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Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Jacob Pumphrey

Mulerider Men, Women pick up big wins in Searcy

Southern Arkansas dispatches Bisons in both matches, enters final week of regular season

SEARCY, Ark. - The Southern Arkansas Men's and Women's Tennis teams both earned big victories on Saturday in Searcy as the SAU Men topped #49 Harding 5-2 in an ITA top 50 matchup to keep its tournament hopes alive, while the SAU Women beat Harding 4-3 for the Muleriders' first Great American Conference victory of the season. The Mulerider Men improved to 7-12 overall and finished MIAA-GAC South Division play at 1-2. The Mulerider Women moved to 8-12 and evened their league record to 1-1. 

The SAU Women took the doubles points as the pairs of Sarah Roy and Inna Serpukhova at line three and Annika Berrendorf and Lena Milosevic at line two each won 6-2 over their respective opponents to stake the Muleriders to an early advantage. 

Greta Wallin won 6-4, 6-3 over Ashley Nilsson at No. 4 and with the match standing at 2-1, Milosevic handled Karli Roux 7-6 (5), 6-4 at No. 2 to send the Muleriders to match point. In a 3-2 match, Roy put away Grace Dodd 6-2, 7-6 (5) at No. 1 to give SAU its first ever win over the Lady Bisons in Searcy. 

For the Mulerider Men, doubles victories by Adrian Gheorge and Matthew Tennant at No. 2 and Gabriel Breitenmoser and Ole Valkyser at No. 3 staked SAU to a 1-0 lead. 

With the match tied at 1, Breitenmoser won 6-4, 0-6, 6-3 over Jaydon van Vreden at No. 5 to regain the lead. At No. 4, it was Tim Fischer that won in three over Milosh Petrovic 6-4, 5-7, 6-1. 

It was Mathieu Wierniezky at No. 3 who defeated Cian Mikkelsen 6-4, 3-6, 6-0 to give the Muleriders the match and the team's first win in Searcy and their third-straight over the Bisons. Playing out, Sander Jans picked up a statement win at like one as the top 25 ranked player beat No. 15 Dani Ortiz 6-1, 6-7, 6-3. 

The Southern Arkansas Women face a busy week with a pair of home matches on Tuesday (HSU at noon; OUA at 4), a single home match on Wednesday (SOSU at 2:30) and a pair of battles over the weekend at the Live Oak Tennis Courts to close out the regular season (see below). 

The Mulerider Men return to action on Friday, April 14 for a 2 p.m. first serve with Texas A&M-Texarkana. The next day, the Muleriders will host Washburn at 11 a.m. Live coverage links for all of the action will be made available at www.MuleriderAthletics.com. 

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