FT. SMITH, ARK. – Southeastern's women's tennis team opened the 2018 spring season with a 6-3 road win over Arkansas-Ft. Smith on Wednesday in Ft. Smith, Ark.
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The win gets the Savage Storm off to a 1-0 start heading into the team's home opener against Seminole State at 1 p.m. on Feb. 19.
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SE opened the contest with a 2-1 lead after doubles which started off with an 8-4 win at the number two position by the pair of
Maria Martinez and
Luisa Auffarth.
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Diana Budnik and
Nina Sergeev followed up with an 8-3 victory at number three to make it 2-1 heading to singles.
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Alexsandra Reljic kicked off singles play with a 6-0, 6-4 win over Lea Cizeron at the one position.
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Chiara Berg pushed the lead to 4-2 after downing Shana Williams 6-3, 7-5.
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Auffarth would assure the victory after picking up a 7-5, 6-1 win over Sam Wong at the four position.
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Martinez would then tack on the final point with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Trista Branson to make the final score 6-3.
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