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BETHANY, Okla. — Southern Nazarene dropped its fourth straight match with a 5-4 loss to East Central Tuesday afternoon.
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The Crimson Storm (2-8, 2-3 GAC) lost two quick matches in doubles as
Polina Chala and
Karina Kotova fell 8-2 at No. 2 doubles while
Kaitlyn Atkeson and
Taylor Sullivan lost 8-0 at No. 3. SNU had to battle at No. 1 doubles as
Masha Andrianova and
Natalia Moreno outlasteKad their opponents for a 9-7 win.
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The Tigers (9-9, 3-0 GAC) though won 6-0, 6-0 at both No. 5 and 6 as Atkeson lost at No. 5 and Sullivan lost at No. 6. Kotova also lost 6-4, 6-1 at No. 4 singles.
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Polina Chala though made quick work at No. 2 singles with a 6-2, 6-1 win and
Natalia Moreno also won in straight sets, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) at No. 3.
Masha Andrianova also won at No. 1 after losing the first set. She fell 7-6 (7-5) in the first set, but bounced back to win 7-5 in the second and then won 12-10 in a tiebreaker.
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The Crimson Storm now get set to travel to Arkansas Tech Saturday for a 1 p.m. GAC match.