Recaps courtesy of Athletic Communications Departments

Eastern Michigan 4, Western Michigan 3
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) -- The Eastern Michigan University tennis team scored a 4-3 home win over visiting Western Michigan University Friday, March 28, inside the Chippewa Club in Ypsilanti, one week removed from falling by the same score in Kalamazoo (March 21) in a Mid-American Conference match. The Eagles (9-8, 2-2 MAC) captured the doubles point and reeled off three consecutive singles wins to claim the team victory before the Broncos (10-9, 1-3 MAC) won the final three singles matches for the 4-3 score.
  
Eastern jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the team scoring as they captured the doubles point for the 10th time this season in 17 matches. Sabina Brichackova and Prerna Vichare took a 6-0 win at No. 1 before Viki Hazmukova and Kseniia Saenko combined for a 6-3 win at No. 2 to claim the point. Marta Komar and Daniella Shved teamed at No. 3 and led, 5-2, before the match was abandoned as EMU had captured the point.
 
The Eagles then expanded their lead with Brichackova capturing a quick 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 4 to stake the hosts to a 2-0 advantage. The lead grew following the No. 2 bout as Shved, who lost to Christine Gouws in a three-set marathon one week earlier (6-7(3), 7-6(3), 6-7(6)), captured the win in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3, to make it 3-0 for the Eagles. Komar then won her match at No. 6 in three sets, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2, to clinch the team win as the Eagles held a 4-0 advantage.
 
With the team win in hand, the final three matches were played to conclusion with the Broncos winning all three. WMU picked up their first point at No. 3 as Vichare, who won last week, 6-4, 6-3, dropped a three-set match to Frida Weijerman, 5-7, 7-5, 1-0(7). That was followed by another reversal of scores from last week at No. 1 as Hazmukova, who won, 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 in Kalamazoo, was unable to make it back-to-back three-set wins over Lola Glantz, this time falling, 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(6). The final match came at No. 5 where Saenko battled back to force a third set, but fell in a tie breaker, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(4).
 
Match Notes
» Eastern improved to 9-8 overall and 2-2 in MAC play with an 8-1 record at home and a 2-0 mark in MAC play.
» The Eagles have won six consecutive home matches following a 5-2 loss to Oakland (Feb. 1). Eastern is now 18-1 at home under Ryan Kucera after going 11-0 last year in his first season guiding the program.
» Eastern has been involved in three consecutive one-point matches (all in MAC play) and holds a 3-3 record in such contests, including 2-1 against MAC foes. EMU is now 111-98 all-time in one-point matches, including a 44-45 mark against MAC foes with the win over WMU leveling the Eagles' record to 35-35 at home and 21-21 in home MAC matches that are decided by one point.
» The win over the Broncos improved the Eagles to 4-3 this year against fellow Michigan schools and 103-114 all-time.
» Sabina Brichackova and Prerna Vichare combined to win, 6-0, at No. 1 doubles to record their 40th career win together. With the win, Brichackova now has 58 career doubles wins, which ranks No. 19 all-time at EMU, while Vichare's 56 wins ties her with Miriam Westerink (2008-12) and Avi Gogvadze (2014-18) for No. 20.
» The team of Viki Hazmukova and Kseniia Saenko won their match, 6-3, at No. 2 to clinch the point for the Eagles. The match marked the first time the two players were paired together in their careers.
» Marta Komar captured a three-set win at No. 6 singles to secure the fourth point for the Eagles and clinch the victory. It marked her first clinching point of the season and the first for the Eagles at the No. 6 spot. Additionally, Komar, who improved to 65-35 in her collegiate career (56-24 at Wayne State, 9-11 with EMU), played her first match at No. 6 after playing her previous 83 at No. 2-5.
 
Up Next
The Eagles return to action Sunday, March 30, when they play host to the RedHawks of Miami University in a 1 p.m. contest at the Chippewa Club.


Buffalo 4, Ball State 3
MUNCIE, IN – The University at Buffalo women's tennis team (15-4, 2-2 MAC) rallied for a 4-3 road victory at Ball State on Friday afternoon.

The Cardinals won the doubles point with victories at second and third doubles to take a 1-0 lead in the match.

The Bulls then won a point by default at six singles to even the match before Esmee Andresen won 6-3, 6-2 at first singles and Maria Glowacka followed with a 7-5, 6-0 victory at the second position to put the Bulls back on top, 3-2. The hosts would then even the match at three with a win at fourth singles and send the contest to a deciding match at fifth singles where freshman Blanca Berges earned the clinching point with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 victory.

Up next, Buffalo welcomes Bowling Green to Miller Tennis Center on Sunday, March 30 at 12pm.


Miami 7, Bowling Green 0
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Miami University tennis team continued their undefeated record in the MAC with a victory against BGSU making them 4-0 in conference play. The RedHawks dominated the match, taking the doubles point and winning all six singles matches to win 7-0.

Up Next: The RedHawks will be back in action on Sunday, March 30, when they take on Eastern Michigan University at 12 p.m. in Ypsilanti, Michigan.


Northern Illinois 4, Toledo 3
Northern Illinois 7, Chicago State 0
DeKALB, Ill. – Northern Illinois University number one singles player Maria Dzemeshkevich defeated Toledo's Audrey Moutama, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to clinch the Huskies' 4-3 win over the Rockets Friday at the Nelson Tennis Center at Chick Evans Field House, giving NIU its first win over Toledo since 2017.
  
Dzemeshkevich came back after losing the first set and trailing 2-0 in the second to win six of the next seven games to take the match to a third set. She took a 5-2 lead in the final set and closed out Moutama after the Rocket had closed the gap to 5-4.
  
NIU got off to a good start against the defending MAC tournament champions by winning the doubles point as the Huskies' No. 2 and 3 doubles team each scored 6-4 wins.
  
Junior Nataly Ninova put the Huskies up 2-0 with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Jone Ibanez at No. 4 singles. The matches at No. 1, 2 and 3 singles all went three sets. Freshman Lucia Yecora won her first set on the third line 6-4, then dropped the second 6-1. She shut out UT's Gaby Rondon 6-0 in the third to give the Huskies a 3-0 lead.
 
Toledo earned the three-set win at No. 2 singles to put the Rockets' first point on the board and won at No. 5 and 6 after Dzemeshkevich had already put the match-clinching win on the board at the number one spot.
  
In its second match of the day, and final non-conference match, NIU scored a 7-0 win over Chicago State. The Huskies lost just six games in two doubles and four singles matches against the under-manned Cougars. Jenna Horne and Sydney Paradise each defeated their opponents 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 and 4 singles, respectively, while Paradise teamed with Irmak Budak for a 6-0 win at No. 2 doubles.
 
With the two wins Friday, NIU head coach Eric Burns moved into second place on NIU's all-time women's tennis coaching wins list with 88. The Huskies improved to 17-4 overall and 3-1 in the MAC. NIU is next in action Sunday when they play host to Ball State in the Nelson Tennis Center beginning at 1 pm.