ARKADELPHIA – The Ouachita women's tennis team opened Great American Conference play on Sunday at home with a 5-2 loss to Southeastern Oklahoma State.

The Savage Storm opened with a sweep of doubles to take a 1-0 lead into singles. The Tigers kept it close in two matchups with Southeastern needing a tiebreaker to win on court one and an extra game to win on court two.

In singles, Ouachita earned wins at No. 1 and No. 2 from Sadbaroy Kholdarova and Natalia Zamora Caprirolo, respectively.

The Tigers are off to Missouri next week to take on Maryville on Thursday, April 3 followed by a trip across the state to take on William Jewell on Friday.

SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE 5, OUACHITA 2

DOUBLES

1. No. 10 Jou Chen Chen & Carol Mora Camacho (SE) def. Kholdarova and Zamora (OUA) 7-6
2. Tania Sfilio & Sara Gonzalez (SE) def. Alice Kubler & Karli Gay (OUA) 7-5
3. Amishi Shukla & Emilse Ruiz (SE) def. Jenny Pfaefflin & Ali May (6-2)

SINGLES

1. No. 52 Kholdarova (OUA) def. Mora Camacho (SE) 2-6, 6-4, ret.
2. Zamora Caprirolo (OUA) def. Ruiz (SE) 5-7, 1-4, ret.
3. Milana Voloshyn (SE) def. Kubler (OUA) 6-1, 6-1
4. Larissa Giraldi Correa (SE) def. Anastasia Myachina (OUA) 6-4, 6-3
5. Shukla (SE) def. Gay (OUA) 6-1, 6-2
6. Gonzalez (SE) def. May (OUA) 6-1, 6-0