Women's Tennis Opens GAC Tourney as Top Seed

Women's Tennis | 4/20/2017 3:10:00 PM

DURANT, Okla. – No. 41 Southeastern will head into the Great American Conference Tournament as the top seed on the heels of a regular season conference title and will face the winner of the Henderson State/Southern Nazarene contest at 12:30 p.m. on April 21 in Bentonville, Ark.
 
The opening round play-in match is set for noon on April 20.
 
The Savage Storm women come in and the hottest team in the league and have won 11 in-a-row which included a perfect six-game sweep of its conference slate.
 
The 16-2 season also includes wins over a pair of top-25 programs and has vaulted SE to the No. 2 ranking in the Central Region heading into conference tournament play.
 
Southeastern women won three-straight GAC weekly honors this season with Samantha Coquinos taking the honor on March 29, followed by Anna Buiukian on April 5 and Maria Martinez on April 12.
 
Auffarth has piled up a 12-2 record in singles play this season and won six-straight matches at the five and six positions, while posting an 11-6 record in doubles action with Martinez.
 
Coquinos has played across the two and three positions this season and posted a 15-2 record in singles play while putting together 15 wins in doubles play with Buiukian.
 
A win on Friday would earn the team a second-straight berth in the GAC Tournament Finals which are set for 2 p.m. on April 22.