DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern men's tennis has won the Great American Conference Regular Season or Tournament Championship five of the last six seasons, but on April 21, 2018 the Savage Storm completed a run through the conference tournament to complete its only sweep of the regular season and tournament tiles.
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SE won its first regular season conference title in 2014 and added one the following season in 2015 before picking up a third regular season title in 2018.
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The Storm won its first conference tournament title in 2016 and added back-to-back tournament championships in 2018 and 2019.
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However, the 2018 season stands as the only sweep of titles.
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Below is the GAC Tournament Championship recap as it appeared in 2018:
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. – No. 32 Southeastern opened up with a pair of doubles wins and never looked back en route to its second Great American Conference Tournament Championship on Saturday, downing Harding 5-3 in Bentonville, Ark.
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The Savage Storm improve to 12-7 overall on the year and will now await word on its regional hopes as they entered the tournament fourth in the Central region, with the top four advancing to the NCAA Tournament.
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Matias Vargas and
Milos Vuckovic picked up an 8-2 win in the three position to put SE on the board, but a loss at one doubles would even the match at 1-1.
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Danrich Kruger and
Sandro Lena would salvage the lead with an 8-6 win at the two position to head to singles play with a 2-1 lead in the match.
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Harding would even the match at 2-2 with a win by retirement, but
Jeremy Despont would cruise to a 6-1, 6-1 win at the six position over Pablo Trevino to go ahead 3-2.
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Carlos Anez followed up with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Carlos Crisostomo to stretch the lead to 4-2.
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The Bisons would pick up a win at the six spot, but Vargas would clinch the Storm victory at the number five position with a 7-6 (5), 6-3 win over Adria Abella to make the final score 5-3.
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