FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas - At the opening day of the Great American Conference Women's Tennis Championships, Southeastern. Oklahoma State defeated Arkansas Tech and Ouachita Baptist scored their first win at the Championships in program history, a 4-2 triumph against rival Henderson State.
GAME 2 - No. 4 Ouachita Baptist 4, Henderson State 2
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Courtesy OBUTigers.com - FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas – For the first time in the history of the Great American Conference, the Ouachita women's tennis team will compete in the second round of the league's championship tournament following a 4-2 victory over Henderson State on Friday.
The Tigers fell behind in doubles, losing two of three to give the Reddies a 1-0 lead heading into singles.
Ouachita turned up the heat in singles, ignited by a dominating win on court one from 36th-ranked Sadbaroy Kholdarova, which included a shutout in the second set over HSU's Kristina Kozlova. Ali May followed with a convincing victory of her own on court six to put the Tigers up 2-1.
Anastasia Myachina gave the Tigers their third point with a second-set tiebreaker win on court four, while HSU earned its second point with a three-set win on court five.
The clincher came on court three with Alice Kubler winning a three-set thriller over HSU's Angela Georgeiva.
GAME 1 - No. 3 Southeastern Oklahoma State 4, No. 6 Arkansas Tech 1
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Courtesy GoSoutheastern.com - Southeastern Oklahoma State is headed to the semifinals of the 2025 GAC Tournament after defeating Arkansas Tech 4-1 in the opening round on Friday afternoon.
The Savage Storm dominated courts one and three in the doubles round to clinch the point and take a 1-0 edge in the match. SE's partnership of Emilse Ruiz and Amishi Shukla was the first to finish at the No. 3 line, winning 6-1, while the ranked duo of #30 Jou Chen Chen and Carol Mora followed not long after at No. 1 with a 6-3 win. Both doubles teams remain perfect this spring with a combined record of 25-0.
Keeping the momentum going, Chen Chen extended the lead to 2-0, securing the first singles win of the day by scores of 6-1 and 6-1 at court six. The blue and golds lead grew to 3-0 shortly after with another straight set win for the Storm this time by Ruiz at No. 4, 6-1 and 6-1.
Arkansas Tech would pull a score back at the No. 1 line, but Milana Voloshyn would not allow a late rally from the Golden Suns, as she turned in a 6-3 and 6-3 victory from the No. 2 spot to clinch the match win.