TAHLEQUAH – Northeastern State held on in singles Sunday and took a 5-2 home result over Southeastern Oklahoma.  

The win is the 26th overall on the Savage Storm as the RiverHawks opened its season with a 2-0 mark. 

"Really great win today against a very solid Southeastern team," said head coach Tim McLane.  "We played a much better doubles point than yesterday, but we need to do a better job carrying that energy over into our singles." 

"They (Southeastern) came out and put us under some pressure early in singles, but that was a major gut check for us to find a way back into the match.  Really happy with the way we buckled down and worked our way back in to get a big win." 

Belinda Jayaprakash and Valeria Teran earned a 6-2 win on court two in doubles, and Emilia Cosatto and Leah Gonzales-Edwards won 6-3 on court three to give NSU the early point.  

In singles, Southeastern handed NSU a default win on court six, and Teran claimed her second win 6-0, 6-2 to get the RiverHawks within match point.   Southeastern took court four and claimed first-set wins on courts one and three.   Emilia Cosatto lost her first set 6-3 on the main court before claiming 6-1, 6-1 wins to give NSU the match. 

Southeastern took a three-set win on court two as they fell to 2-2 overall. 

The RiverHawks return to action Wednesday for a non-conference match at Arkansas Tech.