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ARKADELPHIA, Ark. \u2013 The Harding women’s tennis team wrapped up its opening event of the 2026-27 fall season Friday, competing in the Great American Conference Individual Championships hosted by Ouachita Baptist University at the Ward Tennis Center.<\/p>\n
Sophomore Rebecca Boldireva<\/a> provided the highlight of the two-day tournament for the Lady Bisons, storming all the way to the championship match of the Green Flight in singles play.<\/p>\n Singles Action<\/p>\n
Flight 1 (Purple): Brooke Coffman<\/a> opened her tournament with a convincing 6-1, 6-1 victory over Ouachita Baptist’s Anastasia Myachina in the quarterfinals before falling in the semifinals to No. 2 seed Elis Gergel of Arkansas Tech. Aline Aveiro<\/a> also represented Harding in the top draw, dropping a tight 6-4, 6-4 decision to Gergel in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
Flight 2 (Blue): Sofia Sarmiento Ruiz<\/a> battled into the semifinals with a 2-6, 6-2, [10-8] tiebreaker win over Ouachita’s Jennifer Pfaefflin before falling to Southern Arkansas’ Kaera Fukai. Maika Wendt<\/a> bounced back from a quarterfinal setback to earn a 6-3, 3-6, [10-7] victory over Karli Gay (OBU) in the consolation semifinals.<\/p>\n
Flight 3 (Red): Kate Higgs<\/a> advanced to the semifinals with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Arkansas Tech’s Nayara Alvarez before being forced to retire due to injury. Mia Hosking<\/a> rebounded from an opening-round loss to defeat Alvarez 4-6, 6-4, [10-8] in the consolation semifinals.<\/p>\n
Flight 4 (Green): Boldireva turned in a stellar tournament run, defeating Radvile Survilaite 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinals before knocking off top-seeded Mariangel Pernia of Arkansas Tech 2-6, 7-6 (4), [10-4] in the semifinals. She finished as the Green Flight runner-up after falling to Southern Arkansas’ Arianna Garcia in the final. Kenna Kelley<\/a> picked up a 6-1, 6-1 win over teammate Lauren Hall<\/a> in the consolation quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
Doubles Competition<\/p>\n In top-flight doubles action, the tandem of Maika Wendt<\/a> and Brooke Coffman<\/a> advanced to the Purple Flight semifinals. The pair earned a quarterfinal victory over Ouachita’s Karli Gay and Anastasia Myachina via injury default before falling to Southeastern Oklahoma State’s Daniela Garcia and Daniela Vivas Valencia.<\/p>\n In the Blue Flight, the pairs of Lauren Hall<\/a>\/Rebecca Boldireva<\/a>, Mia Hosking<\/a>\/Paula Rega<\/a>, and Kenna Kelley<\/a>\/Kate Higgs<\/a> all saw quarterfinal action.<\/p>\n Up Next<\/p>\n Harding will return home to host the Harding Invitational in Searcy on Oct. 16-17 at the David Elliott Tennis Complex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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