MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama A&M (4-3, 4-2 SWAC) saw their four-match win streak fall by the wayside as Prairie View A&M (3-14, 3-1 SWAC) notched a 4-1 victory in an NCAA Division I women's tennis match on Saturday, March 13.
The Panthers would dominate the doubles portion as Jessica Lackey and Ruju Chauhan defeated junior
Ximena Duarte Ramirez (Asuncion, Paraguay) and senior
Nthabiseng Mashego (Alabaster, Ala.) by a 6-1 score at the No. 3 spot. The No. 1 pairing of Victoria Fuenmayor Castillo and Mahogani Green then picked up a 6-3 win over juniors
Jasmine Boyd (Marion, Ind.) and
Anita Bozhko (Minsk, Belarus) to secure the doubles point.
Chauhan would make it 2-0 with a 6-2, 6-3 decision over Duarte Ramirez at No. 3 singles before Boyd got the Bulldogs on the board with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Jimena Duran-Castellanos at the two spot. Junior
India Woods (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) fell by a 6-3, 6-1 score to Lackey at No. 6 to make it 3-1 before the battle at the fifth spot would decide it.
In that one, sophomore
Neha Ghare (Pune, India) would give all she had before falling by a 7-5, 7-6 score to Claudia Andrea Islas Medina to lock up the 4-1 victory for PVAMU.
Alabama A&M returns home to take on Chattanooga in non-conference action on Wednesday, March 17. First serve is set for 2 p.m. at the Huntsville Tennis Center.
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 4, ALABAMA A&M 1
Doubles
No. 1 Victoria Fuenmayor Castillo/Mahogani Green def.
Jasmine Boyd/
Anita Bozhko 6-3
No. 2 Jimena Duran-Castellanos/Salma Sanchez Villalobos vs.
India Woods/
Camila Ruiz Diaz 5-4 (UF)
No. 3 Jessica Lackey/Ruju Chauhan def.
Ximena Duarte Ramirez/
Nthabiseng Mashego 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 1
Singles
No. 1 Victoria Fuenmayor Castillo vs.
Anita Bozhko 6-7, 6-3, 2-2 (UF)
No. 2
Jasmine Boyd def. Jimena Duran-Castellanos 6-3, 6-2
No. 3 Ruju Chauhan def.
Ximena Duarte Ramirez 6-2, 6-3
No. 4
Camila Ruiz Diaz vs. Mahogani Green 3-6, 7-6, 5-0
No. 5 Claudia Andrea Islas Medina def.
Neha Ghare 7-5, 7-6
No. 6 Jessica Lackey def.
India Woods 6-3, 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 6, 5
