ARKADELPHIA, Ark. - Henderson State finished off the 2023-24 regular season with a 4-1 win over Fort Hays State at the Bettye Wallace Tennis Center Sunday afternoon.

Seniors Tirzah Bailey, Mulan Kamoe, Marianna Murcia and Haarini Balakrishnan helped propel HSU to 13-8 overall with the senior day victory.

Kamoe lost just two games between doubles and singles as the defending GAC Player of the Year finished her final campaign in Arkadelphia with a 12-6 record in doubles and 15-6 stand at singles, all of which came at the No. 1 spot.

The Nasoso Nadi, Fiji native alongside Kristina Kozlova picked up the first doubles win for the Reddies, blanking Fort Hays' top tandem, 6-0. Jenna Kate Bohnert and Angela Georgieva, after holding a slim 2-1 lead, secured four of the final five games for the 6-2 win.

With the red-and-gray holding the early 1-0 lead, three singles matches separated Henderson from clinching. Head coach Annabel Harvey got that from three of her seniors in Kamoe, Murcia and Balakrishnan.

Kamoe claimed the easy-going 6-1, 6-1 win, followed by Murcia, 6-2, 6-1 and Balakrishnan, 6-1, 7-5, for her first win of the season at the No. 5 spot.

Henderson St. (13-8, 3-2 GAC) will head into the GAC Championships as the No. 4 seed, where they will face No. 5 Arkansas Tech in the first round from Bentonville, Ark., Thursday, Apr. 25. The Reddies won both meetings with the Golden Suns this season.

RESULTS

Doubles:
No. 1 #34 Mulan Kamoe/Kristina Kozlova (HSU) def. Shreethika Vangala/Fiorella Mendez (FHSU) 6-0
No. 2 Jenna Kate Bohnert/Angela Georgieva (HSU) def. Irina Alfonso/Ines Latorre (FHSU) 6-2
No. 3 Grace Unruh/Yone Pereiro (FHSU) vs. Marianna Murcia/Haarini Balakrishnan (HSU) 4-3 unfinished

Singles:
No. 1 Mulan Kamoe (HSU) def. Shreethika Vangala (FHSU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 Kristina Kozlova (HSU) vs. Irina Alfonso (FHSU) 6-3, 3-3 unfinished 
No. 3 Angela Georgieva (HSU) vs. Yone Pereiro (FHSU) 6-3, 3-0
No. 4 Marianna Murcia (HSU) def. Ines Latorre (FHSU) 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 Haarini Balakrishnan (HSU) def. Fiorella Mendez (FHSU) 6-1, 7-5
No. 6 Grace Unruh (FHSU) def. Tirzah Bailey (HSU) 6-4, 6-3