Tiger tennis teams impress in victories over ranked opponents
The top-ranked Cowley College men's tennis team and No. 2-ranked Lady Tiger tennis squad each had a successful week by knocking off three ranked opponents.
The Tiger men defeated No. 5-ranked Collin County 7-2, No. 2-ranked Tyler Junior College 5-4, and No. 15-ranked Mississippi Gulf Coast 9-0.
"The guys had to play their best tennis in order to win all these matches and they did just that," Cowley head coach Manuel Raga said. "The match against Tyler is always a battle, but we were ready to fight until the end and get the win."
The Lady Tigers also impressed with 9-0 victories over No. 8-ranked Collin County and 12th-ranked Mississippi Gulf Coast before defeating third-ranked Tyler Junior College by a score of 6-3.
"The Lady Tigers have been playing at a high level since the start of the season, it was a matter of time for us to start winning the close matches," Raga said. "It feels great to come home undefeated from our spring break matches."
The Tiger tennis teams will have some time off before hosting nationally ranked Seward County Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Arkansas City High School tennis courts.
Men's Results vs. Collin:
DOUBLES
*No. 1 – Bruno Nhavene/Boruch Skierkier (CC) defeated Vigneron/Ching (Collin) 8-4.
*No. 2 – Hanamichi Carvajal/Taiyo Hirano (CC) defeated Seely/Kurcubic (Collin) 8-2.
*No. 3 – Takeshi Taco/Reiya Komagata (CC) defeated Lopez La Mantia/Restrepo (Collin) 8-1.
SINGLES
*No. 1 – Taco (CC) defeated Seely (Collin) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
*No. 2 – Carvajal (CC) defeated Vigneron (Collin) 7-5, 6-2.
*No. 3 – Komagata (CC) defeated Ching (Collin) 6-2, 6-1.
*No. 4 – Hirano (CC) defeated Restrepo (Collin) 6-4, 6-2.
*No. 5 – Lopez La Mantia (Collin) defeated Alejandro Gonzalez (CC) 1-6, 6-2, 10-6.
*No. 6 – Kurcubic (Collin) defeated Leandro Zgraggen (CC) 7-6, 3-6, 10-7.
Men's Results vs. Tyler:
DOUBLES
*No. 1 – Dalisay/Garcia (Tyler) defeated Nhavene/Skierkier (CC) 8-5.
*No. 2 – Riedel/Persson (Tyler) defeated Hirano/Carvajal (CC) 8-3.
*No. 3 – Komagata/Taco (CC) defeated Golmei/Chang (Tyler) 8-4.
SINGLES
*No. 1 – Taco (CC) defeated Dalisay (Tyler) 6-3, 6-3.
*No. 2 – Skierkier (CC) defeated Garcia (Tyler) 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.
*No. 3 – Nhavene (CC) defeated Riedel (Tyler) 7-6, 6-4.
*No. 4 – Keremedchiev (Tyler) defeated Carvajal (CC) 6-4, 7-5.
*No. 5 – Komagata (CC) defeated Vila (Tyler) 7-5, 6-4.
*No. 6 – Persson (Tyler) defeated Hirano (CC) 6-1, 6-0.
Men's results vs. Mississippi Gulf Coast:
DOUBLES
*No. 1 – Nhavene/Taco (CC) defeated Gayk/Stice (MGC) 8-6.
*No. 2 – Carvajal/Hirano (CC) defeated Dulaney/Ladner (MGC) 8-0.
*No. 3 – Gonzalez/Jhoan Sebastian Vaquero (CC) defeated Bond/Hill (MGC) 8-6.
SINGLES
*No. 1 – Carvajal (CC) defeated Gayk (MGC) 6-4, 6-4.
*No. 2 – Hirano (CC) defeated Stice (MGC) 6-1, 6-0.
*No. 3 – Zgraggen (CC) defeated Dulaney (MGC) 6-3, 6-1.
*No. 4 – Gonzalez (CC) defeated Bond (MGC) 6-1, 6-0.
*No. 5 – Duvan Santiago Torres (CC) defeated Ladner (MGC) 6-1, 6-0.
*No. 6 – Vaquero (CC) defeated Hill (MGC) 6-2, 6-2.
Women's Results vs. Collin:
DOUBLES
*No. 1 – Isid Hernandez/Alexandra Melnikova (CC) defeated Giraldi/Fedorova (Collin) 8-5.
*No. 2 – Arina Babenko/Ntokozo Zungu (CC) defeated Ballado/Orlova (Collin) 8-2.
*No. 3 – Mariia Koroleva/Camila Neyra (CC) defeated Bugaienko/Gonzalez (Collin) 8-3.
SINGLES
*No. 1 – Melnikova (CC) defeated Giraldi (Collin) 4-6, 7-5, 10-8.
*No. 2 – Babenko (CC) defeated Fedorova (Collin) 6-1, 6-4.
*No. 3 – Zungu (CC) defeated Orlova (Collin) 6-7, 6-4, 10-3.
*No. 4 – Hernandez (CC) defeated Ballado (Collin) 6-0, 6-2.
*No. 5 – Roselida Asumwa (CC) defeated Gonzalez (Collin) 6-1, 6-3.
*No. 6 – Mariana Jimenez (CC) defeated Bugaienko (Collin) 6-0, 6-1.
Women's results vs. Mississippi Gulf Coast:
DOUBLES
*No. 1 – Hernandez/Melnikova (CC) defeated Moreno/Kaome (MGC) 8-4.
*No. 2 – Koroleva/Neyra (CC) defeated Burn/Hensarling (MGC) 8-2.
*No. 3 – Asumwa/Jimenez (CC) defeated Garman/Askin (MGC) 8-0.
SINGLES
*No. 1 – Zungu (CC) defeated Kaome (MGC) 7-6, 6-0.
*No. 2 – Hernandez (CC) defeated Moreno (MGC) 6-1, 6-3.
*No. 3 – Koroleva (CC) defeated Hensarling (MGC) 6-1, 6-1.
*No. 4 – Neyra (CC) defeated Burn (MGC) 6-1, 6-1.
*No. 5 – Asumwa (CC) defeated Strickland (MGC) 6-4, 6-2.
*No. 6 – Jimenez (CC) defeated Garman (MGC) 6-0, 6-1.
Women's Results vs. Tyler:
DOUBLES
*No. 1 – Melnikova/Hernandez (CC) defeated Kononovych/Stone (Tyler) 8-6.
*No. 2 – Michta/Shah (Tyler) defeated Babenko/Zungu (CC) 8-4.
*No. 3 – Koroleva/Neyra (CC) defeated Spyrou/Kramarova (Tyler) 8-6.
SINGLES
*No. 1 – Melnikova (CC) defeated Spyrou (Tyler) 6-0, 6-1.
*No. 2 – Babenko (CC) defeated Stone (Tyler) 6-3, 6-3.
*No. 3 – Hernandez (CC) defeated Kononovych (Tyler) 6-1, 6-1.
*No. 4 – Kramarova (Tyler) defeated Zungu (CC) 2-6, 7-5, 10-8.
*No. 5 – Koroleva (CC) defeated Michta (Tyler) 6-0, 6-2.
*No. 6 – Shah (Tyler) defeated Neyra (CC) 6-2, 6-3.