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THIS DAY IN SE HISTORY: Women's Tennis Repeats as GAC Champs

THIS DAY IN SE HISTORY: Women's Tennis Repeats as GAC Champs

DURANT, Okla. – On April 22, 2017, Southeastern women's tennis picked up its second-straight Great American Conference Tournament Championship and earning the program's first sweep of the regular season and tournament titles.
 
The Savage Storm women took home titles in 2016 and 2017, earning back-to-back Central Regional bids.
 
The 2017 team would go on to knock off Augustana and Southwest Baptist to advance to the NCAA National finals, besting New York Institute of Technology in the round of 16 before seeing its run come to an end in the National Quarterfinals.
 
Below is the story recounting the team's GAC tournament championship in 2017 as it appeared:
 
BENTONVILLE, Ark. – No. 41 ranked Southeastern women's tennis pulled off the repeat on Saturday by downing Harding 5-1 in the finals Great American Conference Tournament to secure its second-straight conference title.
 
The Savage Storm improved to 18-2 on the season and punched their ticket to the NCAA Central Regional for the second straight season.
 
They entered the weekend ranked second in the Central Region and after earning the automatic bid will now wait to learn who its opponent will be and where it will play.
 
On Saturday the Storm opened up a 1-0 lead when Anna Buiukian and Samantha Coquinos took down HU's number two duo 8-2.
 
The Bisons would even the match with a win at number one, but SE would bounce back and finish off doubles with a win at number three by Luisa Auffarth and Maria Martinez.
 
Auffarth would tack on a singles win at the six position over Emily Faulkner, 6-2, 6-0, to stretch the team lead to 3-1.
 
Coquinos followed suit at the number three position by downing HU's Gabriella Alves 6-3, 6-2 to open up a 4-1 advantage.
 
Alexsandra Reljic would complete the victory at the one position by toppling Piper Huey 6-0, 6-4 to clinch the win and the conference title for the Storm.
 
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