MIDLOTHIAN, Texas – In just their second weekend of action, both the Southern Arkansas Men's and Women's Tennis teams faced off against formidable opponents this past Friday and Saturday in Midlothian, Texas.
The SAU Men (4-2) started the weekend off in grand fashion by knocking off No. 25 Washburn 4-3 in a very tight match behind doubles victories by
Yuri Gondouin/
Gustavo Kerber and
Natiphat Mulada/
Marko Nikoliuk and an impressive come-from-behind match clinching win by
Aleksandr Pokusaev which sealed the deal as the Muleriders topped their first nationally-ranked foe as a Division II program.
The SAU Women (4-2) picked up a decisive 7-0 win over Texas-Permian Basin on Saturday morning to bounce back from a 5-2 defeat to Washburn in a highly-competitive match.
On Saturday afternoon, both programs matched up with Tyler Junior College; the defending NJCAA National Champions in both Men's and Women's Tennis. In the men's match, SAU Line 1 player
Stuart Rehfuss, the league's reigning player of the week, rallied to knock off Florida State-commit and JUCO No. 3 Marcus Walters 1-6, 7-6, 6-2.
Southern Arkansas prepares for its first home tennis matches of the season as it hosts Missouri-St. Louis, Midwestern State and UT-Tyler on Friday and Saturday, February 22-23 from the Live Oaks Tennis Courts on the SAU campus. The full weekend schedule can be found here:
https://muleriderathletics.com/schedule.aspx?path=wten. For continuing coverage of Mulerider Men's and Women's Tennis, visit
www.MuleriderAthletics.com.
Below are results of this past weekend's season-opening action vs. Washburn and Texas-Permian Basin. Results of the Muleriders' match with Tyler Junior College can be found
here. The Women's Results against TJC are available
here.
Women's doubles vs. Washburn
1. Czapinski, Alexis/Morrissey, Logan (WU) def. Novati, Aurora/Simas, Simone (SAU) 6-1
2. Engelbrecht, Jacqueline/Crohn, Svea (WU) vs. Nowakowska, Joanna/Vargas, Angela (SAU) 5-2, unfinished
3. Soler Valverde, Maria/Fields, Kinsey (WU) def. Gill, Serena/Milosevic, Lena (SAU) 6-2
Women's singles vs. Washburn
1. Engelbrecht, Jacqueline (WU) def. Novati, Aurora (SAU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
2. Czapinski, Alexis (WU) def. Vargas, Angela (SAU) 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
3. Morrissey, Logan (WU) def. Simas, Simone (SAU) 6-3, 6-2
4. Soler Valverde, Maria (WU) def. Nowakowska, Joanna (SAU) 7-6 (7-2), 6-2
5. Milosevic, Lena (SAU) def. Crohn, Svea (WU) 1-6, 7-5, 10-8
6. Gill, Serena (SAU) def. Lysaught, Madison (WU) 1-6, 6-2, 11-9
Men's doubles vs. Washburn
1. Valarezo Plaza, Alejandro/Haase, Paul (WU) vs. Rehfuss, Stuart/Pokusaev, Aleksandr (SAU) 6-5, unfinished
2. Gondouin, Yuri/Kerber, Gustavo (SAU) def. Brill, Chase/Roura Casi, Marc (WU) 6-3
3. Mulada, Natiphat/Nikoliuk, Marko (SAU) def. Dicu, Raul-Alin/Eidenmueller, Bradley (WU) 6-3
Men's singles vs. Washburn
1. Valarezo Plaza, Alejandro (WU) def. Rehfuss, Stuart (SAU) 7-6 (7-3), 5-7, 6-4
2. Mulada, Natiphat (SAU) def. Dicu, Raul-Alin (WU) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
3. Haase, Paul (WU) def. Nikoliuk, Marko (SAU) 6-4, 6-4
4. Gondouin, Yuri (SAU) def. Brill, Chase (WU) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
5. Eidenmueller, Bradley (WU) def. Marin Garcia, Raymond (SAU) 7-6 (7-0), 6-3
6. Pokusaev, Aleksandr (SAU) def. Roura Casi, Marc (WU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
Women's doubles vs. Texas-Permian Basin
1. Amelie Saint-Dizier/Madison Hoetling (UTPB-W) vs.
Aurora Novati/
Simone Simas (SAU) 5-6, unfinished
2.
Joanna Nowakowska/
Angela Vargas (SAU) def. Melissa Ariza/Maria Briones (UTPB-W) 6-3
3.
Lena Milosevic/
Serena Gill (SAU) def. Jessica Madamba/Julia Ramalho (UTPB-W) 6-2
Women's singles vs. Texas-Permian Basin
1.
Aurora Novati (SAU) def. Amelie Saint-Dizier (UTPB-W) 6-2, 6-2
2.
Angela Vargas (SAU) def. Melissa Ariza (UTPB-W) 6-4, 7-6
3.
Simone Simas (SAU) def. Julia Ramalho (UTPB-W) 6-2, 6-1
4.
Joanna Nowakowska (SAU) def. Maria Briones (UTPB-W) 6-4, 6-1
5.
Lena Milosevic (SAU) def. Jessica Madamba (UTPB-W) 6-2, 6-3
6.
Serena Gill (SAU) def. Paulina Obreque (UTPB-W) 6-4, 6-2
Men's doubles vs. Texas-Permian Basin
1.
Stuart Rehfuss/
Aleksandr Pokusaev (SAU) def. Daniel Colmenares/Fernando Siqueira (UTPB-M) 6-0
2. Jordan Minjoot/Raul Stevens (UTPB-M) def.
Yuri Gondouin/
Gustavo Kerber (SAU) 6-3
3. Marcos SIiva/Juan Diego Ruiz (UTPB-M) def.
Marko Nikoliuk/
Natiphat Mulada (SAU) 6-3
Men's singles vs. Texas-Permian Basin
1. Raul Stevens (UTPB-M) def.
Stuart Rehfuss (SAU) 7-6, 6-3
2. Marcos SIiva (UTPB-M) def.
Natiphat Mulada (SAU) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
3. Enrique Sanchez (UTPB-M) def.
Marko Nikoliuk (SAU) 0-6, 6-2, 6-4
4.
Yuri Gondouin (SAU) def. Juan Diego Ruiz (UTPB-M) 6-2, 7-5
5. Felipe Dias (UTPB-M) vs.
Alexandre Machaj (SAU) 6-4, 1-0, unfinished
6. Jordan Minjoot (UTPB-M) vs.
Aleksandr Pokusaev (SAU) 3-6, unfinished
