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Toledo Set for Three MAC Matches this Week
4/5/2021 4:13:00 PM | Women's Tennis
TOLEDO, Ohio – The University of Toledo women's tennis team will play three matches this week. A Tuesday trip to Buffalo will precede two home matches this weekend against Western Michigan and Eastern Michigan.
The Rockets and Bulls will battle at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday. Friday's match against the Broncos and Sunday's tilt with the Eagles are both scheduled for 1:00 p.m. starts at the UT Varsity Tennis Courts.
"This is a big week for our team," head coach Tracy Mauntler said. "Playing three conference matches in six days will challenge the players both mentally and physically. I feel confident that our training has prepared us for the week."
Last Time Out
Toledo visited arch-rival Bowling Green on Friday and won a close 4-3 contest.
The Rockets dominated in doubles play to take a 1-0 lead in the match. Freshman Cassie Alcala and sophomore Sloane Teske won 6-2 on the top court, while senior Patricia Panta and sophomore Laura Morera won by an identical score on the No. 2 doubles court to clinch the point.
However the Falcons were able to win the first three singles matches to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the match. Alcala halved the deficit by winning on the top court (6-3, 6-1) to make it 3-2, then freshman Julia Kuszynski outlasted her BGSU counterpart on the No. 4 court to tie the match at 3-3. Kuszynski won the first set 6-2, lost the second 6-3, then came back to win the decisive third set 6-4.
For the second time this season, the Battle of I-75 came down to the final match, and freshman Shalini Tallamraju was able to defeat her Falcon opponent in three sets (6-4, 4-6, 6-2) to clinch the win for the Rockets and improve their record to 7-7 (3-3 MAC).
About Buffalo
Buffalo is 4-4 entering Tuesday's match, most recently having dropped a 4-3 decision at home to Ball State on Saturday. Three players lead the team with five singles victories: Pia Schwarz, Hsin-Yuan Shih, and Gabriella Akopyan. Schwarz is 5-2 on the season when playing on the No. 1 singles court.
About Western Michigan
Western Michigan owns a 13-1 record and is 5-1 in the MAC, a game behind MAC-leading Ball State in the standings. The Broncos haven't played since the last weekend in March, when they defeated Buffalo and Northern Illinois on Friday and Sunday, respectively. The doubles tandem of Ana Guadiana and Kaitlyn Rogosch have twice been named MAC Doubles Team of the Week.
About Eastern Michigan
Eastern Michigan is 9-9 on the season and won two non-conference matchups on Friday, defeating Butler and Indiana Tech. The Eagles won a previous matchup with the Rockets on March 26, 4-3, in Ypsilanti.
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