THIBODAUX – McNeese women's tennis is slated to face Nicholls, the host school, in the opening round of the Southland Conference Tennis Championships at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Thibodaux Regional Sports Complex.
 
The sixth-seeded Cowgirls, sitting at 18-6, 5-4 SLC, learned of their opponent, the 11^th-seeded Colonels (8-13, 1-8 SLC), Saturday afternoon with the winner advancing to face Northwestern State, the third seed, in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
 
Both squads met near the end of conference play on April 4 with McNeese taking a 6-1 victory in Lake Charles. The Cowgirls took five of the six singles, and the doubles point in the meeting.
 
Salome Fluri, a freshman, carries in an 18-match win streak, owning a 21-2 record on the 2025 campaign and sits 9-0 in SLC play. Fluri is tied for the second-most wins in a season by a Cowgirl with the record sitting at 25 matches.
 
Fluri is joined by fellow freshman Stella Rundova as the only two undefeated players in SLC action at 7-0 in conference play. Rundova owns an 11-0 season record while holding down the No. 6 singles for the Pokes.
 
Head coach Sonia Carlson hit a milestone mark in her inaugural season with the Cowgirls, being the first coach to record 16+ wins in her first year at the helm.

The appearance by the Cowgirls will be the fourth consecutive season McNeese has been in the SLC Tennis Championships.
 
SLC Women's Tennis Bracket
Opening Round
Match 1 - No. 8 UIW vs No. 9 Lamar (10 a.m.)
Match 2 - No. 7 Southeastern vs No. 10 New Orleans (TBA)
Match 3 - No. 6 McNeese vs No. 11 Nicholls (10 a.m.)

Quarterfinals
Match 4 - No. 1 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs Winner Match 1 (10 a.m.)
Match 5 - No. 4 NJIT vs No. 5 UTRGV (10 a.m.)
Match 6 - No. 2 Stephen F. Austin vs Winner Match 2 (2 p.m.)
Match 7 - No. 3 Northwestern St. vs Winner Match 3 (2 p.m.)

Semifinals
Match 8 - Winner Match 4 vs Winner Match 5 ( 6 p.m.)
Match 9 - Winner Match 6 vs Winner Match 7 (6 p.m.)

Finals
Match 10 - Winner Match 8 vs Winner Match 9 (5 p.m.)