Women's Tennis Sweeps GAC Road Trip

Women's Tennis | 4/4/2016 7:11:00 PM

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. –Southeastern picked up its fourth-straight win after cruising to a pair of commanding conference road victories, taking down Ouachita Baptist 9-0 and finishing the weekend with a 7-2 win over Harding.
 
The wins improve the Savage Storm to 6-3 on the season overall and 3-1 in Great American Conference play heading into an April 5 matchup with Arkansas-Ft. Smith at Ft. Smith, Ark.
 
SE swept doubles against OBU with Alexsandra Reljic and Darija Catipovic winning 8-4 at the one position.
 
Those were the only games dropped in doubles play as Anna Buiukian and Franzi Richtsfeld added an 8-0 win at two doubles while the duo of Conchi Assiego and Maria Martinez did the same thing at number three.
 
Buiukian kicked off singles play with a 6-2, 6-2 win at the number one position, followed by a 6-2, 6-0 win by Reljic at number two which clinched the match at 5-0.
 
Catipovic added a 6-3, 6-4 win at number three and Martinez chipped in a 6-2, 6-0 victory at four to move the score to 7-0.
 
Richtsfeld turned in a 6-0, 6-1 win at number five and Assiego rounded out the sweep with a 6-0, 6-0 win at number six.
 
Against the Bisons, the Storm had to gut out a 2-1 edge in doubles play after dropping the one position, with Buiukian and Richtsfeld squeaking out a 9-8 win at number two and Assiego and Martinez posting an 8-2 win at three doubles.
 
That was as close as the match would be as Buiukian would open singles play with a 7-5, 7-5 win at the one position to make the lead 3-1.
 
It stretched to 4-1 with a 6-1, 6-1 win by Reljic at the two spot, followed by the match clinching win by Catipovic at number three, 6-2, 6-4.
 
Martinez followed up at four with a 6-3, 6-1 win for a 6-1 edge, while Richtsfeld picked up the final win for the Storm with a 6-3, 6-2 win at number five.
 
HU would take the six position to fashion the 7-2 final score.