AUSTIN, Texas – One day removed from a loss to #10 St. Mary's, the RiverHawks rebounded with vengeance and trounced #37 St. Edward's 8-1 on Friday to complete their Texas road trip.
 
Northeastern State has spent parts of the last two weeks in the Lone Star State finishing 3-2 with their losses coming to Stephen F. Austin and on Thursday to St. Mary's. 
 
The RiverHawks (4-2) came out strong out of the gates in doubles with #4 Molly Worden and Val Efimenko leaving the court first in the top-spot with an 8-3 win over the Hilltopers.  Caitlin McCullough and Easton Parker weren't far behind in the two-spot picking up another 8-3 victory in-favor of the RiverHawks.  The doubles battle was in the three-spot with Karla Tomaic and Betha Gombarova edging past St. Edward's in a 9-8 tiebreaker.
 
In singles play, Efimenko picked up her fifth win of the season in the two-slot, besting St. Ed's 6-3, 6-3.  The Hilltoppers followed up and took the bottom singles slot for their lone point of the afternoon.  #35 Worden clinched the RiverHawks match win over #49 Anjali Sampath in the top-singles slot 7-5, 6-2 for her third win in a row.
 
The loss for St. Edward's was their first of the season in four matches.
 
Northeastern State will have a few days off until returning to the court on Feb. 16 at Harding.
 
Singles competition
1. #35 Molly Worden (NSU) def. #49 Anjali Sampath (SEU) 7-5, 6-2
2. Val Efimenko (NSU) def. Laura Galvan (SEU) 6-3, 6-3
3. Caitlin McCullough (NSU) def. Paola Carpio (SEU) 6-3, 7-6 (7-3)
4. Easton Parker (NSU) def. Beth Hayward (SEU) 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 (10-5)
5. Karla Tomaic (NSU) def. Valentina Martinez (SEU) 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (11-9)
6. Vanessa Camara (SEU) def. Betha Gombarova (NSU) 6-4, 6-1
 
Doubles competition
1. #4 Molly Worden/Val Efimenko (NSU) def. Anjali Sampath/Laura Galvan (SEU) 8-3
2. Caitlin McCullough/Easton Parker (NSU) def. Beth Hayward/Marissa Williams (SEU) 8-3
3. Karla Tomaic/Betha Gombarova (NSU) def. Elisa Guillen/Valentina Martinez (SEU) 9-8 (7-4)
 
Match Notes
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (2,6,1,4,5,3)