SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento State redshirt junior Lou Baudouin came up clutch for the Hornets' women's tennis team in a split of its duals last week, finishing 3-1 overall against both Washington State and No. 11 Stanford to pick up Big Sky Conference Player of the Week laurels.
The award is Baudouin's second in her career and marks the second time this season that a Hornet has been honored after teammate Irene Riva picked up her fourth career honor back on Jan. 28.
Splitting time between the No. 2 and No. 3 spots in the lineup in doubles last week alongside partner Emilija Pranyte, Boudouin came up with a 6-1 win over the Cougars' pairing of Ava-Monet Sycamore and Martina Puvill before falling against the Cardinal's No. 2 tandem.
In singles play, Baudouin played a pair at the No. 3 spot to perfection, winning a pair of three-set marathons to bring her team back from early deficits and tie each dual at 3-3.
She began the week with a 6-2, 1-6, 7-5, win over Washington State's Yura Nakagawa to set the stage for a 4-3 team victory over the Cougars. Three days later, she rebounded from a second-set shutout to defeat the Cardinal's Tianmei Wang, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2, drawing the Hornets closer to a near-upset of Stanford before falling 4-3.
In the first meeting with the Cardinal since 2017, the three points were the most in nine all-time meetings and Sacramento State's first point against Stanford since 2009.
Baudouin's two singles victories kept her unbeaten on the year at 5-0 and extended her regular season singles winning streak to seven dating back to last year. Improving to 24-6 in her career at that spot in the lineup, her win total puts her in sole possession of second on the school's all-time list, 11 back of Roberta Fessenko (2002-05) for the top spot.
Her 38 all-time singles wins are the most among active Hornets — two ahead of teammate Irene Riva — and are just four shy of a spot in the top 15 overall in school history.
Sacramento State returns home for a dual against Fresno State on Saturday (Feb. 14) at 11 a.m., before making the short trip to Stockton, Calif., for a dual at Pacific on Sunday (Feb. 15) at 10:30 a.m.
