Men's and Women's Tennis perform at Region VI Tournament

The No. 1-ranked Cowley College men's tennis team and No. 2-ranked Lady Tiger tennis team advanced each of its singles and doubles teams to the second-round of the Region VI Tennis Championships held Friday in Great Bend, KS. The tournament will resume Saturday at 11 a.m.

Results on Friday:

1 Women's Singles
     #1 Alexandra Melnikova (Cowley) def #4 Dominique Van Vuuren (Pratt)
          6-1, 6-7(8), 6-2
     #2 Camille Belberka (Seward County) def #3 Clara Penido (Barton)
          6-3, 6-0

#2 Women's Singles
     #1 Arina Babenko (Cowley) def #4 Emily Ryan (Pratt)
          6-0, 6-0
     #3 Carol Mora (Seward County) def #2 Luciana Braga (Barton)
          6-2, 5-7, 6-4

#3 Women's Singles
     #1 Isid Hernandez (Cowley) def Nathalia Rodrigues (Pratt)
          6-0, 6-0
     #2 Tshegofatso Tsiang (Barton) def #3 Ana Isabela Serrano (Seward County)
          6-4, 1-6, 6-1

#4 Women's Singles
     #1 Ntokozo Zungu (Cowley) def #4 Olivet Shove (Pratt)
          6-0, 6-0
     #3 Azul Barrios (Barton) def #2 Jaena Morais (Seward County)
          6-0, 3-6, 6-4

#5 Women's Singles
     #1 Mariia Koroleva (Cowley) bye
     #3 Camila Corrales (Seward County) def #2 Carmen Lyons (Barton) 
          2-6, 7-5, 6-2

6 Women's Singles
     #1 Camila Neyra (Cowley) vs #2 Ana Vasilis (Barton)
      *Pair will meet in Saturday's Championship

#1 Women's Doubles
     #1 Belberka/Mora (Seward County) def #4 Van Vurren/Ryan (Pratt)
           6-3, 6-0
     #2 Melnikova/Hernandez (Cowley) def #3 Penido/Tsiang (Barton)
           6-2, 6-4

#2 Women's Doubles
     #1 Babenko/Zungu (Cowley) def #4 Rodriguez/Shove (Pratt)
           6-0, 6-0
     #3 Serrano/Morais (Seward County) def #2 Braga/Barrios (Barton)
           6-2, 6-4

#3 Women's Doubles
     #1 Koroleva/Neyra (Cowley) vs #2 Lyons/Vasilis (Barton)
     *Pair will meet in Saturday's Championship

1 Men's Singles
     #1 Takeshi Taco (Cowley) def #4 Antoine Adamiak (Seward County)
          6-0, 6-2
     #2 Gustavo Campos (Barton) def #3 Dante Despontin (Pratt)
          6-1, 6-2

2 Men's Singles
     #1 Boruch Skierkier (Cowley) def #4 Richard Patte (Seward County)
          6-0, 6-2
     #2 Sebastiao Vilas (Barton) def #3 Gabriel Cuenca (Pratt)
          2-6, 6-4, 6-4

#3 Men's Singles
     #1 Bruno Nhavene (Cowley) bye
     #2 Fernando Andre (Barton) def #3 David Arrieta (Pratt)
          3-0, Retired

#4 Men's Singles
     #1 Hanamichi Carvajal (Cowley) bye
     #2 Barnabas Kalaba (Barton) def #3 Vitor Goncalves (Pratt)
            6-3, 3-6, 6-3

#5 Men's Singles
     #1 Reiya Komagata (Cowley) bye
     #3 Tsholofelo Tsiang (Barton) def #2 Alex Ballinger (Pratt)
          6-2, 6-2

#6 Men's Singles
     #1 Taiyo Hirano (Cowley) bye
     #2 Valentino Iveli (Pratt) def #3 Marno Du Plessis (Barton)
           7-5, 3-6, 7-6(4)

#1 Men's Doubles
     #1 Taco/Nhavene (Cowley) def #4 Adamiak/Patte (Seward County)
           6-1, 6-0
     #2 Despontin/Cuenca (Pratt) vs #3 Vilas/Andre (Barton)

#2 Men's Doubles
     #1 Carvajal/Hirano (Cowley) bye
     #2 Arrieta/Iveli (Pratt) vs #3 Kalaba/Tsiang (Barton)

#3 Men's Doubles
    #1 Skierkier/Komagata (Cowley) bye
    #2 Ballinger/Moore (Pratt) vs #3 Campos/Du Plessis (Barton)