ARKADELPHIA – The Ouachita women's tennis team secured its third consecutive victory on Saturday, coming back from a doubles deficit to beat Collin College by a score of 4-3 inside the Ward Tennis Center.

The Cougars started with doubles wins on courts two and three to take a 1-0 lead into singles. Ouachita's Sadbaroy Kholdarova and Natalia Zamora Caprirolo won on court one 6-1.

In singles, Kholdarova equalized the team score with a clean sweep victory at No. 1, taking down her opponent by a pair of 6-0 scores. Zamora Caprirolo and Anastasia Myachina earned two-set victories at No. 2 and No. 4, respectively, while the Cougars took a point at No. 3 to put the Tigers up 3-2 heading into the final two matchups.

For the second straight match, Karli Gay was the clincher for the Tigers with a convincing victory at No. 6.

The Tigers are in Arkadelphia for their next two matchups, hosting Texas-Tyler next Saturday, March 14 and then going across the street for a non-conference matchup against Henderson State the following Wednesday, March 19.

OUACHITA 4, COLLIN COLLEGE 3

DOUBLES
1.     Kholdarova & Zamora Caprirolo (OUA) def. Marie-Alix Urcun & Camila Luzardo (CC) 6-1
2.     Marqaylar Tere & Alyssa Glasgow (CC) def. Macie Heide & Marlee Bledsoe (OUA) 6-1
3.     Jinsol Yang & Nana Kusumoto (CC) def. Gay & Alice Kubler (OUAC) 6-4

SINGLES
1.     Kholdarova (OUA) def. Tere (CC) 6-0, 6-0
2.     Zamora Caprirolo (OUA) def. Yang (CC) 7-5, 6-4
3.     Luzardo (CC) def. Kubler (OUA) 6-1, 7-6 (7-5)
4.     Myachina (OUA) def. Urcun (CC) 6-1, 6-2
5.     Kusumoto (CC) def. Bledsoe (OUA) 6-1, 7-5
6.     Gay (OUA) def. Glasgow (CC) 6-0, 6-1