GOLDEN SUNS TENNIS CLOSES OUT FALL SEASON AT
LAST WEEKEND'S COLLIN COLLEGE OPEN

        RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas – Arkansas Tech Golden Suns Tennis wrapped up its 2009 fall schedule last weekend at the 21st-Annual Collin College Fall Open in Plano, Texas.

For Tech, the furthest the Golden Suns got in any flight was to the semifinals. On the singles side, most of the players fell in the first round, except for junior Saki Matsuoka (Saitama, Japan) and freshman Nina Greenway (Monticello, Ark.). Matsuoka, the two-time All-GSC performer, lost in the quarterfinals of Flight 1 singles to North Central Texas’ Cimen Soy in a three-set tiebreaker (6-3, 5-7, 11-9), while Greenway lost in the semifinals of Flight 5 singles to Dallas Baptist’s Laura Atkins in a three-set tiebreaker (5-7, 6-0, 10-1).  

In other singles action, freshman Emorie Mallow (Keller, Texas) and junior Michelle Yu (Flower Mound, Texas) lost in the first round of Flight 2 singles, while freshman Laura Palamino (Irving, Texas) and Jessica Velasquez (Keller, Texas) lost in first round of Flight 3. Junior Jessica James (Lead Hill, Ark.) fell in a third-set tiebreaker in the first round of Flight 4, while freshman Meagan Childers (Greenwood, Ark.) and freshman Jenny Yu (Flower Mound, Texas) fell in the straight sets in the first round of Flight 6.

          Meanwhile, in doubles action, saw three of its teams go 1-1 and also had two teams advance to the semifinals in consolation play. Palamino and Jenny Yu went 1-2 as they lost in the consolation semifinals of Flight 3, while Childers and Greenway also lost in the consolation semifinals of Flight 3. In Flight 1, sophomore Brittany Turner (Pearcy, Ark.) and Matsuoka lost in the quarterfinals of Flight 1, while the teams of Velasquez/Mallow and Michelle Yu and James each lost in the quarterfinals of Flight 2 after winning their first round matches.  

          Collin College Open complete results

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