Huskies defeat Purdue Northwest 4-3, stay perfect at home
HOUGHTON, Mich. - Posting a come from behind win, Michigan Tech women's tennis edged Purdue Northwest 4-3 Sunday at Gates Tennis Center in Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play. The Huskies improved to 3-0 at home this spring and moved to 3-8 overall, including 3-4 in GLIAC play.
"We started off slow and fell behind 3-0 but pulled it together and really got behind one another for the victory," said head coach Kristin Yep.
The Pride swept doubles and picked up wins at No. 1 and No. 2 singles to start the match. Marina Fernandez put Tech on the scoreboard with a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 5 over Nicole Uzcategui. Lauren Opalewski commanded a third set over Salma Raslan for a 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 victory at No. 4 and Dominika Bobik came back from a set down against Hayley Tsuen 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Chiara Heinz provided the clinching point at No. 6, 6-4, 6-3 over Mar Vilanova.
The Huskies close the regular season on Saturday, April 23 at Lake Superior State. Tech also downed Davenport University on Friday.
Scores
Doubles
- PNW (Sienna Lopez/Patricia Dizon) def. MTU (Lauren Opalewski/Nicole Ballach) 7-5
- PNW (Oona Kintscher/Hayley Tsuen) def. MTU (Neva Manas/Dominika Bobik) 7-6(4)
- PNW (Salma Raslan/Nicole Uzcategui) def. MTU (Marina Fernandez/Chiara Heinz) 6-2
Order of finish: 3,1,2
Singles
- PNW (Sienna Lopez) vs. MTU (Nicole Ballach) 7-6, 1-0 unf.
- PNW (Oona Kintscher) def. MTU (Ivona Gorgioski) 3-2 ret.
- MTU (Dominika Bobik) def. PNW (Hayley Tsuen) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
- MTU (Lauren Opalewski) def. PNW (Salma Raslan) 2-6, 6-3, 6-0
- MTU (Marina Fernandez) def. PNW (Nicole Uzcategui) 6-2, 6-1
- MTU (Chiara Heinz) def. PNW (Mar Vilanova) 6-4, 6-3
Order of finish: 2,1,5,4,3,6
