Women’s tennis earns 7-0 win over Missouri State

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UE wraps up home schedule

 In the final home match of the season, the University of Evansville women’s tennis team earned a 7-0 win over Missouri State on Friday afternoon at Wesselman Park.

 

“This was a great team win and a great way to honor Andjela on Senior Day! We came out with great energy and effort and were able to sweep the doubles and really set a tone for the match,” Aces head coach Jayson Wiseman said.  “We did a great job of carrying that momentum over to singles and were able to secure the win with quick straight set victories at #1, 2, & 6 singles. We had a couple closer matches in the second set at #4 & 5 but Dasha & Andrea did an excellent job of closing those sets out.”

 

“Having Nicoli come back from down a set and down 3-0 to win her match at #3 really capped off the perfect day,” Wiseman added.

 

Evansville got off to a nice start in doubles, taking all three match-ups to earn the first point of the day.  From there, the squad continued to win in singles as Chieko Yamada and Diana Tkachenko took flights 1 and 2, respectively.

 

Nicoli Pereira battled from an early hole to take an exciting win at #3 singles in three sets.  Flights 4-6 featured wins by Daria Pentsova, Andrea Pascual-Larrinaga and Andjela Brguljan each in two sets as the Aces won by the final of 7-0 on Brguljan’s Senior Day.

 

The regular season winds down next weekend with a 1 p.m. match at Drake on Saturday, April 22 before the Purple Aces head to Cedar Falls to face UNI on Sunday at 10 a.m.

 

Tennis Match Results

Missouri State vs University of Evansville

Apr 14, 2017 at Evansville, Ind.

(Wesselman Park)

 

University of Evansville 7, Missouri State 0

 

Singles competition

  1. Chieko Yamada (UE) def. Alye Darter (MSU) 6-2, 6-1
  2. Diana Tkachenko (UE) def. Fati Khamissi (MSU) 6-2, 6-2
  3. Nicoli Pereira (UE) def. Phoebe Boeschen (MSU) 3-6, 7-6 (4-0), 1-0 (5-0)
  4. Daria Pentsova (UE) def. Anelisse Torrico (MSU) 6-0, 7-5
  5. Andrea Pascual-Larri (UE) def. Ekaterina Donetskova (MSU) 6-2, 6-4
  6. Andjela Brguljan (UE) def. Abbey Belote (MSU) 6-2, 6-0

 

Doubles competition

  1. Theodora Soldatou/Chieko Yamada (UE) def. Fati Khamissi/Ekaterina Donetskova (MSU) 6-1
  2. Diana Tkachenko/Nicoli Pereira (UE) def. Alye Darter/Alexia Meyer (MSU) 6-1
  3. Andjela Brguljan/Daria Pentsova (UE) def. Anelisse Torrico/Phoebe Boeschen (MSU) 6-4

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