OXFORD, Ohio – The Miami University tennis team became the outright regular season MAC champions with a 4-3 win over Northern Illinois University. Miami started strong winning the doubles point and carried momentum into singles where Catherine Denysiewicz-Slowek and Lauren Joyce each took wins before Sara Zalukar clinched the victory for the RedHawks.
 
How it Happened:
 
Doubles
1.Emilia Valentinsson/Sara Zalukar (Miami) def. Nataly Miroslavova Ninova/Maria Dzemeshkevich (NIU), 6-1
2.Catherine Denysiewicz-Slowek/Malu Oliveira (Miami) def. Isabella Righi/Lucia Yecora (NIU), 6-4
3. Reagan Welch/Jenna Horne (NIU) vs. Nishitha Saravanan/Lauren Joyce (Miami), 5-4 (DNF)
 
Singles
1. Catherine Denysiewicz-Slowek (Miami) def. Maria Dzemeshkevich (NIU), 6-2, 6-2
2. Sara Zalukar (Miami) def. Irmak Budak (NIU), 6-4, 6-4
3. Lucia Yecora (NIU) def. Nishitha Saravanan (Miami), 6-4, 7-6
4. Nataly Miroslavova Ninova (NIU) def. Emilia Valentinsson (Miami), 6-4, 6-1
5. Lauren Joyce (Miami) def. Isabella Righi (NIU), 6-3, 6-3
6. Jenna Horne (NIU) def. Sarah Dev (Miami), 6-7, 6-2, 10-1
 
Up Next: The RedHawks will travel to Toledo, Ohio to compete at the No. 1 seed in the MAC Tournament on Thursday, April 24.