Storm Tame the Tigers for First Conference Win

DURANT, Okla. – The Southeastern women's tennis program opens Great American Conference play with a 4-0 win against Ouachita Baptist at home.
 
The Savage Storm was locked in early during the doubles round, as the duo of No. 42 Emilia O'Neill and Milana Voloshyn dominated at line one, winning 6-1. The partnership of Sreevally Medishetti and Lilly Shepherd soon followed at No. 2 to clinch the doubles point with a 6-3 win over OBU's Karli Gay and Anastasia Myachina.
 
SE's lead grew to 2-0 at the start of the singles play, with O'Neill delivering a straight-set win at Court 1, 6-4 and 6-3, against Anastasia Myachina. Medishetti extended the advantage for the Storm to 3-0, defeating Karli Gay at No. 6 6-3 and 6-2. Shepherd would cap off the strong performance by the blue and gold, winning at spot five by sets of 6-3 and 6-3, and hand Southeastern its first conference win.
 
SE (7-7, 1-0 GAC) begins a road stretch with a trip to Searcy, Ark., on Thursday, April 9 at 1 p.m. to face Harding.
 
Doubles
No. 1 (No. 42) Emilia O'Neill/Milana Voloshyn (SE) def. Natalia Zamora/Ruxandra Tolescu (OBU) 6-1
No. 2 Sreevally Medishetti/Lilly Shepherd (SE) def. Karli Gay/Anastasia Myachina (OBU) 6-3
No. 3 Sophia Brooks-Gay/Amishi Shukla (SE) vs. Jaelyn Walker/Alice Kubler 3-5 Unf.
 
Order of finish: 1, 2
 
Singles
No. 1 Milana Voloshyn (SE) vs. Natalia Zamora (OBU) 6-1, 0-6 Unf.
No. 2 Emilia O'Neill (SE) def. Anastasia Myachina (OBU) 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 Amishi Shukla (SE) vs. Ruxandra Tolescu (OBU) 6-4, 3-4 Unf.
No. 4 Sophia Brooks-Gay (SE) vs. Alice Kubler (OBU) 2-6, 3-4 Unf.
No. 5 Lilly Shepherd (SE) def. Jaelyn Walker (OBU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 6 Sreevally Medishetti (SE) def. Karli Gay (OBU) 6-3, 6-2
 
Order of finish: 2, 6, 5