Lady Saints Tennis Win Over Southeastern Oklahoma State

By Nacole Miller, Seward County Sports Information

LIBERAL, Kan. –  Seward County women's tennis team gets a big win against Southeastern Oklahoma State 5-1. The Lady Saints are now 7-2 on the season and on a two game winning steak.

The ladies started off going 3-0 in doubles. No.1 was first to finish with Lady Saints Patricia Panta and Steffany Bermudez defeating Alexsandra Reljic and  India Shiaelis 8-0. Following them was No.2 Maria Aveiga and Alena Macharova winning their match against Maria Martinez and Luisa Auffarth 8-4. No.3 team Martina Borges and Yursa Hegy finished after a long rally match winning against Nina Sergeev and Diana Budnik 8-6.

The Lady Saints go into singles play up 3-0 and only need two more match wins to clench and win the entire match. First to get a win was No.1 Panta who made quick work of her opponent Reljic 6-3, 6-2. Following her was No.4 Bermundez who took the only loss for Seward against Auffarth 5-7, 1-6. Clenching match was won by No.2 Aveiga who won against Shiaelis 6-4, 6-3.

The Lady Saints clenched the match and decided to not finish singles matches No.3, No.5, and No.6. Lady Seward County tennis team won 5-1 over the Savage Storms and are 7-2 overall in the season.

The Lady Saints next match will be at home on Thursday, March 8th against rival Cowley College at Bluebonnet Park starting at 10 a.m.