Results

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The No. 21-ranked Northeastern State women's tennis team clinched no worse than a share of the 2015 MIAA Regular Season Championship after defeating Emporia State 8-1 Sunday afternoon at the NSU Tennis Complex.
 
The RiverHawks improved to 14-4 overall and remained undefeated at 9-0 in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. They have one MIAA opponent left on their regular-season schedule and will need to defeat Missouri Western State (April 18) in order to clinch the league crown outright.
 
Sunday's victory gave NSU its second-straight MIAA Regular Season Championship. The team has also now locked up the No. 1 seed in the 2015 MIAA Championship tournament, which will be contested April 24-26 at Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield, Missouri.
 
The first decision came on the second doubles court, where sophomore Valeriia Efimenko and freshman Molly Worden defeated Kaley Clark and Amy Fugit 8-0. The No. 12-ranked doubles team of juniors Kristina Savchenkov and Patricia Husakova then toppled Tawni Griffey and Camila Ramos 8-5 at the top of the order.
 
Senior Barbora Jirickova and freshman Easton Parker came back from deficits of 5-1 and 7-4 to earn a 9-7 victory over Taylor Smith and Tiffany Khounsombath on the third court.
 
NSU has swept all nine MIAA opponents in doubles this season and is 27-0 overall in doubles competition against league teams.
 
First off in singles action was Savchenkov. The No. 21-ranked singles player in the nation earned a swift 6-1, 6-1 victory over Griffey on the top court. Husakova clinched the conference championship for NSU after defeating Ramos 6-1, 6-0 at the second position.
 
Efimenko collected a 6-1, 6-1 triumph over Clark at the fourth flight, while Worden then topped Smith 6-1, 6-1 at the third position. Jirickova came from a set down to secure an eighth point after defeating Fugit 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8) on court 5.
 
The lone point for the Hornets (8-8, 2-4 MIAA) came at the sixth flight, where Khounsombath defeated Parker 7-6 (8-6), 7-5.
 
Northeastern State is set to play two nonconference matches in the upcoming week before playing host to the Griffons in the final regular-season conference matchup. First up for the RiverHawks is a road tilt at Oklahoma Baptist. The match will begin at 2 p.m. April 14 in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
 
Tennis Match Results
Apr 12, 2015 at Tahlequah, Okla.
(NSU Tennis Complex)
 
#21 Northeastern State 8, Emporia State 1
 
Singles Competition
1. #21 Kristina Savchenkov (NSU) def. Tawni Griffey (ESU) 6-1, 6-1
2. Patricia Husakova (NSU) def. Camila Ramos (ESU) 6-1, 6-0
3. Molly Worden (NSU) def. Taylor Smith (ESU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Valeriia Efimenko (NSU) def. Kaley Clark (ESU) 6-1, 6-1
5. Barbora Jirickova (NSU) def. Amy Fugit (ESU) 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8)
6. Tiffany Khounsombath (ESU) def. Easton Parker (NSU) 7-6 (8-6), 7-5
 
Doubles Competition
1. #12 Kristina Savchenkov/Patricia Husakova (NSU) def. Tawni Griffey/Camila Ramos (ESU) 8-5
2. Valeriia Efimenko/Molly Worden (NSU) def. Kaley Clark/Amy Fugit (ESU) 8-0
3. Barbora Jirickova/Easton Parker (NSU) def. Taylor Smith/Tiffany Khounsombath (ESU) 9-7
 
Match Notes
Emporia State 8-8, 2-4 MIAA
Northeastern State 14-4, 9-0 MIAA; National ranking #21
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (1,2,4,3,5,6)
 
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