February 11, 2021
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas women’s tennis team extended its win streak to five matches on Thursday afternoon, defeating Wichita State, 6-1 inside the Billingsley Tennis Center.
Doubles partners Jackie Carr and Kelly Keller made quick work of Alexandra Lazarova and Natsumi Kurahashi of Wichita State (6-2) while freshmen Razorback duo Morgan Cross and Indianna Spink defeated WSU’s Ting-Ya Hsu and Jie Xin Zheng, 6-3 to clinch the doubles point for Arkansas.
The Razorbacks saw continued success in singles play, taking down the Shockers on five of six courts. Laura Rijkers was the first to earn a win, registering a 6-1, 6-0 victory against WSU’s Lazarova. Keller and Rice followed suit, taking down Wichita State’s Marta Bellucco (6-1, 6-3) and Ting-Ya Hsu (6-3, 6-2) respectively.
February 10, 2021
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark- The University of Arkansas women’s tennis team continues its non-conference stretch of home matches this week when Wichita State visits on Thursday afternoon. The Hogs hold a 22-2 series advantage over the Shockers, with their eyes set on their 23rd win this Thursday.
Arkansas has been dominant all spring, winning both doubles matches and all six in singles play to top a strong Kansas team in January. The Razorbacks followed their dominating performance against Kansas with an identical sweep over Oral Roberts. The Razorbacks then improved to 4-0 on the season with a defeat of Kansas State (7-0) on Jan. 29.
February 3, 2021
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Freshman Indianna Spink racked up four impressive doubles and singles wins in a busy weekend for Arkansas women’s tennis this Friday and Sunday. Spink played in both the one and two spots for the Razorbacks in their wins over Kansas and Kansas State.
Spink’s recognition marks the first time since 2017 that an Arkansas Razorback was awarded SEC weekly honors of any kind, as she joins just eight other Hogs in program history to win the award.
In Arkansas’ double-header on Friday, Spink, and doubles partner freshman classmate Morgan Cross, helps the Hogs sweep Big 12 powerhouse, Kansas. In the number one spot for doubles, Spink and Cross defeated No. 40 Ngounoue and Manu and clinched the doubles point for the Razorbacks. The win is the first of many ranked wins for Spink and Cross at Arkansas. Spink went on to defeat Ngounoue in the number one spot during singles, taking down the Jayhawk (6-2, 6-4) to clinch the team v
February 3, 2021
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Freshman women’s tennis player, Morgan Cross was named UTR ITA Player of the Week, announced by the organization on Wednesday. Cross notched some big wins in singles and doubles last week, helping the Razorbacks to three consecutive sweeps of their opponents, Kansas, Oral Roberts and Kansas State.
Over the course of the action-packed weekend, Arkansas freshman Morgan Cross went undefeated in singles and doubles. Cross started off the weekend with a big win in doubles over No. 49 Ngounoue/Manu of Kansas. Cross and partner Spink clinched the doubles point against the Jayhawks helping the Razorbacks to a perfect 7-0 win.
January 24, 2021
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas women’s tennis team did an outstanding job at making a statement in its 2021 season opener on Sunday, defeating the SMU Mustangs 5-2 inside the Billingsley Tennis Center.
Arkansas took an early lead after capturing the doubles point early. Freshmen duo Indianna Spink and Morgan Cross dropped their match to Jackie Nylander and Chandler Carter of SMU in the number one spot (6-3), but shortly after Lauren Alter and Jackie Carr would tie the score with a 6-3 win over Winslow Huth and Claudia Bartolome. It would come down to court two, where Razorbacks Kelly Keller and Tatum Rice defeated Mustang pair Hadley Doyle and Nicole Petchey (6-3) to clinch the doubles point for the Hogs.