DURANT, Okla. – The Southeastern women's tennis program opens Great American Conference play with a 4-0 win against Ouachita Baptist at home.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Order of finish: 1, 2
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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
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Order of finish: 2, 6, 5
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