Tiger tennis teams open home slate against nationally ranked NCAA DII teams

The NJCAA Division I No. 2-ranked Cowley College women's tennis team got wins from singles players Lisa Takamura and Yo Hozumi in a 5-2 loss to the No. 8-ranked Midwestern State Lady Mustangs.

The Tiger men's tennis team, ranked fifth in the initial NJCAA Division I poll, got a win from sophomore Dan Hosono at No. 2 singles in a 6-1 loss to the No. 18-ranked Mustangs.

The Cowley tennis teams will face former Tiger head coach Josh Cobble and his Cameron University tennis teams when they play on Thursday at 2 p.m. in Lawton, OK.

Results:

MEN

DOUBLES

*No. 1 – Haruki Okude/Dan Hosono (CC) lost to Bruno Sanchez/Juan David Duque (MSU) 3-6.

*No. 2 – Luca Laurindo/Wojtek Biela (CC) lost to Germano Setti/Matthew Earle (MSU) 6-7 (8-6).

*No. 3 – Vaughn Smith/Guilherme Coelho (CC) lost to Jose Marquez/Cesar Llamas Loeches (MSU) 3-6.

SINGLES

*No. 1 – Okude (CC) lost to Setti (MSU) 0-6, 7-5, 2-6.

*No. 2 – Hosono (CC) defeated Duque (MSU) 6-4, 2-6, 7-5.

*No. 3 – Laurindo (CC) lost to Sanchez (MSU) 7-5, 6-2.

*No. 4 – Biela (CC) lost to Marquez (MSU) 2-6, 3-6.

*No. 5 – Coelho (CC) lost to Leguizamon (MSU) 6-7, 2-6.

*No. 6 – Smith (CC) lost to Llamas Loeches (MSU) 3-6, 1-6.

Results:

WOMEN

DOUBLES

*No. 1 – Naghely Garcia Galian/Cynthia Wanjala (CC) lost to Sepken/Gyorgy (MSU) 2-6.

*No. 2 – Chiho Takada/Sofia Karlau (CC)

*No. 3 – Lisa Takamura/Kendra Arostegui (CC)

SINGLES

*No. 1 – Wanjala (CC) lost to Selin Sepken (MSU) 4-6, 3-6.

*No. 2 – Garcia (CC) lost to Emilia Gyorgy (MSU) 3-6, 4-6.

*No. 3 – Takada (CC) lost to Camila Garcia (MSU) 0-6, 1-6.

*No. 4 – Takamura (CC) defeated Jasmine Crain (MSU) 6-4, 6-3.

*No. 5 – Arostegui (CC) lost to Alessia Dolce (MSU) 2-6, 6-7(7-2).

*No. 6 – Yo Hozumi (CC) defeated Mala Krzanic-Sullivan (MSU) 6-3, 6-4.