BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The Illinois State women's tennis team competed in its second and final match of opening weekend against Ball State Sunday.
Illinois State's Jana Kustkova and Ivon Mihaleva faced off against Julia Sbircea and Peyton Gollhofer. The tandem took their first doubles loss of the Spring season, 6-3. Laura Fitzgerald and Estelle Vanthier continued the weekend in the three doubles position against Isabelle Dohanics and Sarah Swiderski. The duo was defeated by their opponents, 6-4. Veronika Golanova and Jelena-Karla Vujicic fought hard in the fight for one doubles against their opponents Audrey Berger and Rebecca Herrington, but fell short in the tie breaker, 7-6(2). The Redbirds went into singles, 0-1 against Ball State.
Mihaleva took on Sec in five singles and fell short to her opponent, 6-2, 6-1. Vanthier faced Herrington for three singles and was defeated, 6-4, 6-3.
Kustkova fought against her opponent Dohanics in four singles, but was defeated 6-0, 6-2. Vujicic fought hard against her opponent Swiderski in the two singles spot, taking the match to three sets, but falling short in the final set, 6-2, 2-6, 6-0.
Fitzgerald took on Sbircea in the fight for six singles and was able to defeat her opponent in two sets, 6-4, 6-4. Giving the Redbirds their first win of the match. Golanova pushed hard against Gollhofer in one singles, but was defeated, 6-4, 7-6(3).
Order of Finish:
Doubles: 2, 3, 1
Singles: 5, 3, 4*, 2, 6, 1
RESULTS
The Redbirds will return to play Saturday Feb. 3 for their first away match up against Chicago State at 3 p.m. That same weekend the birds will also take on Iowa State back at home at 1 p.m. The match will be held at the Bloomington Tennis Center located at 4101 Wicker Rd, Bloomington, Illinois.