• The Sugar Bears tennis team lost its spring opener on Friday, Jan. 29 to the Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islanders 7-0 in Dallas, Texas. The Islanders sweep of the Sugar Bears began in doubles play, but Sugar Bears number one team of junior Allison Hartman and senior Lisa Mainz made the Islanders work for the victory. With a final score of 8-6, the Sugar Bears duo fought it down to the wire but was not able to secure the doubles win. Single matches did not go so well for the Sugar Bears either. Sugar Bears freshman Sasha Ruocco came the closest to winning a singles match for the Sugar Bears.  Islander senior Bianca Discordia defeated Ruocco 6-4, 6-0 in number three singles. The Sugar Bears next match is today at 12:30 against the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Lady Lions in Fort Smith, Ark.

• The Sugar Bears basketball team defeated the Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions on Wednesday, Jan. 26 in Hammond, La. 69-65. This victory preceded the Sugar Bears victory over the McNeese State Cowgirls who they defeated Saturday, Jan. 29 74-73 in an overtime game. The Sugar Bears had control of the game over the Lady Lions for the majority of both periods. The Sugar Bears sealed their victory in the final seconds of the game when sophomore forward Megan Herbert sank a jump shot to break the tie score and put the Sugar Bears ahead 67-65. Herbert put up two more free throw shots to lengthen the Sugar Bears league and set the final score at 69-65. The Sugar Bears shot 43.6 percent from the field and were 18-22 on free throws.