Ouachita Baptist upsets UWF in championship

From Staff Reports

For the second consecutive season, Ouachita Baptist University pinned a loss on the University of West Florida in the Gulf South Conference Women's Tennis Championship match. The 12th-ranked Tigers posted a 5-3 upset victory over the fourth ranked Argonauts to claim their second consecutive GSC Women's Tennis Championship. UWF falls to 23-5.
Ouachita Baptist won two of three doubles matches to begin the championship. The first position doubles match featured two of the top 12 doubles teams in the nation. The sixth-ranked duo of Brenda Magnetti and Helena Besovic dominated the 12th-ranked team of Eva Papastratides and Nicole Plikat 8-1. Sabrina Benitez and Inga Ziemina followed with a hard-fought 8-6 triumph over Sabine Krawietz and Pilar Cortes. The Argos tandum of Diana Olave and Giulianna Oblitas won UWF’s only doubles match by default.
Ouachita Baptist won three singles matches to clinch the victory, including two victories in the top two singles positions. Fifth-ranked Besovic topped Krawietz, 6-4, 7-5 while 34th-ranked Magnetti upset 18th-ranked Plikat, 6-3, 6-2. UWF’s Cortes easily won 6-0, 6-0 over Casey Danner, and Miranda Dutra won by default. Ouachita Baptist also picked up a victory from Benitez, who recorded a 6-0, 6-4 triumph over Olave.