DURANT, Okla. – No. 29 Southeastern bounced back from a rough trip to Florida to close out its spring break schedule with a 6-3 victory over Texas-Permian Basin on Sunday in Dallas, Texas.
The win snapped a three-match losing streak and improved the Savage Storm to 5-5 on the season heading into a March 31 matchup with Midwestern State at the Southeastern Tennis Complex at 1 p.m.
Versus UTPB, the Storm swept doubles play, starting with an 8-1 win by
Carlos Anez and
Ondrej Nice at the one position.
Danrich Kruger and Sando Lena followed with an 8-4 win at number two, while
Milos Vuckovic and
Matias Vargas added an 8-4 win of their own at the three position.
After dropping the one singles position, Nice would get the Storm back on track with a 7-5, 6-1 win to make the score 4-1.
Lena followed with a match-clinching win at number three, taking it 6-2, 6-4.
Kruger closed out the SE wins with a 6-3, 6-4 victory at number four singles which set the final score at 6-3.
On its spring break trip through Florida, SE dropped decisions to No. 24 Palm Beach Atlantic, No. 7 Flagler, and Rollins.
In its finale against Rollins, the Storm took a 2-1 lead after doubles play with Anez and Nice picking up an 8-2 win at the one spot, while Kruger and Lena added an 8-3 win at number two.
RC would take the top two single positions to take a 3-2 lead, but Lena would respond with a 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 win at the three position to tie the match at 3-3.
Southeastern would regain the lead with a 6-2, 6-2 win at the number four position by Kruger, but would suffer losses at the five and six positions to fall 5-4.
Nice and Anez would pick up SE's lone doubles win in a loss to Palm Beach Atlantic, while Lena and Krugher added wins at the three and four positons to make the final tally 6-3.
The story nearly repeated against Flagler as Nice and Anez again picked up an 8-6 win.
The pair would then follow with individual wins at the one and two positions, with Anez taking the one spot 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 and Nice following with a win at two singles 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.
