The Central Arkansas tennis team picked up its second home win in as many days on Sunday morning, defeating North Alabama, 7-0, to improve to 3-5 on the season.
Central Arkansas took all three doubles matches to gain the 1-0 advantage heading into singles play. Krizia Buck and Allison Murphy defeated Mackenzie Bishop and Natalia Barrigan, 8-4, earning their third doubles win of the season. Simona Horsikyan and Sasha Ruocco picked up their third victory of the season, defeating Bruna Vieira and Teresa Franco, 8-3. In the third doubles match, Kristina Horsikyan and Anna Buyukyan earn their fifth doubles victory with an 8-1 win over Madison Patey and Mary Anne Sykes.
For the second day in a row, the Bears won all six singles. Simona Horsikyan defeated Mackenzie Bishop, 6-4, 6-3. Kristina Horsikyan, playing in the No. 2 spot for the first time this season, defeated Natalia Barrigan, 6-3, 7-6, to earn her third victory of the season. Krizia Buck earned her fourth win of the season with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Bruna Vieira. Sasha Ruocco defeated Teresa Franco, 6-2, 6-0 for her third victory of the season and Anna Buyukyan downed Madison Patey, 6-1, 6-0, for her third victory of the season. In the final match of the day, Stephanie Gonzalez Valero earned her second win of the season in a 6-1, 6-0 defeat of Mary Anne Sykes.
Central Arkansas returns to the court on Saturday, playing host to fellow Southland Conference member Nicholls State.
