GOLDEN SUNS TENNIS DROPS GSC ROAD MATCH
THURSDAY AT HARDING

        SEARCY, Arkansas – Arkansas Tech Golden Suns Tennis returned to Gulf South Conference action here Thursday as they dropped a 7-2 decision to Harding.

Tech, whose record fell to 4-13 on the season and 0-2 in the GSC, opened the match by winning at No. 3 doubles, its first win in doubles action in conference play. Juniors Whitney Simmons (Pottsville, Ark.) and Renee Malcuit (Lakeside, Calif.) defeated Harding’s No. 3 doubles team of Katherine Golik and Linnea Jordan by a score of 8-5.

Meanwhile, in singles action, Simmons collected Tech’s other point in the match as she collected a third-set tiebreaker win over Golik at No. 5 singles. Harding won the other five singles matches in straight sets as they limited Tech to just eight points.

With the win, Harding, who is ranked fifth in the latest regional rankings, improved to 13-2 overall and 1-0 in the GSC.

Tech will return to action on Tuesday, April 3 when they host Hendrix College at Old Post Park in Russellville. The match is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.

RESULTS

Harding 7, Tech 2

SINGLES

No. 1  – Alicia Williams (HU) def. Tahnee Crous (Tech), 6-1, 6-1

No. 2  – Milena Chisaca (HU) def. Puja Paul (Tech), 6-0, 6-0

No. 3  – Karina Gomes (HU) def. Karissa Lentz (Tech), 6-1, 6-1

No. 4  – Lola Pardo (HU) def. Kristen Burgess (Tech), 6-0, 6-0

No. 5  – Whitney Simmons (Tech) def. Katherine Golik (HU), 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 11-9

No. 6  – Denise Pascuzzi (HU) def. Renee Malcuit (Tech), 6-4, 6-0

DOUBLES

No. 1  – Chisaca/Williams (HU) def. Burgess/Crous (Tech), 8-1

No. 2  – Pardo/Gomes (HU) def. Lentz/Paul (Tech), 8-4

No. 3  – Simmons/Malcuit (Tech) def. Golik/Jordan (HU), 8-5

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