BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The Illinois State women's tennis team goes undefeated this weekend taking down, Chicago State 7-0 on Saturday Feb. 3 and Iowa State, 4-1 on Sunday Feb. 4.
To start off the match, the duo of Veronika Golanova and Jelena Karla Vujicic came out fighting to earn the first doubles win, the tandem of Valerija Gercar and Laura Fitzgerald clinched the first match point against Iowa State. The birds head into singles 1-0.
Vujicic set the tone for the Redbirds by securing the first singles win of the match, making her undefeated this weekend in singles and doubles. Estelle Vanthier took the only loss in the match up against Iowa State in four singles, leaving the score 2-1.
Fitzgerald followed through on her fight for six singles, claiming the 6-4, 6-2, win to get the Redbirds another step closer to victory. Ivon Mihaleva came through and clinched the 6-4, 6-4 win, over Iowa State.
Doubles:
1. Golanova/Vujicic (ISU) def. Cancini/Espinodla (Iowa State), 6-4
2. Jana Kustkova/Mihaleva (ISU) vs. Freeman/Bandanna (Iowa State), DNF
3. Gercar/Fitzgerald (SU) def. Repina/Timakova (Iowa State), 7-5
Order of Finish: 1, 3*
Singles:
1. Golanova (ISU) vs. Cancini (Iowa State), DNF
2. Vujicic (ISU) def. Repina (Iowa State), 6-3, 6-2
3. Kustkova (ISU) vs. Espinodla (Iowa State), DNF
4. Vanthier (ISU) vs. Freeman (Iowa State), 6-1, 6-0
5. Mihaleva (ISU) def. Bandanna (Iowa State), 6-4, 6-4
6. Fitzgerald (ISU) def. Timakova (Iowa State), 6-4, 6-2
Order of Finish: 2, 4, 6, 5*
RESULTS
ISU looks ahead to next weekend, preparing for the match up against Northern Illinois. The match will take place on Saturday Feb. 10 at 1 p.m. and will be held at the Bloomington Tennis Center in Bloomington Illinois.
