TOLEDO, Ohio – The Miami University tennis team faced Western Michigan Friday afternoon in the semifinals of the Mid-American Conference championships. The third-seeded RedHawks won the doubles point and secured three singles wins, giving them a 4-2 victory over the second-seeded Broncos and sending Miami to the championship match.
How it Happened:
Doubles
1.
Catherine Denysiewicz-Slowek/
Nishitha Saravanan (Miami) vs. Valeriya Monko/Lindsey Zieglar (WMU), DNF
2.
Emilia Valentinsson/
Sara Zalukar (Miami) def. Karin Hamilton/Polina Khotko (MWU), 6-3
3.
Sarah Dev/
Lauren Joyce (Miami) def. Audrey Smitek/Ariane Souligny (WMU), 6-4
Singles
1.
Catherine Denysiewicz-Slowek (Miami) def. Linsday Zieglar (WMU), 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
2. Karin Hamilton (WMU) def.
Nishitha Saravanan (Miami), 6-2, 6-4
3. Valeriya Monko (WMU) def.
Sara Zalukar (Miami), 6-4, 6-2
4.
Emilia Valentinsson (Miami) def. Polina Khotko (WMU), 6-3, 6-1
5.
Sarah Dev (Miami) vs. Audrey Smitek (WMU), DNF
6.
Lauren Joyce (Miami) def. Maya Perkucin (WMU), 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
Up Next: The RedHawks are back in action Saturday, April 27 at 1 p.m. in Toledo to take on the Rockets for the MAC championship title.
