This weekend, the men’s and women’s tennis teams finished up their regular season campaigns with a west coast swing to California. The men finished the weekend 1-1 while the women went undefeated.
The sixth ranked women’s tennis team dominated both of the teams they faced off against this weekend with a pair of 8-1 victories. The Lady ‘Cats started the weekend by taking care of California State University at Los Angeles.
Although the Golden Eagles are ranked 17th in the nation, they did not provide much resistance for the ‘Cats. Lead by LSC female player of the week Micah Hermsdorf, ACU swept the singles matches and only dropped one doubles match.
The next day the Lady ‘Cats made quick work of the University of California at San Diego in another 8-1 victory.
Once again, ACU won each of their six singles matches, including Hannah Kelley blanking her opposition 6-0, 6-0. The rest of the ‘Cats followed suit, as nobody dropped a single set against the Tritons.
The men’s tennis team spent their weekend in Malibu, where they took on both Pepperdine and the University of California at San Diego.
To start the weekend, the Wildcats suffered their worst loss of the season against the Pepperdine Waves 7-0. The nationally ranked D1 Waves simply overpowered the ‘Cats.
However, the doubles team of Hans Hach and LSC player of the week Nick Plum were able to grab a victory 8-5, so ACU was not shut out.
“It was cool to earn the LSC player of the week,” Plum said. “I have never had it before, so it was nice to see all that hard work we have done this year paying off.”
The next day, the ‘Cats finished up their week by dismantling the Tritons of UC at San Diego 6-3.
Junior Alfredo Desiati was the first person to finish his singles match, winning his match 6-3. 6-0. ACU was able to finish their schedule with a win to gain momentum leading into the LSC tournament.
“Every match we have played has helped up prepare,” Hach said. “We play all these matches to prepare for conference, regionals, and nationals.”
Both ACU teams are currently undefeated in conference play and should be dangerous in the LSC tournament that starts Friday in Southland, Texas.
