With only four Lady Colonel tennis team members making a recent trip to north Louisiana, Nicholls took two singles and one doubles win versus Southland Conference opponent Northwestern State University, Sunday in a 5-2 loss. Nicholls tennis coach Robby Flink was pleased with the way his team played, but he said the fact that his team began the match with two default losses was tough to overcome.

With the loss, Nicholls is now 3-9 overall and 1-6 in SLC action.

“I was happy with our performance, but we were not really there mentally,” Flink said about his team’s match against Northwestern on Sunday in Natchitoches. “I found a couple of bright spots, like the play of Rachel Wade.

“When you start with two default losses, it is hard to overcome against a good team like Northwestern.”

The Lady Colonels started their match against Northwestern strong, by taking victories in their first two matches.

In the opening match, Catherine Gauthier defeated Northwestern’s Brandi Mathews 6-1, 2-6 (10-6) in a contest that saw a tie-breaker. In the second match, Virginie Villani downed Eliza Young 6-3, 6-0.

In match No. 3, Katy Wallace defeated Nicholls Sandra Gloria 7-5, 4-6 (10-6), while the No. 4 match of the day saw Natalie Unger beating Rachel Wade 6-2, 6-2.

In doubles action, Nicholls posted one win as the tandom of Gauthier and Wade posted an 8-2 win over Young and Brandee Lasuzzo.

Prior to its match against Northwestern State, the Lady Colonels faced the University of Louisiana at Monroe on Saturday, in Monroe, losing 6-1.

The lone win for the Lady Colonels came in singles action, as Wade downed Katherine Sadofsky 6-4, 3-6 (15-13).

The Lady Colonels will return to action on Sunday when they travel to Beaumont, Texas to face Lamar.

The SLC match is slated to start at 10:30 a.m.

“We’re looking forward to it (the match against Lamar),” Flink said. “The baseball team will be playing on the same day as us and hopefully they can bring us some luck.”