SE Wins Third-Straight, Downs DBU 4-1

DURANT, Okla. – Zulay Castaneda knocked off the No. 22 singles player in the nation to help power Southeastern to a 4-1 victory, its third-straight on the season, over Dallas Baptist on Wednesday afternoon at the Southeastern Tennis Complex.
 
The win improves the Savage Storm to 7-5 on the season heading into a March 25 matchup with Oklahoma Baptist at 2 p.m. back at the Southeastern Tennis Complex for Senior Day.
 
"Today was a solid win by our team, said head coach Brian Nelson. "Dallas Baptist women came into the match with an overall record of 8-2, they have been playing great. To begin the match, we fell at #2 doubles but picked up wins at #1 and #3 to clinch the doubles point and take a 1-0 lead. In singles, Dallas Baptist won at #2 singles over SOSU's Nitu to even the match at 1-1. That was all for DBU though, as Southeastern won the next three singles matched at #1, #3 and #4 to clinch the match for Southeastern. DBU plays Oklahoma Baptist later today here in Durant, so both men's and women's matches today were played to clinch and the final matches abandoned. The women are now 7-5 overall and have now won three matches in a row. They will be back on court Thursday for Senior Day vs. Oklahoma Baptist."
 
After DBU picked up number two doubles, the duo of Vanessa Nitu and Elizaveta Tregubova would even the doubles battle with a 6-3 win at number three.
 
Castaneda and partner Vanessa Cozamanis would follow up with a 6-4 win at the top spot in the doubles to clinch the point and a 1-0 lead.
 
The Patriots would again pick up the first win to open singles play, taking the number two spot to even the match at 1-1.
 
India Shiaelis would put the Storm back in front at number four with a 6-0, 6-1 win.
 
Castaneda would follow suit, pushing the lead to 3-1 after toppling DBU's Kate Daugherty who is ranked 22^nd nationally, winning the match 6-2, 7-6.
 
Elizaveta Tregubova would close out the match with a clinching 6-4, 6-4 win at number three to take the match 4-1.