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Razorbacks down Drake, but loss to Wichita State, but fall in long battle to ’Shockers

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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas men’s tennis team (1-1) split two matches to open the spring on Saturday night at the Dills Indoor Tennis Center.

The Razorbacks downed Drake in their home opener, 4-1, but fell in a nearly four-hour battle to Wichita State, 4-3.

After dropping the doubles match to the Bulldogs, Arkansas put together four straight-set wins to capture the victory.

Freshman Melvin Manuel got the Razorbacks on the board in his first match in an Arkansas uniform, downing Reid Jarvis 6-0, 6-3. Enrique Paya and Nico Rousset followed it up with two quick wins at the No. 6 and No. 4 spots, respectively.

After winning a first set tiebreak, 7-4, Alex Reco cruised by Evan Fragistas in the second set, winning 6-1 to give Arkansas the victory.

Later in the day the Hogs looked to make a comeback attempt against the Shockers but ultimately fell in the final singles match by two games.

Reco and Paya won their second matches of the day as the two squads were tied up at two points apiece after three singles matches. Reco won 6-2, 6-2 at the No. 2 spot while Paya downed Alex Richards, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5).

After Arkansas dropped the No. 4 spot, Maxim Verboven battled to a comeback win in the top spot over Murkel Dellien.

Verboven dropped the first set tie break (6-8) but was able to take the next sets 6-2 and 7-5 as the Razorbacks were tied at three with just one singles match to play.

In the last match Jose Dominguez Alonso picked up an 8-6 tiebreak win in the second set but his Shocker opponent, Elio Lago, won a break point and took the third set 7-5.

The Razorbacks will be back at the Dills Indoor Tennis Center tomorrow afternoon for a meeting with Middle Tennessee. First serve is scheduled for 2 p.m.

Information from Razorback Sports Communications is included in this story.

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2024 High School Rankings

Following is the Arkansas Sports Media High School Football Poll including the Overall Top 10, the top five in Classes 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, plus the top three in the 8-man division, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending August 24. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from last week's poll:
OVERALLRecordPtsPrv
1.Bryant (25)10-02681
2.Greenwood (2)10-02343
30Conway9-12022
4.Little Rock Parkview9-11714
5.Bentonville7-31625
6.Benton9-11486
7.Fayetteville8-21117
8.Pulaski Academy8-2898
9.Rogers7-3439
10.Joe T. Robinson9-122
Others receiving votes: Valley View 8, Mountain Home 7, Cabot 6, Little Rock Catholic 6, Shiloh Christian 6, Elkins 1, Farmington 1.
CLASS 7A
1.Bryant (27)10-01351
2.Conway9-11022
3.Bentonville7-3813
4.Fayetteville8-2454
5.Pulaski Academy8-2395
Others receiving votes: Rogers 3.
CLASS 6A
1.Greenwood (27)10-01351
2.Benton9-11082
3.Mountain Home8-2623
4.Shiloh Christian7-3494
5.Little Rock Catholic9-1345
Others receiving votes: Marion 6.
CLASS 5A
1.Little Rock Parkview (27)9-11351
2.Joe T. Robinson9-11062
3.Valley View10-0793
4.Farmington9-1484
5.Hot Springs Lakeside8-2205
Others receiving votes: Camden Fairview 7, Harding Academy 7, Morrilton 3.
CLASS 4A
1.Elkins (20)10-01261
3.Arkadelphia (5)8-2913
2.Little Rock Mills (1)10-0682
4.Warren8-2554
5.Dardanell (1)9-123
Southside Batesville10-023
Others receiving votes: Malvern 12, Gravette 5, Highland 2.
CLASS 3A
1.Bismarck (12)10-01051t
2.Fordyce (10)10-0961t
3.Prescott (1)9-1704
4.Osceola (2)8-1543
5.Booneville (1)9-1395
Others receiving votes: Mansfield (1) 23, Rivercrest 10, Rison 4, Salem 4.
CLASS 2A
1.Carlisle (20)10-01271
2.Conway Christian (7)10-01152
3.Des Arc8-2595
4.East Poinsett Co.7-352
5.Bigelow6-4183
Murfreesboro7-3184
Others receiving votes: Mount Ida 6, Junction City 4, Cross County 3, Poyen 3.
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Strong-Huttig (27)5-0811
2.Midland9-0532
3.Cedar Ridge8-1253
Others receiving votes: Woodlawn 3.

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