Women's Tennis Knocks off St. Edward's

Women's Tennis | 3/2/2017 7:26:00 PM

AUSTIN, Texas – No. 47 Southeastern women's tennis pulled off a road upset and kept its record spotless by downing No. 37 St. Edward's 5-2 on Thursday afternoon in Austin, Texas.
 
The Savage Storm improve to 4-0 on the season and will be back in action as it continues its road swing against Laredo College on March 3 in San Antonio, Texas, before finishing up with St. Mary's, also in San Antonio.
 
SE got on the board first as the No. 24 doubles duo of Alexsandra Reljic and Darija Catipovic cruised to an 8-3 win over the Hilltoppers number one duo.
 
Anna Buiukian and Samantha Coquinos would stretch that lead to 2-0 with an 8-5 win at number two, but SEU would snag an 8-5 win at three doubles to cut the Storm lead to 2-1.
 
The Hilltoppers would even the match at 2-2 one match into singles play as they would pick up a 6-2, 6-0 win at number six singles.
 
Buiukian would give the Storm the lead back for good when she downed Laura Galvan 6-3, 6-2 at number two singles.
 
Reljic would stretch that lead to 4-2 after downing No. 49 Anjali Sampath 6-3, 0-6, 6-1.
 
Catipovic would finish off the upset win with a 6-3, 6-2 win at number three over SEU's Paolo Carpio.
 
#47 Southeastern Oklahoma State 5, #37 St. Edward's 2
Singles competition
1. Alexsandra Reljic (SE) def. #49 Anjali Sampath (SEU) 6-3, 0-6, 6-1
2. Anna Buiukian (SE) def. Laura Galvan (SEU) 6-3, 6-2
3. Darija Captipovic (SE) def. Paola Carpio (SEU) 6-3, 6-2
4. Beth Hayward (SEU) vs. Samantha Coquinos (SE) 2-6, 4-3, unfinished
5. Marissa Williams (SEU) vs. Luisa Auffarth (SE) 7-6, 2-1, unfinished
6. Valentina Martinez (SEU) def. Maria Martinez (SE) 6-2, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. #24 Alexsandra Reljic/Darija Captipovic (SE) def. Laura Galvan/Beth Hayward (SEU) 8-3
2. Anna Buiukian/Samantha Coquinos (SE) def. Anjali Sampath/Valentina Martinez (SEU) 8-5
3. Marissa Williams/Elisa Guillen (SEU) def. Luisa Auffarth/Maria Martinez (SE) 8-5