NEW ORLEANS - Five players were all the ULM tennis team needed for a 4-3 win over Appalachian State in the opening round of the Sun Belt Championships.
ULM (13-5) has won first-round contests in four of the last five years and six of the last eight. It was the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
The difference for the Warhawks came in doubles, where one of the three matches was forfeited due to the small game roster. The Tiffany Mylonas/Luana Stanciu and Ioana Popescu/Patricia Villar tandems each picked up for each other with 6-2 and 7-6 (7-5) wins there to start ULM off on the right foot.