TENNIS DROPS ROAD MATCH AT SOUTHWEST BAPTIST

        BOLIVAR, Missouri – Arkansas Tech Golden Suns Tennis suffered a disappointing 7-2 loss here Saturday in non-conference action to Southwest Baptist.

With the loss, Tech falls to 13-4 overall on the season, while the Lady Bearcats improved to 5-6.

In Saturday’s match, Tech prevented a sweep by SBU in doubles as freshman Brittany Turner (Pearcy, Ark.) and sophomore Michelle Yu (Flower Mound, Texas) teamed together to win 8-4 at No. 2 doubles over SBU’s No. 2 team of Jenna Hendrickson and Trish Moceo.

Meanwhile, in singles play, the Golden Suns picked up a win at No. 4 singles as senior Kristen Brown (Winona, Texas) earned a 6-0, 6-1 win over Moceo. In addition, Tech lost in third-set tiebreakers at both No. 2 and No. 5 singles.

Tech will return to action on Tuesday, April 7 when they return to Gulf South Conference action against Ouachita Baptist beginning at 2 p.m. at the Chartwells Women’s Sports Complex.

Southwest Baptist 7, Arkansas Tech 2

SINGLES

No. 1 – Jolee Cook (SBU) def. Anna Carson (Tech), 6-2, 6-2

No. 2 – Johanna Olsson (SBU) def. Saki Matsuoka (Tech), 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 10-4

No. 3 – Jenna Hendrickson (SBU) def. Brittany Turner (Tech), 7-6 (10-8), 6-2

No. 4 – Kristen Brown (Tech) def. Trish Moceo (SBU), 6-0, 6-1

No. 5 – Sarah Sentlinger (SBU) def. Michelle Yu (Tech), 6-4, 6-7 (7-5), 10-7

No. 6 – Crystal Guiot (SBU) def. Jessica James (Tech), 7-5, 6-4

DOUBLES

No. 1 – Olsson/Cook (SBU) def. Carson/Matsuoka (Tech), 8-6

No. 2 – Yu/Turner (Tech) def. Hendrickson/Moceo (SBU), 8-4

No. 3 – Guiot/Sentlinger (SBU) def. Brown/James (Tech), 8-5

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