No. 17 SE Opens Home Schedule vs. Cowley

Men's Tennis | 2/28/2017 8:53:00 AM

DURANT, Okla. – No. 17 Southeastern will open the home portion of its 2017 schedule when it hosts the No. 8 JuCo team in the country in Cowley County CC at 1 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon at the Southeastern Tennis Complex.
 
The Savage Storm come into the contest with a 2-0 mark on the season after downing New Mexico Military in the opener 8-1 and sweeping Texas-Permian Basin in its second outing 9-0, both on neutral courts.
 
The efforts also led to Alberto Blesa earning Great American Conference Player of the Week after posting back-to-back wins in singles and doubles play.
 
Blesa and Jack Tiller took the one doubles spot against NMMI, downing their top pair 9-8, and the Storm would complete the trifecta with wins at the two and three doubles..
 
Blesa would continue his strong start with a 6-2, 6-4 win at the number one position over the No. 13-ranked JuCo player Noureldin Adam.
 
SE was tripped up at two singles, but clinched the victory with a 6-0, 6-0 win by Kelian Bouteiller at number three.
 
Guillermo Pardos added a three set win at number four, while Mislav Colak and Petar Popovic rounded out the 8-1 win with victories at the number five and six positions.
 
Blesa and Tiller continued rolling with an 8-6 win at one doubles the next day to open play against Texas-Permian Basin.
 
That was followed by an 8-2 win at the two spot by Bouteiller and Netanal Alcabas, with Colak and Popovic rounding out the doubles wins with an 8-1 decision at three.
 
Blesa also continued to roll in singles play with a 7-6, 6-3 win at the number one spot, while Alcabas clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-0 win at number two for a 5-0 lead.
 
Bouteiller added a win at number three, with Pardos, Colak, and Tiller rounded out the sweep.