STILLWATER, Okla. – Despite opening play by picking up the doubles point, Southeastern men's tennis saw its MIAA/GAC Tournament come to an end with a 4-2 loss to No. 24 Washburn in the opening round on Wednesday afternoon at the Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater, Okla.
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The loss drops the Savage Storm to 11-9 on the season.
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SE rallied from a loss at one doubles to see the No. 45 pair of
Marin Jurkovic and
Juan Gonzalez down the 16
th-ranked duo of Tim Hammes and Santiago Rendon, 6-1 to event he doubles battle.
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Thabo Ncube and
Diego Orduz would secure the doubles point after earning a 6-3 win at three doubles over Daniel Bird and Yoshinobu Nakatsuji.
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WU would bounce back by picking up wins at one and two singles, but Gonzalez would even the match at 2-2 with a 6-2, 7-5 win at number three singles
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Unfortunately, The Ichabods would pick up wins at numbers four and five to swipe the 4-2 final score.
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