CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Behind a dominating doubles performance, Austin Peay State University women's tennis team closed the book on its 2014 campaign with a 5-2 win at Southeast Missouri, Sunday, at the Redhawks Tennis Complex.
The Lady Govs finish the season with a 6-13 mark, earning their third Ohio Valley Conference win to finish 3-7 in conference play. The match also served as the season finale for Southeast Missouri, who finished 9-13 (3-7 OVC).
For the first time since March 1, Austin Peay came away with a doubles point, winning the No. 1 and No. 3 matches. In her last match as a Lady Gov, senior Andra Cornea teamed with junior Ornella Di Salvo to earn a hard-fought 8-7 win against Valeriia Kashina and Ekaterina Donetckova at No. 1, while the No. 3 pairing of freshman Hannah Tatlock and junior Jovana Karac destroyed Annisa Warasanti and Katy Brady, 8-0.
Tatlock concluded her first season in an Austin Peay uniform as the squad's top winner, earning her 10th victory of the 2014 spring campaign with a 7-6, 6-2 win against Melissa Martin at No. 5.
Di Salvo and fellow junior Vanessa Tavares each earned their ninth win on the season's final day. Di Salvo knocked off Kashina 6-2, 6-1 at No. 1 singles, while Tavares defeated Donetckova 6-4, 6-2.
Austin Peay's final singles win on the day came from freshman Isabela Jovanovic; the Brazilian defeated Brady in straight sets, 6-1, 6-0.
Although the match saw the conclusion of Cornea's Austin Peay career, head coach Ross Brown is scheduled to return the rest of this season's squad.