LAKE CHARLES—McNeese women's tennis historic season continued Monday when the Cowgirls became the winningest team in program history with its 5-2 Southland Conference win over UTRGV, for a school record 21 wins.  The Cowgirls end the regular season 21-1 overall and undefeated at 9-0 in the Southland Conference.
 
The Cowgirls also became the first McNeese women's team to go undefeated in the SLC in program history and the nine SLC wins are the third most conference wins in program history.
 
With the win, McNeese extended its overall winning streak to 16 matches, tying for the longest in program history.  The nine match SLC winning streak is the longest in program history.
 
McNeese opened the match by sweeping all three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead.  The Cowgirls didn't stop there as they won the first four singles matches to seal the win.
 
Erica Hagi put the put the Cowgirls up 2-0 with a straight set win on court 5, then Elena Morales followed with a straight set win on court 6 for a 3-0 Cowgirl lead.  Ana Hollweg's straight set win on court 4 clinched the overall match.  Alexa Martinez picked up the fifth Cowgirl point with her straight set win on court 2.
 
McNeese will await its opponent in the Southland Conference Championship that will take place April 19-21 in Beaumont, Texas.  One thing for sure is the Cowgirls will be the No. 1 seed and will face the No. 8 seed at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
 
SINGLES
1. Luna Buijtenhuijs (RGV) def. Salome Fluri (MCN) 6-4, 2-6, 11-9
2. Alexa Martinez (MCN) def. Hitakamya Narwal (RGV) 6-4, 6-3
3. Rhea Makesar (RGV) def. Stella Rundova (MCN) 6-1, 6-4
4. Ana Hollweg (MCN) def. Mariia Bakhtina (RGV) 6-0, 6-3
5. Erica Hagi (MCN) def. Madeleine Joffe (RGV) 6-1, 6-1
6. Elena Morales (MCN) def. Valentina Urraco (RGV) 6-1, 6-1
 
DOUBLES
1. Elena Morales/Stella Rundova (MCN) def. Hitakamya Narwal/Mariia Bakhtina (RGV) 7-5
2. Salome Fluri/Erica Hagi (MCN) def. Luna Buijtenhuijs/Valentina Urraco (RGV) 6-4
3. Ana Hollweg/Naomi Hagi (MCN) def. Rhea Makesar/Madeleine Joffe (RGV) 6-2

 
McNEESE NOTES
• Became the winningest team in program history with its 5-2 win over UTRGV
• The win over UTRGV is the Cowgirls 21st win this season- the most in program history
• Ended the regular season with a 21-1 record
• With the win over UTRGV, the Cowgirls are the first McNeese team to go undefeated in conference
• Won the SLC Regular season outright title on April 11 with 5-2 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, only the second title in program history.  The Cowgirls were co-champs in 2018
• The outright title is the first in program history. 
• Have won 16 straight matches. The winning streak ties the program's longest winning streak
• The nine SLC wins are the third most in program history- 10 SLC wins is the record (2014, 2018)
• The win over UTRGV also gives McNeese a nine-match SLC winning streak, the longest in program history. 
• Four Cowgirls ended the regular season with at least 10 wins (Ana Hollweg- 20, Elena Morales- 19, Erica Hagi- 16, Salome Fluri- 13)
• Elena Morales finished the regular season undefeated in conference play with an 8-0 record
• Morales finished the regular season on a singles 14-match winning streak
• Three doubles teams won at least 10 matches
• The doubles team of Ana Hollweg/Naomi Hagi led the team with a 19-2 record and ended the regular season on an 11-match winning streak