost to Alexa Garcia/Nil Kalkavan (Cameron) 5-7.

*No. 3 – Lisa Takamura/Nathanielle Lee (CC) lost to Isabella Quintero/Alexa Lugo (Cameron) 4-6.

SINGLES

*No. 1 – Wanjala (CC) lost to Goessel (Cameron) 6-7, 3-6.

*No. 2 – Karlau (CC) lost to Ismagulova (Cameron) 6-3, 3-6, 3-6.

*No. 3 – Garcia Galian (CC) lost to Garcia (Cameron) 4-6, 1-6.

*No. 4 – Takada (CC) defeated Lugo (Cameron) 6-1, 7-6(9-7).

*No. 5 – Takamura (CC) lost to Isabella Quintero (Cameron) 2-6, 6-2, 0-1(8-10).

*No. 6 – Lee (CC) lost to Daniela Maldonado (Cameron) 4-6, 1-6.