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By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DURANT, Okla. – Fort Hays State fell to Southeastern Oklahoma State on Sunday (April 7) by a score of 7-0. The Savage Storm took all matches contested on the day, moving to 14-4 overall on the season. FHSU moved to 6-9 overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The No. 1 team of Shreethika Vangala<\/a><\/dfn> and Fiorella Mendez<\/a><\/dfn> had the closest doubles contest, falling 6-2. The No. 2 team of Irina Alfonso<\/a><\/dfn> and Ines Latorre<\/a><\/dfn> lost 6-1, and the No. 3 team of Yone Pereiro<\/a><\/dfn> and Grace Unruh<\/a><\/dfn>lost 6-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alfonso (No. 2) had the tightest singles match, falling in heartbreaking fashion 11-9 in a third-set tiebreak. She won the first set 6-3 before dropping the second 6-0. Her opponent Georgia Hosking squeaked by with the two-point win in the tiebreak. Pereiro (No. 3) won five games in her match, losing 6-2, 6-3. Vangala (No. 1) took four games off her opponent, losing 6-2 in each set. Mendez (No. 5) and Unruh (No. 6) each nabbed three games and Latorre (No. 4) took one game in her singles match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tigers will be back at home next week for a conference match with Missouri Western on Friday, April 12, which is set to start at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saturday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Fort Hays State fell by a score of 6-1 in conference play for the second-straight day on the road, this time at Northeastern State on Saturday (April 6). Northeastern State moved to 6-4 overall, 1-1 in the MIAA, while FHSU moved to 6-8 overall, 0-4 in the MIAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shreethika Vangala<\/a><\/dfn> was the only Tiger to win a match on the day, taking the No. 1 singles matchup. After falling in the first set 6-1, Vangala rallied for a 6-3 second set win and completed the comeback with a 10-7 win in the tiebreaker set over Alisha Moldakhmetova.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Irina Alfonso<\/a><\/dfn> nearly gave the Tigers another singles win at the No. 2 position, but fell in a decisive tiebreaking set. She took the first set 6-4 before falling in the second set by the same count. Sandra Mari Marti, ranked No. 17 in the region, took the tiebreaker 10-4. Yone Pereiro<\/a><\/dfn> (No. 3) and Fiorella Mendez<\/a><\/dfn> (No. 5) each took two games in each of their singles sets. Grace Unruh<\/a><\/dfn> (No. 6) generated three games in the first set of her match, while Ines Latorre<\/a><\/dfn> (No. 4) generated two games in the second set of her match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alfonso and Latorre (No. 2) had a tight doubles match, forcing a tiebreaker. Unfortunately, they came up short in a win-by-two scenario, 7-6 (9-7). The No. 1 team of Vangala and Mendez fell 6-3 and the No. 3 team of Pereiro and Unruh fell 6-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Friday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EDMOND, Okla. – Fort Hays State Tennis fell by a score of 6-1 at Central Oklahoma on Friday evening (April 5). The Bronchos moved to 5-5 overall on the season and 1-1 in the MIAA, while FHSU moved to 6-7 overall and 0-3 in the MIAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bronchos swept all three doubles matches contested, yielding only two points. UCO won the No. 1 contest 6-0 and won the No. 2 and No. 3 matches 6-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grace Unruh<\/a><\/dfn> was the only Tiger to record a win, taking the No. 6 singles match 6-4, 7-5. The Bronchos won the other five singles matches in straight sets. Fiorella Mendez<\/a><\/dfn> scored five points in her No. 5 match, falling 6-3, 6-2. Ines Latorre<\/a><\/dfn> (No. 4) scored all three of her points won in the first set. Irina Alfonso<\/a><\/dfn> (No. 2) generated two points. Shreethika Vangala<\/a><\/dfn> (No. 1) and Yone Pereiro<\/a><\/dfn>(No. 3) each won one point in their matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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