By: Michelle Martin
The Tennis Bearcats had a successful afternoon at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith. On the women's side, the Bearcats swept the doubles and was able to gain three big wins in singles to secure the 4-3 win. On the singles side,
Diana Cabrera,
Paula Ballesteros, and
Ghada Dirninger each had big wins.
The men bounced back after losing the doubles point to pull out a big 5-2 win over the Lions. Doubles started out strong with
Alvaro Nunez and
David Szeri winning at the two spot, but
Ilyes Khelifi and
Makary Adamek lost at the three spot followed by a loss at the one spot where
Carlos Corser and
Max Sanoja put up a fight but ultimately fell. However, the Bearcats were able to turn it around and get wins at the one, two, three, four, and six spots in the singles competition.
The Bearcats are on the road again March 4-6 as they travel to Texas and Oklahoma.
Women's Results
Doubles
1 SBU Pascual/Dirninger def UAFS Koen/Potet, 7-5 (9-7)
2 SBU Cabrera/Ballesteros def UAFS Csizmadia/Ruppanner, 6-2
3 SBU Cincunegui/Garcia def Romero/Serrano, 6-4
Singles
1 SBU Cabrera def UAFS Koen, 6-2, 6-2
2 UAFS Potet def SBU
Elsa Pascual, 6-4, 6-7, 10-7
3 SBU Ballesteros def UAFS Csizmadia, 6-2, 7-6
4 SBU Dirninger def UAFS Ruppanner, 6-1, 6-3
5 UAFS Zapien def SBU
Lola Cincunegui, 2-6, 6-4, 11-9
6 UAFS Romero def SBU
Giselle Garcia, 6-3, 6-3
Men's Results
Doubles
1 UAFS Van Dyke/Eddleman def SBU Corser/Sanoja 6-4
2 SBU Alvarao/Szeri def UAFS Borrero/Rosello, 6-4
3 UAFS Ramchane/Darneaux def SBU Adamek/Makary, 6-3
Singles
1 SBU Szeri def UAFS Van Dyke, 6-2, 7-5
2 SBU Nunez def UAFS Borrero, 6-1, 6-2
3 SBU Adamek def UAFS Ramchane, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
4 SBU Corser def UAFS Rosello, 6-2, 7-5
5 UAFS Retamales def SBU Khelifi, 7-6, 6-2
6 SBU Sanoja def UAFS Eddleman, 6-1, 6-4