Arkadelphia, Ark.  – The University of Central Arkansas Bears tennis team took home the victory, securing back-to-back victories over Southern Arkansas on Saturday. UCA edged out SAU in a tightly contested 4-3 win in the first match before delivering a dominant 4-1 victory in the second.

Match 1 
Central Arkansas 4-3 Southern Arkansas 
Doubles 
Miyakawa/Kazama (UCA) def. Gindl/Holderbach (SAU) 6-3
Shigemasu/Vimuktananda (UCA) def. Fiacan/Serpukhova (SAU) 6-3
Chen/Fukushima (UCA) def. Kokocha/Kafha (SAU) 7-6 

Singles 
Vimuktananda (UCA) def Gindl (SAU) 6-1, 6-4 
Holderbach (SAU) def. Kazama (UCA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-10
Fiacan (SAU) def. Miyakawa (UCA) 6-4, 7-6
Shigemasu (UCA) def. Kafka (SAU) 7-6, 3-6, 10-7 
Kokocha (SAU) def. Chen (UCA) 6-3, 6-4
Park (UCA) def. Serpukhocva (SAU) 6-1, 6-1 

Match 2 
Central Arkansas 4-1 Southern Arkansas 
Doubles
Kazma/Shigemusu (UCA) def. Gindl/Holdersbach (SAU) 7-5
Vimuktananda/Chen (UCA) def. Fiacan/Serpukhova (SAU) 6-3

Singles
Kazama (UCA) def. Gindl (SAU) 2-6, 6-4, 10-8 
Vimuktananda (UCA) def. Holdersbach (SAU) 4-6, 7-5, 10-3
Fiacan (SAU) def. Chen (UCA) 6-4, 3-6, 10-4
Miyakawa (UCA) def. Kafka (SAU) 6-4, 6-1 
Fukushima (UCA) vs. Corrales (SAU) 6-6, DNF
S. Park (UCA) vs. Kokcha (SAU) 6-0, 0-1, DNF 

The Bears will continue play on March 2nd in Searcy, Ark. against Murray State and Arkansas Tech, starting at 9 a.m. and are now 5-4 overall.