DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern men's and women's tennis will close out the home portion of their 2014 schedule when they each host Dallas Baptist at 3 p.m. on Monday April 7 at the Southeastern Tennis Complex.
The match will also serve as senior day for the lone men's senior team member
Nathan Nelmes. Nelmes is a recreation major from Perth, Australia. The SE women have no seniors on their team this season.
The Savage Storm men come into the match with a 10-5 record, but are riding high after a pair of back-to-back 6-3 road wins over Great American Conference foes Ouachita Baptist and Harding over the weekend that put SE in control of the league standings.
Southeastern is paced in doubles play by
Alberto Blesa and
Tiago Ferreira who have pushed their doubles record to 8-3 overall on the year, including back-to-back wins at number two doubles in the wins over OBU and HU.
Individually,
Petar Popovic comes into the match with a 6-3 record, including a match-tying three-set victory over OBU's number three in the Storm victory over the Tigers on the weekend.
The Southeastern women come into the contest at 6-10 on the year and are aiming to snap a four-match losing streak, two of which were to teams ranked in the top 30.
Elba Haugen and
Conchi Assiego continue to pace the team in singles victories with six and five, respectively, while
Cassaundra Braaten comes into the match as the only Storm player to pick up a win in the team's loss at Harding.
Ilga Racika-Racko and
Brittany Tobin lead the team's doubles efforts with a pair of wins coming at the number one doubles position.
On the men's side, Dallas Baptist comes into the matchup at 2-18 on the year, with a 6-3 win over Central Christian in its last outing snapping a 16-match losing streak.
The DBU women enter the match at 12-8 on the season and are coming off wins over Bethel and Central Christian.
