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Arisa Takanashi
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3
Harding HU (16-6)
4
Winner Southern Ark. SAU (24-3)
Harding HU
(16-6)
3
Final
4
Southern Ark. SAU
(24-3)
Winner

Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | by Scott Goode (4/27/19)

Harding Women's Tennis Falls 4-3 to Southern Arkansas in GAC Finals

BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Harding women's tennis suffered a 4-3 defeat to Southern Arkansas Saturday in the finals of the Great American Conference Tournament.

Harding (16-6) ranked No. 8 in the latest NCAA Central Region Rankings. The top six teams from the region qualify for the Central Region Tournament.

Harding won the doubles point with victories at No. 1 and No. 2. Rylie Cox and Arisa Takanashi, ranked 16th nationally, won 6-2 at No. 1, and Lindy Carpenter and Hana Folse won 7-5 at No. 2.

The Lady Bisons needed three singles wins but got only two. Takanashi, ranked 33rd nationally, won in straight sets at No. 2, and Allison Carpenter won in three sets at No. 6.

#24 Southern Ark. 4, #33 Harding 3
4/27/2019 at Bentonville, Ark. (Memorial Park Tennis Complex) 
Singles competition
1. Joanna Nowakowska (SAU) def. #37 Rylie Cox (HU) 6-3, 2-6, 6-0
2. #33 Arisa Takanashi (HU) def. Aurora Novati (SAU) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
3. Angela Vargas (SAU) def. Hana Folse (HU) 6-2, 6-2
4. Simone Simas (SAU) def. Emily Carpenter (HU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
5. Lena Milosevic (SAU) def. #69 Lindy Carpenter (HU) 6-2, 6-3
6. Allison Carpenter (HU) def. Serena Gill (SAU) 0-6, 6-3, 6-3
 
Doubles competition
1. #16 Rylie Cox/Arisa Takanashi (HU) def. #48 Angela Vargas/Joanna Nowakowska (SAU) 6-2
2. Lindy Carpenter/Hana Folse (HU) def. Simone Simas/Aurora Novati (SAU) 7-5
3. Serena Gill/Lena Milosevic (SAU) vs. Allison Carpenter/Emily Carpenter (HU) 6-6, unfinished
 
Match Notes
Harding 16-6; National ranking #33; Regional ranking #7
Southern Ark. 24-3; National ranking #24; Regional ranking #4
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (5,3,6,4,2,1)
T-2:48
 
 
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