The University of Southern Indiana women’s tennis team broke a seven-game losing streak over the weekend with a 7-2 route of Purdue University Northwest on Sunday after a 7-0 loss to Butler University on Saturday.
USI vs. Butler
The Eagles’ (6-8, 0-0 GLVC) first stop was in Indianapolis where it took on Division I opponent Butler to start the weekend, falling 0-7.
USI vs. Purdue Northwest
Fast-forwarding to Sunday, USI went further north to Griffith, Indiana to face Purdue Northwest. The Eagles swept the Pride in all three doubles matches first starting with senior Jennifer Mizikar (Batavia, Illinois) and freshman Lauryn Thompson (Evansville, Indiana) winning 8-1 at the number three slot.
The duo of freshman Anna McDonald (Tallahassee, Florida) and sophomore Alex Jamison (Floyd Knobs, Indiana) came next with an 8-3 win of their own. The final doubles point came at the number one position with sophomore Lauren Hambrock (Terre Haute, Indiana) and senior Kelsey Shipman (Olney, Illinois) in a 8-5 final tally.
Mizikar then went on to start off the singles competition right for USI in the number five position, defeating her opponent 6-1, 6-2. Jamison followed up at the number four spot winning 6-2, 6-1. Hambrock then secured the number one singles win with a 6-3, 6-3 performance. The seventh, and final, USI point was capped by Shipman who won 6-3, 6-4 at the number two spot.
The Eagles will be on the road yet again for its next match on Wednesday, March 21 at 1:30 p.m. where the University of Missouri-St Louis awaits.
