The No. 9-ranked Barton Cougar women’s tennis team produced a perfect day, hosting the Steuder Contractors’ Cougar Tennis Classic.<\/p>\n
The Cougars defeated NCAA Division 2 opponents Fort Hays State 6-3 and 8-1 over Colorado State University Pueblo. The Stueder Tennis Classic was played at Veterans Memorial Park’s Shannon Schartz Tennis Courts.<\/p>\n
Barton opened the day by taking two of the three doubles matches against Fort Hays State.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The duo of\u00a0Vitoria Campigotto<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Danira Ndengoue<\/a>\u00a0captured the No. 1 doubles match 8-5, while\u00a0Grace Tchamoussa\u00a0and\u00a0Jamie Petrova<\/a>\u00a0followed with an 8-4 victory at the No. 2 position.\u00a0 Fort Hays State claimed the remaining doubles match at the third spot over\u00a0Salalee Seejong<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Lauren Barker<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Cougars then sealed the match in singles play with four victories. NJCAA No. 16-ranked Campigotto delivered a commanding 6-1, 6-0 victory at the top position, while No. 18 Ndengoue followed with a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 2.\u00a0 Tchamoussa added a dominant double-bagel 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 3 and Petrova completed Barton’s fourth singles point with a 6-1, 6-4 triumph at No. 4 to secure the team win.\u00a0 Seejong and Barker each dropped their matches: Seejong coming out on the short side of a third set tiebreaker, while Barker lost in straight sets to Barton-alum Diana Sousa, now playing for the Tigers.<\/p>\n In the second match of the day, Barton wasted little time asserting control against CSU Pueblo by sweeping the doubles play.\u00a0 \u00a0Campigotto and Ndengoue led the way with an 8-4 victory at No. 1 doubles, while the pairing of Tchamoussa and Petrova added an 8-3 win at No. 2. Seejong and Barker receiving a default victory at No. 3 doubles.<\/p>\n The Cougars continued their momentum in singles play, winning five of the six matches. Campigotto posted a 6-2, 7-5 victory at No. 1 singles, while Ndengoue battled through a competitive opening set before pulling away for a 7-5, 6-0 win at the second position. Tchamoussa rolled to a 6-2, 6-0 victory at No. 3, Petrova followed with a 6-0, 6-2 decision at No. 4.\u00a0 Barton also picked up a default win at No. 6 singles. CSU Pueblo’s lone point came at No 5 singles over Seejong, while Barker enjoyed the rest of the day off as the ThunderWolves were open at the sixth singles spot. The victories moved their record to 5-0 on the season.<\/p>\n COLLIN COLLEGE SUPER BASH — Barton faced four top-10-ranked junior college teams in the Southwest Region at Plano, Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Cougar women defeated Jacksonville College 9-0 without losing a set.<\/p>\n Barton then played a double-dual Friday, facing No. 8 Weatherford, Texas and No. 3 Tyler, Texas.<\/p>\n \u201cWe knew we had a monumental task before us, playing two of the best teams in the nation on the same day, but the girls were up for it,\u201d said Barton coach Lyle Stickney.<\/p>\n Barton picked up wins at the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles spots to take an early 2-1 lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe doubles points are so very important,” Stickney said. “It takes so much pressure off of the singles matches when we can go into the individual matches with a lead.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Ndengoue and Tchamoussa wasted little time in knocking off their opponents . . . to put the Cougars up 4-1. Weatherford picked up wins at the No. 5 and No. 6 positions to close the score to 4-3. Petrova came through in a 2 \u00bd-hour battle . . . winning the third set tiebreaker to clinch the dual for Barton.\u00a0<\/p>\n Campigotto also prevailed in an equally long slugfest at the No. 1 spot winning her match 10-5 in the super-tiebreaker . . . to make the final score 6-3.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s a huge win for our girls,” Stickney said. “The momentum continually changed. Thankfully, Vitoria and Jamie were each able to pull out wins and secure the team win.\u201d<\/p>\n The No . 9 ranked and undefeated (7-0) Lady Cougars squared off against No. 3 Tyler Junior College in the afternoon.<\/p>\n “Well, all good things must come to an end, and it did as Tyler beat us\u00a08-1.\u00a0 There\u2019s a reason that Tyler is the No. 3 team in the nation and it was illustrated here in Plano,\u201d Stickney said. \u00a0<\/p>\n Barton\u2019s lone win came at the No. 2 singles spot, where Ndengoue won in convincing fashion 6-3, 6-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cMost of our matches were competitive\u00a0 but, we struggled to close out games and especially tiebreakers . . . We lost all three tiebreakers.\u201d<\/p>\n Barton closed the event Saturday against No. 4-ranked Collin County, Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cAfter playing 27 matches in the past 36 hours, I was concerned about our ability to have team members healthy enough to take the court,” said Stickney. “We had players feeling the effects of the Texas heat, some nagging tendonitis, and a horribly disfiguring toenail loss, but thankfully, all the players were all able to answer the bell.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Barton trailed 2-1 after doubles and struggled on the singles side.\u00a0<\/p>\n Collin won five of the six singles matches to take the dual 7-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s absolutely no shame in those two losses,” Stickney said. “We lost to two quality programs.\u00a0Grace stepped up once again and delivered. She\u00a0had an outstanding tournament, winning six of eight matches. 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