Day Two for the Hogs at HEB Invitational

The Arkansas women’s tennis team has shown a lot of determination and resilience since the start of the HEB Invitational. The Hogs opened the day with doubles play.

DOUBLES PLAY:

The duo Myrna Olaya and Claire Slaughter took on Baroja/Menon in round 1 but could not clinch the win and fell 6-4.

Next up was duo Kelly Keller and Laura Rijkers who advanced from the first round in the green and gold doubles. Keller and Rijkers fought hard and long and came out with a match win against Carolyn Ansari and Georgie Axon with a sore of 6-3. The duo would then find themselves facing Lexi Ryngler and Tijana Spasojevic, keeping fans at the edge of their seats, the match finally ended and Keller and Rijkers fell 7-6(5).

SINGLES PLAY:

Kelly Keller, Claire Slaughter, Laura Rijkers and Myrna Olaya had a good run for Singles play today. Keller was the first Hog to begin action play and took on Josie Frazier in the Gold Draw cons, but fell 6-4, 7-5. Up next Slaughter represented the Razorbacks in the green draw but could not clinch the win and lost 6-1, 6-0. Rijkers went up against Phonexay in an exhibition match and fell 6-1, 6-2, and while Olaya had a good run these last two days she found herself loosing as well in an exhibition match.

WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TOO:

Tomorrow all the Hogs will be playing in exhibition matches. To see more results on the HEB tournament click here