DURANT, Okla. – The Southeastern men's tennis program rallied to overcome a 3-0 deficit on Tuesday afternoon to defeat Cowley County CC 4-3.
The Storm got the doubles round started with a win at Court 1, behind the partnership of
Eric Poindexter and
Luke Tinnock, but Cowley County would win the next two matches at Courts 1 and 2 to take the point.
The visitors stayed on the front in the singles round, winning at lines one and two to push their lead to 3-0. However, the momentum soon began to shift, starting with a win by Tinnock over CCCC's Luca Laurindo 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 at spot three.
Nolan Guerin soon followed with a straight set win against Guilherme Coelho from Court 5 to make it 3-2.
SE eventually tied the match 3-3 after Poindexter secured a 7-6, 6-2 win from line 4.
Paolo Estrada would soon complete the comeback for the blue and gold at Court 6, defeating Cowley County's Vaughn Smith 6-3, 6-3 to clinch the deciding point, 4-3.
Southeastern (3-7) heads to Tahlequah, Okla., on Thursday, March 26 at 1 p.m. to take on Northeastern State.
Doubles
No. 1 Haruki Okude/Dan Hosono (CCCC) def.
Jose Pinto/
Benjamin Fracassi (SE) 6-2
No. 2 Luca Laurindo/Wojtek Biela (CCCC) def.
Nolan Guerin/
Paolo Estrada (SE) 6-4
No. 3
Eric Poindexter/
Luke Tinnock (SE) def. Vaughn Smith/Guilherme Coelho (CCCC) 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2
Singles
No. 1 Haruki Okude (CCCC) def.
Jose Pinto (SE) 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 Dan Hosono (CCCC) def.
Benjamin Fracassi (SE) 6-4, 6-4
No. 3
Luke Tinnock (SE) def. Luca Laurindo (CCCC) 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
No. 4
Eric Poindexter (SE) def. Wojtek Biela (CCCC) 7-6, 6-2
No. 5
Nolan Guerin (SE) def. Guilherme Coelho (CCCC) 6-4, 6-3
No. 6
Paolo Estrada (SE) def. Vaughn Smith (CCCC) 6-3, 6-3
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3, 5, 4, 6
