Emporia State Tennis Splits Against Rockhurst in Lawrence

February 15, 2026-Both the Emporia State men and women dropped duals against Rockhurst on Sunday in Lawrence, Kan.   Rockhurst Men 4, Emporia State 2 Two of the three doubles matches went to a tiebreaker with Rockhurst winning 6-3 at #2 before Luke West and Duvan Santiago Torres picked up a 7-6 (8-6) win at #3 for the equalizer. The Hawks won the point with a 7-6 (7-5) win at #1 doubles. Rockhurst went up 2-0 before Diego Calvo won 7-5, 6-1 to get the Hornets on the board. Mostafa Elbasnaly evened the dual with a 6-3, 6-2 win at 2 singles.  Anton Sarunic and Killian Guillou went to three sets at #1 with Guillou pulling out a 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 win to give the Hawks a 3-2 lead. A straight sets win at #5 clinched the dual for Rockhurst and the #6 singles match was abandoned.     Rockhurst Women 4, Emporia State 0 The Hawks swept the doubles competition to take an early 1-0 lead and went up 2-0 with a 6-0, 6-0 win at 3 singles.  Yuliya Klimova won her first set 7-3 in a tiebreaker before dropping the next two sets as Rockhust took a 3-0
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