NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State women's tennis team returns home Wednesday, as the Redbirds host in-state foe Southern Illinois-Edwardsville for a mid-week matchup at the Bloomington Tennis & Turf complex with first serve set for 11 a.m.
"We're excited to be back home for another challenging matchup," ISU head coach Maja Kovacek said. "We had a lot of positives to take away from Sunday's matches in spite of the losses, and we'll to build on those and continue to improve tomorrow against SIUE."
The Redbirds are coming off a tough weekend against SEC foe Missouri, as the Tigers won both matches in a Sunday doubleheader in Columbia. ISU received strong performance in doubles action in both matches, as the reigning Missouri Valley Conference Doubles Team of the Week Jelena Karla Vujicic and Alicja Zduniak defeated Missouri's Elys Ventura and Gabrielle Goldin, 6-2, at the No. 3 spot in the first match and then outlasted Ellie Wright and Valentina Vazquez by a score of 7-5 to secure the doubles point for the Redbirds in the second match.Â
SIUE heads into the match coming off a win over UIS on Sunday to improve to 3-0 on the season. The Cougars started off the match by securing the doubles point and then picked up a win in singles play at No. 1 from Jordan Schifano. Singles wins from Nicole Gomez and Melissa Vizcardo helped the Cougars remain undefeated on the season.
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