RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Missouri Western women’s tennis team (8-6) fell in a road matchup with Arkansas Tech (5-3) Saturday as the Golden Suns topped the Griffons 6-1.

The match began with Arkansas Tech sweeping the doubles, as the Griffons’ closest match being Karolina Ström’s and Joanna Abreu Roman’s 6-3 loss on the number one courts.

The Golden Suns won five of the six matches in singles play. Both Federica Salmaso and Bojana Vuksan lost close second sets, each falling by two points of less in the last set. Saturday’s defeat snaps a six-match winning streak for Vuksan.

Abreu Roman earned the lone victory for the Griffons in the singles. The senior earned the win on the number four court with a three-set victory to give Missouri Western the point.

Missouri Western will return home for a pair of MIAA matchups, beginning with a match against Emporia State on March 22.

MWSU VS. ATU
SINGLES
Katharina Drebka (ATU) def. Karolina Ström (MWSU) 6-2, 6-2
Alejandra Sanchez (ATU) def. Mireia Birosta (MWSU) 6-0, 6-1
Kami Ward (ATU) def. Ciarra Gilmore (MWSU) 6-3, 6-2
Joanna Abreu Roman (MWSU) def. Annabel Rowlands (ATU) 2-6, 7-5, 2-1
Katie Harris (ATU) def. Federica Salmaso (MWSU) 6-0, 7-5
Daniela Baez (ATU) def. Bojana Vuksan (MWSU) 6-1, 7-6

DOUBLES
Ström/Abreu Roman (MWSU) def. Rowlands/Ward (ATU) 6-3
Drebka/Bell (ATU) def. Salmaso/Vuksan (MWSU) 6-0
Baez/Sanchez (ATU) def. Dunn/Gilmore (MWSU) 6-1

— MWSU Athletics —