GOLDEN SUNS DROP FIRST TENNIS MATCH OF THE SEASON
AT HARDING

        SEARCY, Arkansas – Arkansas Tech Golden Suns Tennis continued its spring portion of its schedule here Tuesday by dropping a 7-2 non-conference decision to Harding. The loss was Tech’s first of the season and dropped the Golden Suns’ record to 2-1 overall.

Harding, who is ranked fourth in the NCAA D-II South Region and 38th nationally and improved to 4-2 on the season, opened by taking two of the three doubles matches, with senior Whitney Simmons (Pottsville, Ark.) and junior Kristen Brown (Winona, Texas) preventing a Lady Bisons sweep with its 9-7 win at No. 3 doubles.

In singles play, Tech collected a win at No. 6 as Brown defeated Harding’s Katy Turnbow in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5. In addition, Simmons and freshman Michelle Yu (Flower Mound, Texas) lost in tiebreakers at No. 5 and No. 4 singles respectively.

Tech will return to action on Saturday, Feb. 23, when they welcome the University of Ozarks to Chartwells Women’s Sports Complex for a 10 a.m. match.

Results

Harding 7, Arkansas Tech 2

Singles

No 1. – Alicia Williams (HU) def. Anna Carson (Tech), 6-1; 6-0

No. 2 – Karina Gomes (HU) def. Saki Matsuoka (Tech), 6-1; 6-1

No. 3 – Lola Pardo (HU) def. Puja Paul (Tech), 6-1; 6-0

No. 4 – Katherine Golik (HU) def. Michelle Yu (Tech), 6-3; 2-6; 10-4

No. 5 – Haniel Gara (HU) def. Whitney Simmons (Tech), 6-2; 3-6; 6-3

No. 6 – Kristen Brown (Tech) def. Katy Turnbow (HU), 6-3; 7-5

Doubles

No. 1 – Williams/Gomes (HU) def. Carson/Matsuoka (Tech), 8-4

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

No. 3 – Simmons/Brown (Tech) def. Turnbow/Gara (HU), 9-7

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