ARKADELPHIA, Ark. - Henderson State women's tennis played its first of three home matches over the next three days, defeating Texas A&M-Texarkana, 6-1.

After sweeping doubles, HSU took five of the six singles matches to claim the victory. Of the five singles victories, the Reddies lost just nine total games.

Marianna Murcia and Haarini Balakrishnan blanked their opponents at the No. 3 doubles line, 6-0. Jenna Kate Bohnert and Angela Georgieva clinched the doubles point with a 6-1 win at No. 2 before Mulan Kamoe and Kristina Kozlova completed the sweep at the top spot, 6-3.

Balakrishnan, as she did in doubles, got through with her match early, giving HSU a 2-0 lead with a 6-1, 6-1 win at the No. 6 line. Bohnert won all 12 games at the No. 4 spot, 6-0, 6-0. The match was clinched with Murcia taking her match at No. 5 in straight sets, 6-0, 6-2.

Both Kristina Kozlova and Angela Georgieva won their respective first sets, 6-0, before taking the match with a second-set, 6-2 and 6-3 tally, respectively.

Henderson St. (4-2) will remain in Arkadelphia for the next two days as it meets previously-nationally ranked Angelo State at the Bettye Wallace Tennis Center Friday, Feb. 23 at 2 p.m.

RESULTS

Doubles:
No. 1 Mulan Kamoe/Kristina Kozlova (HSU) def. Andrea Barcenas/Lydia Oviedo (TAMUT) 6-3
No. 2 Jenna Kate Bohnert/Angela Georgieva (HSU) def. Andrea Castillo/Kenzie Feist (TAMUT) 6-1
No. 3 Marianna Murcia/Haarini Balakrishnan (HSU) def. Tatum Sikes/Jaelee Young (TAMUT) 6-0

Singles:
No. 1 Andrea Barcenas (TAMUT) def. (#28) Mulan Kamoe (HSU) 3-6, 7-5, 10-1
No. 2 Kristina Kozlova (HSU) def. Lydia Oviedo (TAMUT) 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 Angela Georgieva (HSU) def. Andrea Castillo (TAMUT) 6-0, 6-3
No. 4 Jenna Kate Bohnert (HSU) def. Jaelee Young (TAMUT) 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 Marianna Murcia (HSU) def. Tatum Sikes (TAMUT) 6-0, 6-2
No. 6 Haarini Balakrishnan (HSU) def. Kenzie Feist (TAMUT) 6-1, 6-1