LIVINGSTON, Ala. – The University of West Alabama men's tennis team picked up its fifth-straight win of the year, while the Tiger women rolled to their sixth consecutive victory on the season as the UWA netters ousted Alabama A&M Saturday afternoon at the UWA Tennis Complex.
 
West Alabama's women's tennis team used a strong showing on the singles courts to pick up the 5-4 win, before the Tiger men blasted their opponent, 9-0. With the win, the women's team moves to 13-8 overall, while the men improve to 14-5.
 
The day started with a back-and-forth match on the women's side. The Tigers gave up two of the doubles courts to fall behind 2-1 going into singles competition. The lone triumph came at the third court where the duo of Natalia Cardenas and Dasha Popova took an 8-2 win.
 
West Alabama then made up ground in singles play, sweeping the last three courts in straight sets. Popova started the Tiger surge with a 6-3, 6-2 win, before Emily Gerding ousted her counterpart, 6-2, 6-2. This all came while Cardenas was battling for a 4-6, 1-2, ret., win at the top position.
 
On senior day, it was Tiger senior Courtney McDonald who then delivered the knockout blow – a 6-3, 7-5 win that gave her team the decisive victory with the match tied at 4-4.
 
On the men's side, UWA made it look easy with a 9-0 sweep. After picking up three doubles wins, the Tigers then swept the single courts for the dominating victory.
 
Nestor Vargas, Anton Ivanov, Adam Drysdale, Manuel Grossman and Antoine Freitas each took straight-set wins in singles with four games being the most given up in a single set on the day.
 
The Tiger men now travel to Fort Valley for a match on April 17 at Noon, while the women's team prepares for the Gulf South Conference Tournament.