BENTONVILLE, Ark. - After a 3-0 sweep of doubles play, Arkansas Tech defeated Southern Nazarene 5-2 in the opening round of the Great American Conference Championships on Thursday, moving the Golden Suns into the tournament semifinals.

NEXT UP

Arkansas Tech (12-5) will face second-seeded Southeastern Oklahoma in the conference semifinals on Friday at 2 p.m. at the Bentonville Memorial Park Tennis Complex.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Arkansas Tech cruised through the doubles portion of competition, winning three matches by a combined game score of 24-5. With the Golden Suns win in the No. 2 doubles match, Annabel Rowlands becomes just the fourth player in school history to win 100 career matches.

Katie Harris gave the Suns the first win in singles action and a 4-0 lead in the dual after surrendering just one game in the No. 6 singles match.

Southern Nazarene won its first match of the day at the No. 2 singles position, then cut Tech's lead to 4-2 with a win in the No. 1 singles match, but Kami Ward closed the door with a two-set win at the third position to end the dual.

MATCH BREAKDOWN

(No. 1 Doubles) - Katharina Drebka/Julia Schoch (Tech) def. Noelia Gomez/Zoe Gray (SNU) 8-2

(No. 2 Doubles) - Annabel Rowlands/Kami Ward (Tech) def. Anna Garcia/Dragana Samardzic (SNU) 8-1

(No. 3 Doubles) - Megan Bell/Teresa Sanchez (Tech) def. Polina Chala/Judit Mas (SNU) 8-2

(No. 1 Singles) - Noelia Gomez (SNU) def. Katharina Drebka (Tech) 1-6; 6-1; 7-5

(No. 2 Singles) - Polina Chala (SNU) def. Teresa Sanchez (Tech) 6-2; 6-0

(No. 3 Singles) - Kami Ward (Tech) def. Anna Garcia (SNU) 7-6 (7-2); 6-2

(No. 4 Singles) - Julia Schoch (Tech) vs. Dragan Samardzic (SNU) 5-6; 6-3; 3-3, unfinished

(No. 5 Singles) - Annabel Rowlands (Tech) vs. Judit Mas (SNU) 7-6 (7-2); 5-2, unfinished

(No. 6 Singles) - Katie Harris (Tech) def. Zoe Gray (SNU) 6-0; 6-1

ORDER OF FINISH

Doubles - 3, 1, 2

Singles - 6, 2, 1, 3