MAGNOLIA, Ark. - Mulerider Men's and Women's Tennis are heading to Searcy, Arkansas this weekend to compete in the Great American Conference Individual Championships hosted by Harding. In last year's run at the GAC Individual Championships Mulerider Tennis claimed a total of 5 Flight titles including Lluc Pasqual in Flight 4 Singles, Roksana Kokocha in Flight 5 Singles, and Inna Serpukhova in Flight 7 Singles.
The Muleriders have collected seven Flight titles so far this fall and they are looking to claim more titles this weekend at the David Elliott Tennis Complex. Amelie Gindl is leading the group with three titles, one of them being the ITA Central Region Championships, while Jinsei Tajima has claimed two titles. Kokocha and Maria Fiacan both have one Flight title each.
Going into the last tournament for the 2024 fall season the Mulerider Men are seeing senior Pasqual back in action after missing the previous tournaments.
Below are the first-round matchups for the Muleriders.
Women:
Flight 1 Singles | Friday, 10:30 a.m.
#2 Gindl vs. Kholdarova TBD
Flight 2 Singles | Friday, 10:30 a.m.
#2 Holderbach vs. TBD
Flight 3 Singles | Friday, 10:30 a.m.
#1 Fiacan vs. TBD
Flight 4 Singles | Friday, 10:30 a.m.
#1 Kokocha vs. TBD
Flight 5 Singles | Friday, 8:00 a.m.
Corrales vs. Gay (Ouachita Baptist)
Flight 7 Singles | Friday, 12 p.m.
#1 Young vs. TBD
Flight 8 Singles | Friday, 12:30 p.m.
#1 Yoshimura vs. TBD
Flight 1 Doubles | Friday, 4:30 p.m.
#2 Fiacan/Gindl vs. TBD
Flight 2 Doubles | Friday, 4:30 p.m.
#2 Holderbach/Kokocha vs. TBD
Flight 3 Doubles | Friday, 4:30 p.m.
#1 Corrales/Yoshimura vs. TBD
Men:
Flight 1 Singles | Friday, 8:00 a.m.
Tajima vs. #1 de Ruiter (Harding)
#3 Fischer vs. Strassmann (Ouachita Baptist)
Flight 2 Singles | Friday, 8:30 a.m. & 9:30 a.m.
#1 Neumann vs. Kurcubic (Southeastern)
#3 Pinoit vs. Tinnock (Southeastern)
Flight 3 Singles | Friday, 9:30 a.m.
Diehl vs. #1 Aebi (Ouachita Baptist)
#2 Pasqual vs. Palomares (Southeastern)
Flight 4 Singles | Friday, 11:00 a.m.
Von Pongracz vs. D'Arrigo (Harding)
Ibanez vs. #3 de Lorenzo Vicente (Harding)
Flight 1 Doubles | Friday, 3:30 p.m.
Tajima/Diehl vs. #1 Exner/Strassmann (Ouachita Baptist)
#3 Fischer/Pinoit vs. Palomares/Kurcubic (Southeastern)
Flight 2 Doubles | Friday, 3:30 p.m.
#1 Neumann/Pasqual vs. Campbell/de Lorenzo Vicente (Harding)
Von Pongracz/Ibanez vs. #4 Agullo Diaz Munio/Folse (Harding)
The GAC Individual Championships will start on Friday morning (Oct. 18) and finish on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 19).
