David Breed

Staff Writer

The Troy Trojans Women’s tennis team had a successful spring break as they won the Southern Miss Spring Tennis Classic.
The Trojans began the weekend with a 5-0 victory over Long Island.
Troy opened the match up sweeping the doubles to secure a 1-0 lead over Long Island.
Sophomore Annabelle Bares, the Sun Belt player of the week, led the way for Troy as she defeated H’Ann Johnson 6-2, 6-1.
Rawia Elsisi, Carolina Jouania and Stephanie Vieira all won their matches for Troy, never allowing the opponent to score more than three points in a set.
The Trojans’ next opponent in the Spring Tennis Classic was West Virginia as Troy won 6-1.
“Troy is a very good squad, and we came out and played hard in the first sets,” said WVU head coach Marc Walters.
Troy started the match off by sweeping the Mountaineers in doubles with the pairing of Bares and Elsisi winning their match 8-3.
Bares continued her winning streak as she defeated Natalia Prinz 6-4, 6-1.
Jouania had an exciting match as she lost her first set 1-6 to Kelly Walsh but was able to battle back 6-1, 6-0 to win the match.
Strauss, Elsisi and Vieira each won the other three matches for Troy to secure the second win of the spring classic.
Troy secured their third and final victory of the classic as they defeated Southern Miss 4-0.
“Today’s match meant a lot to us, not only because it was Troy, but because it was an opportunity to play a nationally ranked team,” said Southern Miss Head Coach Randy Rowley.
Troy secured the first point of the match as they took two of the three doubles matches.
Strauss led the way for Troy in singles competition as she defeated Stephanie Dellocono 6-0, 6-4.
The win over Southern Miss helped push Troy’s winning streak to four straight.
The Troy Men’s team took on North Florida over the break and lost 7-0.
“This was a solid win for the guys,” UNF head coach Igal Buberman said. “Everyone played solid tennis against a very tough opponent.”
In doubles, Troy was able to secure one victory as Bona Ung and Bastian Maucher defeated Matias Sigal and Ben Smith 8-3 but eventually lost the point as they fell in the other two matches.
Troy was swept in singles, but they did not go down without a fight.
Dusan Medan fought valiantly, pushing the match to a tie-breaker before falling to Javier Ferrin 6-4, 7-6 (10-8).
Ung also had a close match against Eduardo Perreira before losing 6-4, 7-5.
The loss to UNF puts Troy’s overall record at 3-8 for the year.
The men’s team next plays Sunday against Southern here in Troy as the women’s team will travel to South Alabama tomorrow.