Box Score LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Arkansas Tech Golden Suns tennis team closed out its regular season with an 8-1 loss to Harding at Burns Park in Little Rock, Ark. on Monday.

NEXT UP

• The Golden Suns will face Ouachita Baptist (0-16, 0-6 Great American Conference) in the first round of the GAC Championships being played at the Bentonville Visitors and Convention Bureau and Memorial Park Tennis Complex in Bentonville, Ark. on Thursday, April 20 at 2 p.m.

 
HOT IT HAPPENED

• The No. 2 doubles team Annabel Rowlands and Kami Ward were the only Suns to score a point for Arkansas Tech in the match with an 8-5 victory.
• Kami Ward, Annabel Rowlands, and Maria Vlaskina were able to force a third set in their matches, but ultimately fell short in their matches.
• With the loss, the Golden Suns locked up the No. 3 seed in the GAC Championships and will face No. 6 seed Ouachita Baptist in the first round on Thursday.

 
SINGLES COMPETITION

1. Piper Huey (HU) def. Macarena Sedano Acosta (Tech) 6-3, 6-3
2. Laura Golubic (HU) def. Teresa Sanchez (Tech) 6-3, 6-2
3. Gabriella Alves (HU) def. Kami Ward (Tech) 6-7 (3), 6-3, 10-7
4. Brittany Smyser (HU) def. Annabel Rowlands (Tech) 2-6, 7-6 (4), 10-6
5. Arielle Butler (HU) def. Haeleigh Long (Tech) 6-4, 6-4
6. Emily Falkner (HU) def. Maria Vlaskina (Tech) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4

 
DOUBLES COMPETITION

1. Piper Huey/Laura Golubic (HU) def. Macarena Sedano Acosta/Teresa Sanchez (Tech) 8-5
2. Annabel Rowlands/Kami Ward (Tech) def. Gabriella Alves/Milou Dalmolen (HU) 8-5
3. Arielle Butler/Brittany Smyser (HU) def. Haeleigh Long/Vandella Suico (Tech) 8-4

 
MATCH NOTES
Arkansas Tech: 15-7 (3-3 GAC)
Harding: 14-6 (4-2 GAC)
Order of finish: Doubles (3, 1, 2), Singles (2, 1, 5, 3, 6, 4)
Final Score: Harding 8, Arkansas Tech 1