ARKADELPHIA – The Ouachita Baptist University women's tennis team lost a home Great American Conference match to Southern Arkansas on Wednesday by a final score of 5-2.
Austynn Crocker and Ali May were responsible for both of Ouachita's points with wins in first and sixth positions in singles, respectively. Crocker had a hard-fought win with a pair of 6-4 victories. May also had a close matchup, winning the first set 7-6 in a tiebreaker and 6-3 in the second.
Although SAU earned the doubles point with wins in second and third positions, Crocker and Shelly Davilus picked up a convincing win in first position by a final score of 6-1.
With the loss, Ouachita drops to 2-16 overall and 0-3 in the GAC. SAU improves to 3-13 overall and 1-0 in GAC matches.
Doubles
- Crocker & Davilus (OUA) def. Inna Serukhova & Greta Wallin (SAU) 6-1
- Kally Smith & Simone Simas (SAU) def. Olivia Gaston & Clarisa Valenzuela (OUA) 6-3
- Serena Gill & Sarah Roy (SAU) def. Makeilah Turner & Taylor Hansard (OUA) 6-1
Singles
- Crocker (OUA) def. Wallin (SAU) 6-4, 6-4
- Roy (SAU) def. Turner (OUA) 6-0, 6-0
- Simas (SAU) def. Gaston (OUA) 6-1, 6-1
- Gill (SAU) def. Valenzuela (OUA) 6-3, 6-0
- Smith (SAU) def. Davilus (OUA) 6-4, 6-2
- May (OUA) def. Serukova (SAU) 7-6 (3), 6-3
The Tigers are set for their final road trip of the season this weekend to take on Southeastern Oklahoma State on Saturday for a GAC match starting at 1 p.m. in Durant.
