CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Southeast Missouri women's tennis delivered a commanding 6-1 win against the University of Southern Indiana on Saturday. 

SEMO (7-12, 1-1 OVC) started strong by clinching the doubles point with wins on courts No. 1 and No. 3. The duo of Saskia Soome and Yontha Tadoum battled their way to a 7-5 victory over Sofia Davidoff and Antonia Ferrarini at No. 1 doubles. Meanwhile, Juliette Demunck and Kristina Kozakova swept Claire Meyer and Rylie Wilkison with a decisive 6-0 win at No. 3 doubles. The No. 2 doubles match, featuring Maja Bajorek and Mia Mayerova against Enna Krnjic and Anais Negrail, was left unfinished at 5-6.

In singles play, SEMO extended their lead with Kozakova's commanding 6-0, 6-1 victory at No. 6 singles over Meyer, and Mayerova's 6-1, 6-0 triumph over Wilkison at No. 4 singles. Southern Indiana managed to secure a point at No. 5 singles as Negrail edged out Tadoum 6-3, 6-4. However, SEMO regained momentum with Sofia Zemtsova claiming a tough three-set win against Krnjic at No. 3 singles, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, pushing SEMO ahead 4-1 and clinching the dual match.

Bajorek further cemented SEMO's victory with a gritty 7-6, 7-5 win at No. 1 singles against Ferrarini. Demunck closed out the competition by overcoming Davidoff 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-4 at No. 2 singles. SEMO walked away with a 6-1 dual match victory.

Coaches Thoughts

"It was great to get a first conference win and it was a lot closer than the final scores suggest. It came down to the doubles point, when we went up 3:0, USI were in command. But our women found their confidence and completed the comeback."

Doubles  
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Saskia Soome/Yontha Tadoum (SEMO) def. Sofia Davidoff/Antonia Ferrarini (USI) 7-5  
Enna Krnjic/Anais Negrail (USI) vs. Maja Bajorek/Mia Mayerova (SEMO) 6-5 (unfinished)  
Juliette Demunck/Kristina Kozakova (SEMO) def. Claire Meyer/Rylie Wilkison (USI) 6-0  
Order of finish: 1, 3  

Singles  
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Maja Bajorek (SEMO) def. Antonia Ferrarini (USI) 7-6(5), 7-5  
Juliette Demunck (SEMO) def. Sofia Davidoff (USI) 6-7(7), 6-2, 6-4  
Sofia Zemtsova (SEMO) def. Enna Krnjic (USI) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3  
Mia Mayerova (SEMO) def. Rylie Wilkison (USI) 6-1, 6-0  
Anais Negrail (USI) def. Yontha Tadoum (SEMO) 6-3, 6-4  
Kristina Kozakova (SEMO) def. Claire Meyer (USI) 6-0, 6-1  
Order of finish: 6, 4, 5, 3, 1, 2  

Looking ahead, Southeast Missouri will take on Missouri for the second time this season Thursday at 4 p.m. in Columbia, Missouri.