ARKADELPHIA – The Ouachita women's tennis team hosted cross-street rival Henderson State on Friday for a non-conference matchup resulting in a 6-1 win for the Reddies.
Ruxandra Tolescu, now 8-3 this spring in singles, earned a hard-fought win in third-position singles for the Tigers' only point in the match.
Natalia Zamora Caprirolo gave her second-position counterpart a tough dual, eventually falling in a third-set tiebreaker.
In doubles,
Austynn Crocker and Zamora Caprirolo had a close battle, needing extra points to determine the win for the Reddies.
The Tigers hit the road to take on St. Mary's on Saturday in a neutral-site match played at UT-Dallas.
NO. 47 HENDERSON STATE 6, OUACHITA 1
DOUBLES
- No. 32 Kristina Kozlova/Mulan Kamoe (HSU) def. Crocker/Zamora Caprirolo (OUA) 7-6 (7-3)
- Angela Georgieva/Jenna Bohnert (HSU) def. Olivia Gaston/Sadbaroy Kholdarova (OUA) 6-1
- Tirzah Bailey/Haarini Balakrishnan (HSU) def. Marlee Bledsoe/Shelly Davilus (OUA) 6-3
SINGLES
- Kamoe (HSU) def. Crocker (OUA) 6-1, 6-2
- Kozlova (HSU) def. Zamora Caprirolo (OUA) 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-2
- Tolescu (OUA) def. Georgieva (HSU) 6-4, 7-5
- Bohnert (HSU) def. Gaston (OUA) 6-0, 6-2
- Marianna Murcia (HSU) def. Ali May (OUA) 6-2, 6-1
- Balakrishnan (HSU) def. Shelly Davilus (OUA) 6-1, 6-4
