The Warhawk tennis team cruised to a 4-1 win over the Arkansas State Red Wolves in a match on Friday at Raymond Heard Stadium.

During the doubles competition, ULM jumped out to an early lead. Medy Blankvoort and Angela Tejedor took a commanding lead, winning their doubles match 8-0. Sophie Rufyikiri and Petra Horakova also won their match 8-7. These wins captured the doubles point for ULM.

“We have been struggling this season because we have a lot of freshmen getting used to the system. It’s good that we had a win today. It’s a real confidence boost,”Blankvoort said.

In singles competition, Blankvoort defeated her opponent 6-1, 6-3. Rufyikiri won her match 6-4, 6-2. Horavoka, a sophomore from Slovakia, won both of her sets 6-2. These victories sealed the win for the Warhawks.

“Sophie and Medy have been a force for us at the top of the lineup, last year and this year they have been at the top for us, it showed again today in their getting the wins for us,” head coach Terrence De Jongh said.

Any match at home is an opportunity to boost the tennis fan base. In this case, the Warhawks capitalized on the opportunity.

“Getting a win at home for our fans is always important, as well as getting a conference win. These are things that we stress in the beginning of the year, try to get as many wins at home so we can build up our fans, and have more fans coming to our matches,” De Jongh said.

The Warhawks will next meet with Georgia State in Atlanta on Friday, March 21.

“We have this coming week to prepare for a big match, Georgia State is the only school nationally ranked in our conference, as well as being the school that kicked us out of the championship last year with a 4-3 win. We have to be 100 percent focused to be our best against Georgia State next week,” De Jongh said.