Sports Briefs

Men’s Basketball:

2/12

Nicholls State             71

Lamar                         84

            Three different Colonels scored in double-figures in the loss.  Senior forward Anatoly Bose led the game in scoring with 22.  Junior guard Ben Martin scored 11 points and senior guard Kellen Carter added 15.  With the loss, the Colonels now fall to 11-11 and 5-6 in Southland Conference play. 

Women’s Basketball:

2/12

Lamar                         70

Nicholls State             56

            The Colonels were led by two freshmen in scoring as guard KK Babin totaled 19 and forward LiAnn McCarthy added nine.  After the loss, the Colonels are now 8-16 on the year and 3-8 in Southland Conference play.  The game served as the Colonels’ annual Pink Zone game supporting the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, named in honor of longtime North Carolia State head coach and breast cancer victim Kay Yow.

Softball:

            The Colonels broke even in the tournament over the weekend as they lost two games Saturday and won two Sunday.  The Colonels lost to St. Louis University 3-0 and 9-6 in extra-innings against the University of Missouri-Kansas City on Saturday.  The Colonels rebounded well on Sunday with a 5-4 win over Akron and a 7-1 victory over Jackson State.

Tennis:

Women’s Results

Nicholls 4, Alcorn State 3

Singles competition

1. Florina Nosca (NICH) def. Arielle Buchman (ASU) 6-0, 6-2

2. S. Kalyanasundaram (NICH) def. Kerstan Vanem (ASU) 6-0, 6-0

3. Tatiana Denezhkina (NICH) def. Merilin Tipp (ASU) 6-1, 6-2

4. Marina Ljoshevska (NICH) def. Daria Rud (ASU) 6-3, 6-1

5. Kati Hoepelman (ASU) def. No player (NICH), by forfeit

6. Chan Rutherford (ASU) def. No player (NICH), by forfeit

Doubles competition

1. Florina Nosca/Tatiana Denezhkina (NICH) def. Daria Rud/Chan Rutherford (ASU) 8-6

2. Kerstan Vanem/Merilin Tipp (ASU) def. S. Kalyanasundaram/Marina Ljoshevska (NICH) 9-8 (7-5)

3. Arielle Buchman/Kati Hoepelman (ASU) def. No player/No player (NICH), by forfeit

Men’s Results

Nicholls 7, Alcorn State 0

Singles competition

1. Damjan Despotovski (NICH) def. Anton Krutkin (ASU) 6-1, 6-1

2. Shayann Vaezzadeh (NICH) def. Alexander Lidzar (ASU) 6-0, 6-0

3. Dmitry Kozionov (NICH) def. Alejandro Dominguez (ASU) 6-1, 6-1

4. Roy Knight (NICH) def. Y. Shearron-Hawkins (ASU) 6-2, 6-0

5. Palash Tiwari (NICH) def. P. Rajpurouit (ASU) 6-1, 6-0

6. Razvan Cojocaru (NICH) def. Winfried Weinbeer (ASU) 7-6 (10-8), 4-2, retired

Doubles competition

1. Damjan Despotovski/Dmitry Kozionov (NICH) def. Anton Krutkin/Alexander Lidzar (ASU) 8-1

2. Roy Knight/Palash Tiwari (NICH) def. Winfried Weinbeer/P. Rajpurouit (ASU) 8-3

3. Shayann Vaezzadeh/Matshidiso Malope (NICH) def. Y. Shearron-Hawkins/Alejandro Dominguez (ASU) 8-4