FINAL RESULTS

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. -  Annabel Rowlands and Haeleigh Long won individual Great American Conference championships in their flights, while Katharina Drebka and Kami Ward won a doubles title in the No. 2 doubles flight and Katie Harris and Alejandra Sanchez won a doubles title in the No. 3 flight as the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns tennis team concluded a successful weekend at the GAC Individual Championships on Saturday.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• After Rowlands punched her ticket for the championship match of the No. 6 singles flight on Friday, she capped off her title with a 6-0, 3-6, 10-2 win over Southeastern Oklahoma State's Diana Budnik to claim the crown in her flight. 
• In the No. 7 singles flight, Long faced off against Alejandra Sanchez, taking the championship final 6-3, 6-2.
• Drebka downed Henderson State's Annie Shannon 8-1 in the No. 1 singles consolation semifinal before falling 8-1 to Southern Nazarene's Polina Chala in the consolation finals.
• Megan Bell defeated Harding's Jordan Shaw 8-4 in the No. 6 singles consolation semifinals, then fell 9-7 to Henderson State's Puluspene 9-7 in the consolation finals.  
• After trailing early in the match, Drebka and Ward rallied back to claim the flight No. 2 doubles championship as they topped Southeastern Oklahoma State's duo of Maria Martinez and Luisa Auffarth 9-8 (3).
• In the flight No. 3 doubles semifinals, Alejandra Sanchez and Harris beat Emily Faulkner and Jordan Shaw from Harding 8-3, advancing on to the flight No. 3 doubles championship finals.
• Long and Bell joined their teammates in the flight No. 3 doubles championship final after they defeated Henderson State's pair of Miller and Cook 8-1 in the semifinals.
• Sanchez and Harris took home the flight No. 3 flight championship after beating fellow teammates Long and Bell 8-6.

 
MATCH BREAKDOWN

• (No. 1 singles) Drebka (Tech) defeats Annie Shannon (HSU) (Consolation Semifinals) - 8-1
• (No. 1 singles) Polina Chala (SNU) defeats Drebka (Tech) (Consolation Final) - 8-1
• (No. 2 singles) Ward (Tech) defeats Thea Minor (HSU) (Consolation Semifinals) - 8-2
• (No. 3 singles)  Tahlia Walsh (OBU) defeats Teresa Sanchez  (Tech) (Consolation Semifinals) - 8-1
• (No. 5 singles) Mariah Bartlett (HSU) defeats Harris (Tech) (Consolation Bracket Semifinals) - 8-1
• (No. 6 singles) Bell (Tech) defeats Jordan Shaw (HU) (Consolation Bracket Semifinals) - 8-4
• (No. 6 singles) Puluspene (HSU) defeats Bell (Tech) (Consolation Final) - 9-7
• (No. 6 singles) Rowlands (Tech) defeats Diana Budnik (SOSE) (Championship Final) - 6-0, 3-6, 10-2
• (No. 7 singles) Long (Tech) defeats Alejandra Sanchez (Tech) (Championship Bracket Final) - 6-3, 6-2
• (No. 2 doubles) Drebka / Ward (Tech) defeats Maria Martinez / Luisa Auffarth (SOSE) (Championship Final) - 9-8 (3)
• (No. 3 doubles) Sanchez / Harris (Tech) defeats Emily Faulkner / Jordan Shaw (HU) (Championship Bracket Semifinals) - 8-3
• (No. 3 doubles) Long/Bell (Tech) defeats Miller/Cook (HSU) (Championship Bracket Semifinals) - 8-1
• (No. 3 doubles) Sanchez / Harris (Tech) defeats Long/Bell (Tech) (Championship Final) - 8-6

 
NEXT UP

• Arkansas Tech will return to action September 29-October 1 at the ITA Regionals in Springfield, Mo.