LUBBOCK, Texas — LSU women’s tennis players Tiffany Tucker and Hannah Robinson both won consolation singles draws while Megan Falcon and Staten Spencer fell in the semifinals of the doubles draw on the final day of the Wilson/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Southwest Regional Championships Tuesday.
Tucker won two matches Tuesday, defeating Dominique Karas of Rice in a close, three-set semifinal match in the West Consolation draw 7-6, 3-6, 10-4. In the final, Tucker upset No. 116 Stephanie Davison of Texas 6-4, 6-3. After losing her opening match in the main singles draw, Tucker reeled off five straight victories in the tournament and finished with a 5-1 record in singles play.
In the North Consolation final, Robinson knocked off Caroline Larsson of Texas in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 to claim the title. Robinson also finished the tournament with a 5-1 record in singles. The sophomore from Monroe won her first round match in the main draw, and her only loss of the tournament came in the second round. Robinson won four straight matches to clinch the consolation title.
“I was really impressed with Tiffany and Hannah,” head coach Tony Minnis said. “They lost tougher matches in the main draw and came back and won their consolation draws. It showed a lot of character to fight through those matches and come out on top.”
In the doubles main draw semifinals, fifth-seeded Falcon and Spencer fell to the second-seeded and No. 51 nationally ranked duo of Lenka Broosova and Zuzana Zemenova of Baylor 8-3. The Baylor tandem went on to win the doubles final over the 14th-ranked team from TCU.
The Lady Tigers will take this weekend off after three straight weekends of tournament play. They will return to action at the SEC Coaches Classic in Auburn, Ala., and the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships in Columbus, Ohio, in two weeks as both tournaments begin Nov. 1. Representatives from LSU will participate in both tournaments.
ITA Southwest Regional Championships
Day Five Results
Singles
West Consolation Semifinals
Tiffany Tucker (LSU) def. Dominique Karas (RU) 7-6, 3-6, (10-4)
Finals
Tiffany Tucker (LSU) def. #116 Stephanie Davison (UT) 6-4, 6-3
North Consolation Finals
Hannah Robinson (LSU) def. Caroline Larsson (UT) 6-4, 6-4
Doubles
Semifinals
(2) #51 Lenka Broosova/Zuzana Zemenova (BU) def. (5) Megan Falcon/Staten Spencer (LSU) 8-3