Released By The MEAC,
North Carolina Central’s women’s doubles team, Valeria San Miguel Soria and Sara Barbaric, and South Carolina State’s men’s duo, Mikalai Bankou and Bastian Zamora, claimed the doubles championships at the 2nd Annual MEAC Tennis Invitational at Cary Tennis Park.
On the women’s side, San Miguel Soria and Barbaric earned the doubles crown with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over teammates Alejandra Hidalgo and Mariana Zottoli in the final. The duo opened play with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Morgan State’s Lauryn Hall and Roua Lumin, before rallying past Delaware State’s Lucia Casa Blas and Sia Mahajan, 3-6, 6-2, 1-0, in the semifinals. The championship marks the first women’s doubles title for North Carolina Central, after South Carolina State swept the event in 2024…