Serena Segel

Women's Tennis Joe Fisher, Interim Sports Information Director

Tornados storm past LeTourneau

LONGVIEW, Texas – The Concordia Women's Tennis won its second match of the season in dominating fashion as they defeated LeTourneau 8-1 in matches on Friday night.

In the doubles matches, the Torados swept as the pairing of Justus Aarhus and Leyla Martinez won a tightly contested match 8-6. Serena Segel and Juliette Garza won their match 8-3, while Hayley Anderson and Camille Kempf didn't allow the Yellow Jackets a game as they won their match 8-0.

In the singles match, CTX won five of the six, including four in straight sets. Segel defeated Mikayla Thomas 6-0, 6-1, while Anderson won her first set 6-1 and did not allow a game in the second set, winning 6-0. Kempf only lost one game in each of her sets as she went on to win 6-1, 6-1, while Garza won in straight sets over Terin Murray 6-2, 6-1.

The final two matches of the day went to a third set. Aarhus lost the first set in a tiebreaker, but bounced back to take the second set 6-4. In the deciding pro set tiebreaker, Aarhus' rally came up short as she lost 10-6. Martinez fell behind in her singles match, dropping the first set in a tiebreaker. But she would battle back to take the next two sets 6-3, 6-3 for the win.

CTX will now travel to Marshall, Texas to take on East Texas Baptist at 10 a.m.
 
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Players Mentioned

Leyla Martinez

Leyla Martinez

5' 7"
Sophomore
Camille Kempf

Camille Kempf

Freshman
Justus Aarhus

Justus Aarhus

Freshman
Hayley Anderson

Hayley Anderson

Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Leyla Martinez

Leyla Martinez

5' 7"
Sophomore
Camille Kempf

Camille Kempf

Freshman
Justus Aarhus

Justus Aarhus

Freshman
Hayley Anderson

Hayley Anderson

Sophomore