ARKADELPHIA – The Ouachita women's tennis team finished the weekend with a 4-2 loss at home to 25th-ranked Northwest Missouri State.
With the match being played indoors at the Ward Tennis Center, the two teams played to clinch. The Bearcats (9-0) earned wins in second and third position doubles to take the point and move into singles, where they won third, fourth, and sixth positions to seal the win.
No. 1 and No. 2 singles went to the Tigers with
Sadbaroy Kholdarova taking down Carolina Lima De Oliveira in a close first position matchup by scores of 6-4 and 7-5. Crocker beat Sofia Pignataro in second position with scores of 6-3 and 7-6.
The Tigers are back in action this Wednesday at home against Nebraska-Kearney.
NO. 25 NORTHWEST MISSOURI 4, OUACHITA 2
DOUBLES
- Crocker/Natalia Zamora Caprirolo (OUA) vs. Pignataro/Lima De Oliveira (NWM) 5-2 did not finish
- Tessa Kwakernakk/Angela Per Moreno (NWM) def. Kholdarova/Olivia Gaston (OUA) 6-0
- Marielena Muench/Laura Prieto Sieiro (NWM) def. Ruxandra Tolescu/Marlee Bledsoe (OUA) 6-2
SINGLES
- Kholdarova (OUA) def. Lima De Oliveira (NWM) 6-4, 7-5
- Crocker (OUA) def. Pignataro (NWM) 6-3, 7-6
- Kwakernakk (NWM) def. Zamora Caprirolo (OUA) 6-2, 6-1
- Muench (NWM) def. Tolescu (OUA) 6-2, 6-3
- Gaston (OUA) vs. Prieto Sieiro (NWM) 5-7, 3-3 did not finish
- Per Moreno (NWM) def. Ali May (OUA) 6-0, 6-2
