PINE BLUFF, Ark. - The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Golden Lions and Lady Lions fell to Alcorn State University 5-2, 7-0, respectively in Southwestern Athletic Conference play at the grand opening of the Bloom Tennis Center. Simon Lewis and Jualon Greig both picked up wins in singles action following the ribbon cutting ceremony in Pine Bluff.


Alcorn 5, Golden Lions 2

Singles Competition

1) Kert Kilumets (Alcorn) defeated Sajid Rahman (UAPB) 6-2, 6-4

2) Simon Lewis (UAPB) defeated Stojan Stojanovski (Alcorn) 6-1, 1-6, 10-5

3) Johnatan Parat (Alcorn) defeated Aravind Vangala (UAPB) 3-6, 6-1, 11-9

4) Jualon Greig (UAPB) defeated Ivan Matas (Alcorn) 6-1, 6-4

5) Suyash Gupta (Alcorn) defeated Khusto Ledwaba (UAPB) 6-0, 6-2

6) Nuno Rocha (Alcorn) defeated Le'Darrien Ledbetter (UAPB) 7-6 (7-3), 6-4


Doubles Competition

1) Kert Kilumets/Stojan Stojanovski (Alcorn) defeated Jualon Greig/Sajid Rahman (UAPB) 6-4

2) Nuno Rocha/Ivan Matas (Alcorn) defeated Le'Darrien Ledbetter/Aravind Vangala (UAPB) 6-3

3) Suyash Gupta/Johnatan Parat (Alcorn) defeated Simon Lewis/Junius Ross (UAPB) 6-2



Alcorn 7, Lady Lions 0

Singles Competition

1) Bianca Birkenstock (Alcorn) defeated Ana Padilla (UAPB) 6-4, 6-2

2) Ammaarah Tim (Alcorn) defeated Taylor Shaw (UAPB) 6-1, 6-0

3) Alessandra Maganuco (Alcorn) deafeated Amira Taylor (UAPB) 6-1, 6-0

4) Klavdija Bukovec (Alcorn) defeated Amira Ali (UAPB) 6-0, 6-0

5) Marlene Maier (Alcorn) defeated Jana Lewis (UAPB) 6-0, 6-0


Doubles Competition

1) Ammaarah Tim/Alessandra Maganuco (Alcorn) defeated Ana Padilla/Taylor Shaw (UAPB) 6-0

2) Klavdija Bukovec/Anastasia Vaganova (Alcorn) defeated Amira Taylor/Amira Ali (UAPB) 6-0 


Both Lady Lions and Golden Lions tennis teams will return to action on March 16-17 at the SWAC Round Up 2 in Montgomery, Alabama.