BEAUMONT, Texas—McNeese women's tennis historic season came to an end Tuesday with a 4-2 loss to No. 4 seed Stephen F. Austin in the semifinals of the Southland Conference Tennis Championship. The Cowgirls end their season with a 21-2 overall record.
 
SFA advances to play No. 3 seed Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the championship match.
 
The Lumberjacks won the doubles point by winning two of the three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead.  SFA extended its lead to 3-0 with singles wins on courts 2 and 3. 
 
Salome Fluri picked up the Cowgirls first point of the day with a straight set 6-4, 6-1 win against Sonja Rooth on court one.  The Cowgirls pulled to within one point (3-2) with a 6-3, 6-2 straight set win on court 6 where Elena Morales defeated Alk Giannakogiorgou.
 
The Lumberjacks clinched the match on court 5 with Ana Paula Chavez's straight set 7-6, 6-4 win over Erica Hagi.   
 
 
DOUBLES
No. 1 Sonja Rooth/Felcia Back (SFA) def. Stella Rundova/Elena Morales (McN) 6-2
No. 2 Salome Fluri/Erica Hagi (McN) def. Ana Paula Chavez/Avery Kinsey (SFA)  6-4
No. 3 Ksenia Mamontova/Alk Giannakogiorgou(SFA) def.  def. Ana Hollweg/Naomi Hagi (McN) 7-6 (7-2)
 
SINGLES
No. 1 Salome Fluri (McN) def. Sonja Rooth (SFA) 6-4, 6-1
No. 2 Felcia Back (SFA) def. Alexa Martinez (McN) 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 Ksenia Mamontova (SFA) def. Stella Rundova (McN) 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 Antonella Taco (SFA) vs. Ana Hollweg (McN) 6-2, 2-6, 4-5 unfinished
No. 5 Ana Paula Chavez (SFA) def. Erica Hagi (McN) 7-6, 6-4
No. 6 Elena Morales (McN.) def. Alk Giannakogiorgou (SFA) 6-3, 6-2
 
 
McNEESE WOMEN'S TENNIS NOTES
• Ends the season with a 22-2 overall record
• Went undefeated in the SLC regular season at 9-0
• Went undefeated at home (8-0)
• Won its first outright Southland Conference regular season title
• Won only the second SLC title in program history. The Cowgirls were SLC co-champions in 2018.
• Are the winningest team in program history with 22 wins
• Are the first McNeese team to go undefeated in conference (9-0)
• Produced the programs longest winning streak- 17 match winning streak
• Ended the season winning 17 of its last 18 matches  
• The nine SLC wins are the third most conference wins in program history- 10 SLC wins is the record (2014, 2018)
• Two Cowgirls ended their season with at least 20 wins- Ana Hollweg (21), Elena Morales (20)
• Four Cowgirls ended the regular season with at least 10 wins (Ana Hollweg- 21, Elena Morales- 20, Erica Hagi- 17, Salome Fluri- 14)
• 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- No. 3 (Ana Hollweg/Naomi Hagi- (20-3); No. 2 (Salome Fluri/Erica Hagi (14-2); No. 1 (Elena Morales/Stella Rundova (11-8)
• The doubles team of Ana Hollweg/Naomi Hagi led the team with a 20-3 overall record and ended the regular season on an 11-match winning streak
• Head coach Sonia Carlson was named the SLC "Coach of the Year"
• Three Cowgirls were named to the All-SLC first team in singles and two doubles teams were named to All-SLC first team
• Ana Hollweg (No. 4 singles), Erica Hagi (No. 5 singles), and Elena Morales (No. 6 singles) were named to the All-SLC first team.
• Salome Fluri/Erica Hagi (No. 2 doubles) and Ana Hollweg/Naomie Hagi (No. 3 doubles) were named to the All-SLC first team.