Senior Day is Friday for Aces Tennis

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Andjela Brguljan to be recognized

Senior Andjela Brguljan will be recognized on Friday as the University of Evansville women’s tennis team wraps up its home slate with a Missouri Valley Conference match against Missouri State.

The match will begin at 1:30 p.m. at Wesselman Park with Senior Day festivities starting at 1:15 p.m.  Admission is free.

 

UE is coming off of a 2-1 home weekend where they picked up wins over Bradley and Taylor University.  Evansville picked up the doubles point in both matches to get an early edge.  UE also had a stellar day in singles in the opener versus the Brafves.  Chieko Yamada, Diana Tkachenko Daria Pentsova and Andrea Pascual-Larrinaga each went 2-0 in singles.  Yamada and Tkachenko played at #1 and 2 singles, respectively while Pentsova earned the win in the fourth flight against the Braves before playing in the #3 spot against Taylor.

Pascual-Larrinaga was in the #6 flight in the win over Bradley and moved up to #4 versus Taylor.  Theodora Soldatou added a win in the fifth flight in the day’s first match-up while Andjela Brguljan took the win in two sets against Taylor in the second outing in flight five.