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Luis Tirado
4
Winner Harding HU (12-6)
0
Southern Ark. SAU (19-3)
Winner
Harding HU
(12-6)
4
Final
0
Southern Ark. SAU
(19-3)

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | by Scott Goode (4/26/19)

No. 4 Seed Harding Men's Tennis Upsets Southern Arkansas to Reach GAC Final

BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Harding men's tennis, ranked 40th nationally and the No. 4 seed at the Great American Conference Tournament, upset regular season champion, 28th-ranked, and No. 1 seed Southern Arkansas 4-0 Friday in the semifinals.

Harding (12-6) advances to meet No. 3 seed Southeastern Oklahoma Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in the final. The Bisons are seeking their first GAC men's tennis championship.

Harding earned the doubles point with wins by Will Reeves and Pablo Trevino at No. 2 and Arthur Bellan and Luis Tirado at No. 3.

Harding won the first three singles matches to clinch the victory. Alejandro Sendra (No. 2), Morgan Salvan (No. 3) and Tirado (No. 4) all won in straight sets.

#40 Harding 4, #28 Southern Ark. 0
4/26/2019 at Bentonville, Ark. (Memorial Park Tennis Complex) 
Singles competition
1. #40 Stuart Rehfuss (SAU) vs. Arthur Bellan (HU) 6-1 (7-4), 3-4, unfinished
2. Alejandro Sendra (HU) def. Yuri Gondouin (SAU) 6-1, 6-2
3. Morgan Salvan (HU) def. Marko Nikoliuk (SAU) 7-5, 6-1
4. Luis Tirado (HU) def. Alexandre Machaj (SAU) 6-0, 6-3
5. Aleksandr Pokusaev (SAU) vs. Diego Pierola (HU) 6-4, 3-2, unfinished
6. Raymond Garcia (SAU) vs. Will Reeves (HU) 6-3, 3-2, unfinished
 
Doubles competition
1. Stuart Rehfuss/Aleksandr Pokusaev (SAU) vs. #19 Morgan Salvan/Alejandro Sendra (HU) 4-5, unfinished
2. Will Reeves/Pablo Trevino (HU) def. Gustavo Kerber/Alexandre Machaj (SAU) 6-2
3. Arthur Bellan/Luis Tirado (HU) def. Yuri Gondouin/Marko Nikoliuk (SAU) 6-4
 
Match Notes
Harding 12-6; National ranking #40; Regional ranking #5
Southern Ark. 19-3; National ranking #28; Regional ranking #2
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (2,4,3)
T-2:10
 
 
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