TENNIS DROPS HOME MATCH WEDNESDAY TO OUACHITA BAPTIST

        RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas – Arkansas Tech Golden Suns Tennis returned to action after a nearly two week break here Wednesday by falling 8-1 to Ouachita Baptist in Gulf South Conference action at Old Post Park.

With the loss, Tech falls to 4-14 overall on the season and 0-3 in the GSC, while OBU improved to 6-9 overall and 3-1 in the league.

Tech opened the match by winning one of the three doubles matches, but dropped all six singles matches.

In doubles action, sophomores Kristen Burgess (Winona, Texas) and Tahnee Crous (Keller, Texas) collected an 8-5 win at No. 2 over OBU’s tandem of Tauu Fa and Estephanie Lau.

Meanwhile, in singles action, junior Whitney Simmons (Pottsville, Ark.) lost a hard fought three-set match at No. 5 to OBU’s Christy Gatzki, while junior Karissa Lentz (Norco, Calif.) lost in a third-set tiebreaker to OBU’s Natalia Drada at No. 3.

The Golden Suns will remain home for two matches on Friday, April 6 when they host the Tech Classic at Old Post Park. Tech will open the event with a 9 a.m. match against University of Ozarks. Following the Tech-Ozarks match, Ozarks will face Southern Arkansas at 12 p.m. and then Tech will conclude the one-day event with a GSC match against Southern Arkansas at 3 p.m. 

RESULTS

Ouachita Baptist 8, Tech 1

SINGLES

No. 1  – Catalina Cruz (OBU) def. Tahnee Crous (Tech), 6-1, 6-1

No. 2  – Tauu Fa (OBU) def. Puja Paul (Tech), 6-4, 6-0

No. 3  – Natalia Drada (OBU) def. Karissa Lentz (Tech), 6-4, 7-6 (3)

No. 4  – Estephanie Lau (OBU) def. Kristen Burgess (Tech), 6-2, 6-4

No. 5  – Christy Gatzki (OBU) def. Whitney Simmons (Tech), 6-4, 2-6, 6-4

No. 6  – Whitney Noechel (OBU) def. Renee Malcuit (Tech), 6-2, 6-3

DOUBLES

No. 1  – Cruz/Drada (OBU) def. Paul/Lentz (Tech), 8-1

No. 2  – Burgess/Crous (Tech) def. Fa/Lau (OBU), 8-5

No. 3  – Gatzki/Katie Potts (OBU) def. Simmons/Malcuit (Tech) , 8-1

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