Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Jake Jacoby and Jackie Carr Capture the 2013 Arkansas State Qualifying Junior Tennis Championships




Jake Jacoby (pictured right) of Little Rock won the Boy's 18s title with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Taylor Cramer of Texarkana and Jackie Carr (pictured below) of Rogers defeated Tiffany Tang of Rogers 6-3, 6-4 for the Girl's 18s title in the Arkansas Junior Qualifying Tennis Championships at Burns Park in North little Rock, Arkansas. Other divisional winners include

Boy's 16s- Edward Zhao of Little Rock
Girl's 16s- Emily Metcalf of Jonesboro

Boy's 14s- Max Mendelsohn of Little Rock
Girl's 14s- Tatum Rice of Hot Springs

Boy's 12s- Wesley Barnett of Little Rock
Girl's 12s- Maddie McKee of Jonesboro

Boy's 10s- Thomas Mars of Rogers
Girl's 10s- Elizabeth Richardson of Jonesboro

*** See comments for other results

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

UCA Women's Tennis Team Ends Season with First Round Loss to Southeastern Louisiana at Southland Conference Tournament

The University of Central Arkansas (UCA) Women's Tennis Team ended its 

season with a first round loss at the Southland Conference Tennis 

Tournament to top-seeded Southeastern Louisiana. The Sugar Bears 

put up a fight, but fell to the Lady Lions by a score of 4-2.


The Lady Bears finished the season with a below .500 record of 12-14 

overall and 3-6 in conference play.  

Team members include Krizia Buck, Anna Buyukyan,     
Stephanie Gonzalez Valero, Kristina Horsikyan, Simona Horsikyan, Allison Murphy, Sasha Ruocco, and Bianca Strukelj.