KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Toledo sophomore JJ Scholten won the Mid-American Conference Individual Tennis Singles Championship in Kalamazoo, Mich. on Sunday afternoon. Scholten tallied a 6-1, 6-1 win over freshman teammate Isabella Barretto.

With today's win, Scholten will represent Toledo and the Mid-American Conference at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) Conference Masters Tournament in San Diego, Calif. on Nov. 6-9.

Scholten won four singles matchups this weekend against conference opponents, posting straight set victories over Northern Illinois's Theodora Kousius and Bowling Green's Tia Clemens. She also earned a win over Ball State's Sarah Shahbaz who retired.

Freshman Isabella Barretto won her first matchups against MAC competition, earning singles wins over opponents from Eastern Michigan, UMass and Buffalo. She won three-straight matches to compete against her teammate Scholten in the championship match.

In doubles play, freshmen Anastasia Akuginova and Barretto teamed up to earn a win over Eastern Michigan's Lara Diaz Zayas and Pehal Kharadkar. The duo then fell to Esme Andresen and Maria Glowacka.

Scholten paired with sophomore Neha Guru in doubles play, advancing to the quarterfinals with a win over Buffalo's Sarah Hartel and Deanne Choo before falling to Miami's Malu Oliveira and Allie Faulkner.

Quoting Head Coach Tracy Mauntler
"I am so incredibly proud to have JJ and Izzy in the singles final. This tournament started with the 18 best singles players in the MAC and we have the last two standing, a sophomore and a freshman. Congrats to JJ on winning the championship without dropping a set. She has picked up right where she left off after going undefeated in her freshman season."

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Toledo will continue fall competition by hosting the Rocket Invitational on Friday, Oct. 10-Saturday, Oct. 11 at the UT Varsity Tennis Courts.

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MAC Individual Tennis Championship
Friday, Oct. 3-Sunday, Oct. 5 | Kalamazoo, Mich.

Friday Results
Doubles
Anastasia Akuginova/Isabella Barretto (TOL) def. Diaz Zayas/Kharadkar (EMU), 8-1
JJ Scholten/Neha Guru (TOL) def. Hartel/Choo (UB), 8-4
Andresen/Glowacka (UB) def. Akuginova/Barretto (TOL), 8-6

Singles
Isabella Barretto (TOL) def. Lara Diaz Zayas (EMU) 6-2, 6-2
JJ Scholten (TOL) def. Theodora Kousius (NIU) 7-5, 6-2

Saturday Results
Doubles Quarterfinals
Oliveira/Faulkner (MIA) def. Scholten/Guru (TOL), 9-8(7)

Singles Quarterfinals
Isabella Barretto (TOL) def. Ella Faessler (UMass) 6-1, 6-0
JJ Scholten (TOL) def. Sarah Shahbaz (BSU), 6-2, Retired

Sunday Results
Singles Championship
JJ Scholten (TOL) def. Tia Clemens (BGSU) 6-4, 6-2
Isabella Barretto (TOL) def. Esmee Andresen (UB) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (6)
JJ Scholten (TOL) def. Isabella Barretto (TOL) 6-1, 6-1