BEAUMONT, Texas—McNeese women's tennis was eliminated from the Southland Conference Tournament here Saturday with a heartbreaking 4-3 loss to New Orleans.
 
The Cowgirls opened the match with a Sarah Jurakova and Hannah Brett taking down Anna Segarra Rius and Anja Luethi 6-1 in the no. 1 doubles. The other two matches were back and forth but Cowgirl no. 3 doubles team of Giovanna Fioretti and Phonexay Chitdara came away with an exciting 7-5 win over Trang Dao and Brittany Johnson to win the double point.
 
Jurakova picked up a 6-1, 6-1 no. 2 singles win over Luethi to give McNeese a 2-0 lead. UNO tied the match at two all with wins at no. 1 and no. 4.
 
A Chitdara 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 win over Yasmine Rashad at the no. 5 singles gave the Cowgirls a 3-2 lead but UNO's Johnson defeated Stella Carra 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) to even the match at three points apiece.
 
The win came down to the final match on the court where Rius defeated Brett in a tie-breaker 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 to pick up the math victory for the Privateers.
 
McNeese ends its season with a 12-11 overall record.
 
Singles competition
1. Trang Dao (UNO) def. Giovanna Fioretti (MCN) 6-3, 6-2
2. Sarah Jurakova (MCN) def. Anja Luethi (UNO) 6-1, 6-1
3. Anna Segarra Rius (UNO) def. Hannah Brett (MCN) 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
4. Claudette Gilhespie (UNO) def. Charoline Erlandsson (MCN) 7-5, 6-1
5. Phonexay Chitdara (MCN) def. Yasmine Rashad (UNO) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
6. Brittany Johnson (UNO) def. Stella Carra (MCN) 6-4, 7-6 (7-2)
 
 Doubles competition
1. Sarah Jurakova/Hannah Brett (MCN) def. Anna Segarra Rius/Anja Luethi (UNO) 6-1
2. Charoline Erlandsson/Vivien Borbely (MCN) vs. Claudette Gilhespie/Yasmine Rashad (UNO) 6-5, unfinished
3. Giovanna Fioretti/Phonexay Chitdara (MCN) def. Trang Dao/Brittany Johnson (UNO)