COLUMBIA, Mo. – This past weekend, the University of Central Arkansas tennis program opened up their spring slate, dropping decisions to both the Redhawks of Southeastern Missouri and the Missouri Tigers.
The Bears struggled to find momentum on the weekend, dropping both matches 7-0. There was a bright spot on Friday morning, as sophomore Sumomo Hamanaga and freshman Nanoka Kazama defeated the Redhawks' No. 1 doubles team, 6-3.
UCA 0 SEMO 7
Doubles:
No.1 Sumomo Hamanaga/Nanaoka Kazama vs. Hlacikova/Velkoska 6-3
No. 2 Jaeun Lee/Nicole Ross vs. Tarajova/Valeeva 1-6
No. 3 Ting-An Chen/Konomi Miyakawa vs. Lai/Shikanova 2-6
Singles:
No. 1 Miyakawa vs. Tarajova 6-1, 4-6, 6-1
No. 2 Hamanaga vs. Hlacikova 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 Lee vs. Shikanova 6-0, 2-6, 6-1
No. 4 Kazama vs. Trinity-Calinescu 7-6, 6-2
No. 5 Chen vs. Lai 7-5, 6-3
No. 6 Ross vs. Velkoska 6-3, 7-6
UCA 0 Missouri 7
Doubles:
No. 1 Sumomo Hamanaga/Nanoka Kazama vs. I. Cante/Martinez 6-1
No. 2 Jaeun Lee/Nicole Ross vs. M. Cante/Schwarte 6-6 DNF
No. 3 Ting-An Chen/Konomi Miyakawa vs. Artimedi/Cardenas 6-3
Singles:
No. 1 Haman vs. M. Masic 6-1, 6-2
No. 2 Lee vs. Schwarte 7-6, 6-2
No. 3 Hamanaga vs. L. Masic 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 Kazama vs. Martinez 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 Chen vs. Cante 6-2, 6-0
No. 6 Ross vs. Artimedi 6-2, 6-2
The Bears will head to Nashville this Saturday, January 28th to take on the Belmont Bruins for a double header starting at 10:00 a.m.
