CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas—McNeese women's tennis dropped its tightly contested Southland Conference opener, 4-3 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Saturday, snapping the Cowgirls 12-match winning streak. 
 
McNeese falls to 12-2 overall and 0-1 in the SLC while the Islanders improve to 11-1 on the year and 1-0 in the SLC.  
 
The Islanders took the early 1-0 lead by winning the doubles point with a 7-6 win on court 1 and a 6-3 win on court 3.
 
A 6-1, 6-1 singles win by Juliette Jalai over Toffee Ghorab at No. 6 singles put the Islanders up 2-0. 
 
A straight set 6-3, 6-0 win by Salome Fluri over Ana Veroux at the no. 1 singles cut the Islander lead in half at 2-1.
 
The Islanders would then go on to pick up two more singles wins at No. 4 and No. 5 while Erica Hagi and Ana Hollweg picked up singles wins at No. 2 and No. 3 for the other Cowgirl points.
 
McNeese will continue its road trip and will travel to Edinburg, Texas to face UTRGV at 11 a.m. Monday, March 3 in a conference match.
 
Texas AM-Corpus Christi 4, McNeese 3
SINGLES
1. Salome Fluri (MCN) def. Ana Veroux (AMCC) 6-3, 6-0
2. Erica Hagi (MCN) def. Leticia Tarocco (AMCC) 6-4, 5-7, 10-1
3. Ana Hollweg (MCN) def. Kseniya Ramanouskaya (AMCC) 6-4, 7-5
4. Yana Mykytyn (AMCC) def. Ariane Monlleo-Sanchis (MCN) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
5. Josefa Fuenzalida (AMCC) def. Alexa Martinez (MCN) 6-2, 7-6 (8-6)
6. Juliette Jalai (AMCC) def. Toffee Ghorab (MCN) 6-1, 6-1
 
DOUBLES
1. Kseniya Ramanouskaya/Yana Mykytyn (AMCC) def. Salome Fluri/Stella Rundova (MCN) 7-6 (7-1)
2. Leticia Tarocco/Josefa Fuenzalida (AMCC) vs. Erica Hagi/Toffee Ghorab (MCN) 5-6, unfinished
3. Ana Veroux/Juliette Jalai (AMCC) def. Ana Hollweg/Elena Morales (MCN) 6-3