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Women's Tennis

GOLDEN SUNS LOOK TO BUILD OFF FIRST CONFERENCE WIN IN MATCH AGAINST TIGERS

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Coming off its first conference win on Tuesday afternoon over Southern Nazarene, the Arkansas Tech women's tennis team (13-5, 1-1 GAC) looks to build off its play versus the Crimson Storm as it hosts its second match in two days by welcoming the Tigers of Ouachita Baptist (0-14, 0-4 GAC) to the Chartwells Women's Sports Complex Thursday, April 6.
 
Tuesdays match saw great play in both doubles and singles competition. The duo of Haeleigh Long and Kami Ward gave the Suns a strong start with an 8-1 win in the No. 3 doubles match. Sophomore Annabel Rowlands won her 11th singles match of the spring season, taking No. 5 singles 6-1, 6-0. Haeleigh Long pushed the Suns to a 6-3 win in No. 6 singles, taking the match over Judit Mas by winning a tiebreaker in the third set 10-8.
 
The Golden Suns remain at 10th place latest ITA Tennis Central Region poll. Senior Macarena Sedano Acosta ranks 10th in the region for singles competition followed by Tamara Bell in 19th. The duo of Acosta and Bell also rank 8th in the Central Region for doubles competition.

Doubles play is set to begin at 2 p.m. followed by singles competition. Live stats are available on arkansastechsports.com.
 
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Players Mentioned

Tamara Bell

Tamara Bell

5' 6"
Senior
Haeleigh Long

Haeleigh Long

5' 5"
Sophomore
Annabel Rowlands

Annabel Rowlands

5' 9"
Sophomore
Macarena Sedano Acosta

Macarena Sedano Acosta

5' 2"
Senior
Kami Ward

Kami Ward

5' 4"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Tamara Bell

Tamara Bell

5' 6"
Senior
Haeleigh Long

Haeleigh Long

5' 5"
Sophomore
Annabel Rowlands

Annabel Rowlands

5' 9"
Sophomore
Macarena Sedano Acosta

Macarena Sedano Acosta

5' 2"
Senior
Kami Ward

Kami Ward

5' 4"
Freshman