DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern remains unbeaten in the GAC after a 4-3 win at home over Henderson State and extends its win streak to seven matches. With the win, SE clinched a share of the 2026 GAC Regular-Season Championship for the first time since 2024.
The Savage Storm trailed 1-0 after the Reddies swept all three matches during doubles play. SE wasted no time tying the match, behind a 6-1, 6-1 win at line six by
Sreevally Medishetti to open the singles round.
Lilly Shepherd quickly followed with a win to give the blue and gold a 2-1 lead, defeating HSU's Jordan Parker 6-1 and 7-5 at No. 5.
SE's advantage grew to 3-1, as
Amishi Shukla delivered the third straight-sets win for the Storm in the match in a win at Court 3 by scores of 6-2, 6-3. However, the Reddies rattled off back-to-back victories at spots four and three to tie the match 3-all.
The decisive point came down to Court 1, where
Milana Voloshyn and HSU's Kristian Kozlova were locked in a three-set battle. Voloshyn opened with a 6-3 set-one win, but fell behind 3-6 in the second and trailed 4-2 in the third before rallying to tie it 6-6. In the tie-breaker point, Voloshyn kept the momentum to secure a 7-5 win and a 7-6 set-three victory to clinch the winning point, 4-3.
Southeastern (10-7, 4-0 GAC) closes out GAC play on Saturday, April 18, at 10 a.m. when the Storm hosts Southern Arkansas at the Southeastern Tennis Complex.
Doubles
No. 1 (No. 43) Jordan Parker/Emila Nowak (HSU) def. (No. 40)
Emilia O'Neill/
Milana Voloshyn (SE) 7-5
No. 2 Adiya Abdugappar/Jenna Bohnert (HSU) def.
Sreevally Medishetti/
Lilly Shepherd (SE) 6-2
No. 3 Kristina Kozlova/Angela Dorado (HSU) def.
Amishi Shukla/
Sophia Brooks-Gay (SE) 6-4
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
Singles
No. 1
Milana Voloshyn (SE) def. Kristian Kozlova (HSU) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5)
No. 2 Emila Nowak (HSU) def.
Emilia O'Neill (SE) 7-5, 2-6, 4-6
No. 3
Amishi Shukla (SE) def. Adiya Abdugappar (HSU) 6-2, 6-3
No. 4 Angela Dorado (HSU) def.
Sophia Brooks-Gay (SE) 6-1, 6-3
No. 5
Lilly Shepherd (SE) def. Jordan Parker (HSU) 6-1, 7-5
No. 6
Sreevally Medishetti (SE) def. Lily Winter (HSU) 6-1, 6-1
Order of finish: 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
