NORMAL, Ill. – Junior Marketa Trousilova posted wins in both singles and doubles, but Illinois State improved to 9-8 on the season with a 6-1 victory over the University of Evansville women’s tennis team on Friday afternoon.
Trousilova along with Marina Moreno won their sixth singles tilt in a row. The pair defeated Emmie Marx and Sierra Stone by an 8-7 final. At top singles, Trousilova defeated Phyllis Tiggers, 7-6, 6-2. She is 9-2 in her lasts 11 singles efforts.
Things went the Redbirds’ way from that point as they took the doubles tally with wins in the first and third flights. Top doubles saw Kelsey Costales and Natasha James fall to Tigges and Madeliene Baillon, 8-3. No. 3 doubles saw Heather Nisbet and Kadi Ilves top Andjela Brguljan and Mina Milovic by an 8-3 final.
Second flight singles saw Moreno fall to Marx, 6-1, 7-5. No. 3 singles saw Costales defeated by Stone, 6-3, 6-3.
Flight four saw Brguljan fall to Carolina Abello in three sets, 6-7, 7-5, 10-8. Milovic was defeated by Baillon in flight five, 6-0, 6-1. Illinois State won No. 6 singles by default as Ilves was credited with the win.
Tomorrow, the Purple Aces look to end the regular season on a high note when they make the trip on I74 from Normal to Peoria, Ill. to face Bradley. The match will begin at 1 pm.
