SEARCY, Ark. (AP) — Harding University men's tennis concluded the Great American Conference Individual Championships on Friday by securing two championships, fueled by a dominant performance in doubles and an all-Bison final in singles.
Singles Recap
The Bisons guaranteed the Flight 4 singles title on Thursday and finalized the win Friday when Jan Alexander Has defeated teammate Ignacio de Lorenzo in the final, 6-1, 6-1.
However, freshman Luke Rhoden fell short in his bid for the Flight 5 singles crown, losing the final match to Shun Wakino of Southern Arkansas.
Doubles Highlights
Harding claimed its second crown in Flight 1 doubles, as the duo of Cian Mikkelsen and Adrian Solorzano fought through a tight semifinal before claiming the final.
Mikkelsen and Solorzano edged Ouachita Baptist's Ramon Strassmann and Yarin Aebi 9-8 (4) in the semifinal before beating Southern Arkansas's Uwe Diehl and Jonas Sommer 8-4 for the championship.
In Flight 2 doubles, Edoardo D'Arrigo and Luis Agullo reached the final but finished as runners-up. They won their semifinal against Southern Arkansas's William Von Pongracz and Andreas Gabriel Seidel 8-2, but fell in the final to Southern Arkansas's Sebastian De Las Salas and Balsa Djokovic 8-6.