Savage Storm Captures GAC Women's Tennis Title

BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Southeastern rallied from dropping the doubles point to sweep its way through the middle of Harding's singles lineup in straight sets en route to a 4-1 win and a Great American Conference Championship on Sunday afternoon in Bentonville, Ark.
 
The win lifts the Savage Storm to 20-7 overall on the season and makes the Savage Storm the first program to win three GAC Championships in women's tennis.
 
SE also becomes the first team in GAC history to beat both the one and two seeds en route to a title.
 
The Storm found itself having to rally after falling behind 1-0 with losses at two and three doubles.
 
Georgia Hosking would get that rally started at the number four position, downing Harding's Emily Carpenter 6-1, 6-2 to knot the match at 1-1.
 
Vanessa Nitu would put SE in front after picking up a 6-2, 6-1 win over Lina Romero at the two position.
 
At the number five position Elizaveta Tregubova would survive the biggest scare among the singles matches, picking up a tiebreaker 7-6 win in set one before handing Lindy Carpenter a 6-1 loss in set two,  extending the Storm lead to 3-1.
 
Sara Gonzalez would provide the clinching point as she earned a 6-1, 6-2 win over Romane Britt at the number three position, securing the conference championship with a 4-1 team score.