Women's Tennis Defeated by WMU, 7-0

Saturday, March 28

Kalamazoo, MI

1:00 p.m.

University of Toledo

Western Michigan

3/28/2009 4:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis

KALAMAZOO, MI - The women's tennis team suffered a tough loss on Saturday to the Western Michigan Broncos, falling 7-0.

"This was a tough loss for us but I still believe that we are getting better as a team as the team is having to step up without Martina," said Head Coach Tracy Mauntler. " I believe that we have a few players hitting their stride right now. We will continue to battle our way through the conference season in preparation of the MAC tournament."

Maha Guirguis played the longest match of the day in No. 2 singles when she faced off against Emily Dudzik. Guirguis and Dudzik played a three-set match with each set going to a tie breaker. Dudzik took the first set 7-6 (4) and then Guirguis responded with a 7-6 (2) win in the second set. With the overall match already decided, Dudzik won the super tiebreaker 10-5 for the victory in No. 2 singles.

UT will continue to work through a five-match road streak when it heads to Ypsilanti, MI next Saturday to take on the Eastern Michigan Eagles at 1:00 p.m.

#72 Western Michigan 7, Toledo 0
Mar 28, 2009 at Kalamazoo, Mich. (West Hills Athletic Club)

Singles competition
1. Kerstin Pahl (WMU) def. Ashley Frey (UT) 6-3, 6-3
2. Emily Dudzik (WMU) def. Maha Guirguis (UT) 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (2-7), 1-0 (10-5)
3. Jenny Nalepa (WMU) def. Nadia Zoubareva (UT) 6-3, 7-5
4. Maria Nivia (WMU) def. Jenny Belsky (UT) 6-3, 6-0
5. Ashley Moccia (WMU) def. Jessica Azoulay (UT) 6-1, 6-0
6. Rachel Denny (WMU) def. Melissa Reynolds (UT) 6-0, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Emily Dudzik/Yumi Matsuto (WMU) def. Ashley Frey/Nadia Zoubareva (UT) 8-4
2. #64 Amanda Moccia/Kerstin Pahl (WMU) def. Maha Guirguis/Jenny Belsky (UT) 8-3
3. Ashley Moccia/Maria Nivia (WMU) def. Jessica Azoulay/Melissa Reynolds (UT) 8-2