BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Henderson State women's tennis 2022-23 season came to an end Saturday afternoon in the GAC Tournament semifinals to No. 1 seed Arkansas Tech, 4-1.
 
The Reddies finish the year with a 13-7 record, claiming its most wins in a single season since joining the GAC in 2012.
 
Henderson and Tech split doubles matches No. 1 and No. 3 as the No. 2 line stood to determine the doubles point. Both tandems held serve all the way through as play went to a 6-6 tiebreaker.
 
The Golden Suns took the match's first point after a 7-4 tiebreaker win for the early 1-0 lead. In the second regular season meeting between HSU and ATU, Tech won 6-1 after taking the doubles nod.
 
After falling down 2-0 with an Arkansas Tech win at No. 6, Haarini Balakrishnan played her best GAC match of the season, defeating Sofia Beggiatto at the No. 5 spot in straight sets, 6-4, 6-0. Henderson then got first-set victories at Nos. 2-4 to threaten the Golden Suns' lead.
 
Arkansas Tech's Madelina Amil forced a third set at No. 4 before taking the match, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 for the 3-1 lead. No. 16 Mulan Kamoe at the top line fell in uncharacteristic fashion to No. 35 Lea Grinberg, last year's GAC Player of the Year, 7-5, 6-2 as matches two and three were left unfinished.
 
Henderson St. will return in 2023-24 without having lost any players to graduation, including GAC Player of the Year Kamoe and Newcomer of the Year Marianna Murcia.
 
 
RESULTS
 
Doubles
No. 1 Mulan Kamoe/Kristina Kozlova (HSU) def. Aastha Dargude/Lea Grinberg (ATU) 6-3
No. 2 Daniela Baez/Sofia Beggiatto (ATU) def. Jenna Kate Bohnert/Haarini Balakrishnan (HSU) 7-6 (7-4)
No. 3 Madelina Amil/Melanie Griffiths (ATU) def. Marianna Murcia/Tirzah Bailey (HSU) 6-1
 
Singles
No. 1 (#35) Lea Grinberg (ATU) def. (#16) Mulan Kamoe (HSU) 7-5, 6-2
No. 2 Kristina Kozlova (HSU) vs. Daniela Baez (ATU) 6-4, 4-6, 0-0 unfinished
No. 3 Marianna Murcia (HSU) vs. Aastha Dargude (ATU) 6-2, 4-6, 2-3 unfinished
No. 4 Madelina Amil (ATU) def. Jenna Kate Bohnert (HSU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 Haarini Balakrishnan (HSU) def. Sofia Beggiatto (ATU) 6-4, 6-0
No. 6 Isabella Major (ATU) def. Neha Dandu (HSU) 6-0, 6-3