MEN’S TENNIS

DURANT, Okla. – No. 31 Southeastern dropped a trio of hard fought doubles matches and struggled to recover in a 5-1 loss to No. 16 Midwestern State over the weekend at the Southeastern tennis Complex.

The loss drops the Savage Storm to 6-6 overall on the year heading into the Great American Conference opener on April 7 at Harding in Searcy, Ark.

The 12^th ranked doubles duo of Carlos Anez and Ondrej Nice hit a rare bump as MSU’s No. 30 ranked pair of Dillon Pineda and Nolan Mcaig swiped a 9-7 win at one doubles.

Danrich Kruger and Sandro Lena were tripped up at the two position, 8-5, while Matias Vargas and Milos Vuckovic fell 8-4 at the three doubles spot.

SE slipped into a 4-0 deficit with a loss at the top singles position by Anez, but Lena answered with a 6-1, 6-1 win over MSU’s No. 44 ranked singles player Angel Palacios to close the gap to 4-1.

Unfortunately, Nice would fall at the two position and MSU would clinch the match 5-1, despite Kruger and Vargas holding leads at the four and five positions.

Dan Hoke

BOX SCORE

#16 Midwestern State (14-4) def. #31 Southeastern Oklahoma State (5-6)

Saturday, March 31, 2018 | 1 p.m.

Durant, Okla.

Southeastern Tennis Courts

Doubles

No. 1 – #30 Dillon Pineda/Nolan McCaig (MSU) def. #12 Carlos Anez/Ondrej Nice (SE) 9-7

No. 2 – Vasudev Vijayaraman/Denney Norrie (MSU) def. Danrich Kruger/Sandro Lena (SE) 8-5

No. 3 – #23 Alex Martinez Roca/Angel Palacios (MSU) def. Matias Vargas/Milos Vuckovic (SE) 8-4

Singles

No. 1 – #27 Vasudev Vijayaraman (MSU) def. #12 Carlos Anez (SE) 6-3, 6-1

No. 2 – Dillon Pineda (MSU) def. Ondrej Nice (SE) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3

No. 3 – Sandro Lena (SE) def. #44 Angel Palacios (MSU) 6-1, 6-1

No. 4 – Nolan McCaig (MSU) vs. Danrich Kruger (SE) 3-5 (unfinished)

No. 5 – Jean Muniz (MSU) vs. Matias Vargas (SE) 1-5 (unfinished)

No. 6 – Alex Martinez Roca (MSU) vs. Jeremy Despont (SE) 4-1 (unfinished)

Order of finish: Doubles (3, 1, 2); Singles (1, 3, 2)

WOMEN”S TENNIS

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern found its return home tougher than it had hoped, ending up on the losing end of a 5-0 final score against No. 24 Midwestern State over the weekend.

The loss drops the Savage Storm to 3-9 overall on the year heading into the Great American Conference opener on April 6 at Arkansas Tech in Russellville, Ark.

In doubles play against the Mustangs India Shiaelis and Nina Sergeev fought to an 8-6 loss at the two doubles position, while Alexsandra Reljic and Maria Matinez fell 8-0 at the one spot.

SE came out of doubles down 3-0, and Reljic looked to swing the score, taking her first set 6-3, but she was unable to finish her match after MSU clinched.

They did so with wins at the two and three singles position to take the match 5-0.

Dan Hoke

BOX SCORE

#24 Midwestern State (11-5) def. Southeastern Oklahoma State (3-9)

Saturday, March 31, 2018 | 1 p.m.

Durant, Okla.

Southeastern Tennis Courts

Doubles

No. 1 – #17 Maddy Coffman/Ashley Ramirez (MSU) def. Alexsandra Reljic/Maria Martinez (SE) 8-0

No. 2 – Bianca Duff/Greta Lazzarotto (MSU) def. Nina Sergeev/India Shiaellis (SE) 8-6

No. 3 – Daria Panferova/Maddie Rowe (MSU) def. Luisa Auffarth/Diana Budnik (SE) 5-0 (def.)

Singles

No. 1 – #27 Maddy Coffman (MSU) vs. #32 Alexsandra Reljic (SE) 3-6, 5-3 (unfinished)

No. 2 – #66 Bianca Duff (MSU) def. Luisa Auffarth (SE) 6-0, 6-2

No. 3 – Daria Panferova (MSU) def. India Shiaelis (SE) 6-4, 6-1

No. 4 – Ashley Ramirez (MSU) vs. Maria Martinez (SE) 0-0 (unfinished)

No. 5 – Greta Lazzarotto (MSU) vs. Diana Budnik (SE) 0-0 (unfinished)

No. 6 – Emilija Segetlija (MSU) vs. Chiara Berg (SE) 0-0 (unfinished)

Order of finish: Doubles (3, 1, 2); Singles (2, 3)