CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS/SCHEDULE

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. - Annabel Rowlands, Haeleigh Long and Alejandra Sanchez will play for individual Great American Conference championships while Katharina Drebka/Kami Ward, Alejandra Sanchez/Katie Harris and Haeleigh Long/Megan Bell will play for a doubles championship titles after a solid opening day at the 2017 Great American Conference Individual Championships. 

Action concludes Saturday at the Chartwells Women's Sports Complex. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Rowlands advanced through the No. 6 singles flight with an opening-round bye and a 6-0, 6-3 win over Harding's Jordan Shaw. 
• After a first round bye, Long defeated Henderson State's Lauren Miller 6-0, 6-0 in the No. 7 singles Championship Bracket Semifinals. Then Alejandra Sanchez defeated Henderson State's  Madeline Cook 6-0, 6-0 in the No. 7 singles Championship Bracket Semifinals.
• In doubles play, Drebka and Ward opened with a pair of wins - first topping the Harding duo of Alves and Folse 8-4 before downing the Henderson State pair of Parker and Banimataku 8-1 in the semifinals.
• Alejandra Sanchez and Harris advanced to the semifinals after beating Southern Nazarene's duo of Mas and Gray 8-4.  
• Long and Bell also advanced to the semifinals after downing Southeastern Oklahoma State's pair of Parlic and Berg 8-2.

 
MATCH BREAKDOWN

• (No. 1 singles) Alexsandra Relijic (Southeastern Oklahoma) defeats Drebka (Tech) - 6-4, 6-4
• (No. 1 singles) Drebka (Tech) defeats Mallory Tabler (Ouachita Baptist) - 8-0
• (No. 2 singles) Noelia Gomez (Southern Nazarene) defeats Ward (Tech)  - 6-3, 6-2
•  (No. 3 singles) Lorraine Banimataku (Henderson State) defeats Teresa Sanchez (Tech) - 6-4, 5-7, 10-8
• (No. 3 singles) Teresa Sanchez (Tech) defeats Claire Phillips (Ouachita Baptist) - 8-1
• (No. 4 singles) Hana Folse (Harding) defeats Schoch (Tech) - Default
• (No. 4 singles) Shirley Hernandez (Ouachita Baptist) defeats Schoch (Tech) - Default
• (No. 5 singles) Caroline Abbe (Oklahoma Baptist) defeats Harris (Tech) - 6-1, 6-0
• (No. 6 singles) Rowlands (Tech) defeats Jordan Shaw (Harding) - 6-0, 6-3
• (No. 6 singles)  Bell (Tech) defeats Zoe Gray (Southern Nazarene) - 8-1
• (No. 7 singles) Long (Tech) defeats Lauren Miller (Henderson State) - 6-0, 6-0
• (No. 7 singles) Alejandra Sanchez (Tech) defeats Madeline Cook (Henderson State) - 6-0, 6-0
•  (No. 1 doubles) Annie Shannon / Thea Minor (Henderson State) defeats  Rowlands / Sanchez (Tech) - 8-4
• (No. 1 doubles) Mallory Tabler / Kendra Densmore (Ouachita Baptist) defeats Rowlands /Sanchez (Tech)  - 8-5
• (No. 2 doubles) Drebka / Ward (Tech) defeats Gabriella Alves / Hana Folse (Harding) - 8-4
• (No. 2 doubles) Drebka / Ward (Tech) defeats Sydnee Parker / Lorraine Banimataku (Henderson State) - 8-1
• (No. 3 doubles) Alejandra Sanchez / Harris (Tech) defeats Judit Mas / Zoe Gray (Southern Nazarene) - 8-4
• (No. 3 doubles) Long/Bell (Tech) defeats Jovana Parlic / Chiara Berg (Southeastern Oklahoma) - 8-2

 
TOMORROW'S SCHEDULE

• (No. 2 singles) Ward (Tech) vs. Thea Minor (Henderson State) (Consolation Semifinals) - 8 a.m. Saturday)
• (No. 3 singles)  Tahlia Walsh (Oklahoma Baptist) vs. Teresa Sanchez (Tech) (Consolation Bracket Semifinals) - 8 a.m. Saturday
• (No. 5 singles) Mariah Bartlett (Henderson State) vs. Harris (Tech) (Consolation Bracket Semifinals) - 9 a.m. Saturday
• (No. 6 singles) Jordan Shaw (Harding) vs. Bell (Tech) (Consolation Bracket Semifinals) - 9 a.m. Saturday
• (No. 6 singles) Rowlands (Tech) vs. Diana Budnik (Southeastern Oklahoma) (Championship Final) - 11 a.m. Saturday
• (No. 7 singles) Long (Tech) vs. Alejandra Sanchez (Tech) (Championship Bracket Final) - 11 a.m. Saturday
•  (No. 2 doubles) Maria Martinez / Luisa Auffarth (Southeastern Oklahoma) vs. Drebka / Ward (Tech) (Championship Final) - 3 p.m. Saturday
• (No. 3 doubles) Alejandra Sanchez / Harris (Tech) vs. Emily Faulkner / Jordan Shaw (Harding) (Championship Bracket Semifinals) - 2 p.m. Saturday
• (No. 3 doubles) Miller/Cook (Henderson State) vs. Long/Bell (Tech) (Championship Bracket Semifinals - 2 p.m. Saturday