Ball State Wins First Ever MAC Women's Tennis Tournament Championship
2016 MAC Women's Tennis Championship Scoreboard: May 1 at Miami University
Sunday, May 1
Noon ET Championship Match: No. 1 Ball State 4, No. 3 Western Michigan 0
No. 1 Ball State defeats No. 3 Western Michigan, 4-0
No. 1 Ball State:
Cardinals Win First Ever MAC Women's Tennis Tournament Championship
OXFORD, Ohio -- The Ball State women's tennis team won the Mid-American Conference Tournament championship for the first time Sunday. The Cardinals, who also won the league’s regular season title, defeated No. 3 seed Western Michigan 4-0 in the championship match at Miami University’s Hepburn Varsity Tennis Courts.
Ball State won the doubles point and picked up singles wins from Peyton Gollhofer (No. 1) and Rosalinda Calderon(No. 6). Then, with three matches in the third set, Carmen Blanco sealed a 6-3, 7-5 win at the No. 2 spot to clinch the championship.
Ball State improved to 22-3 and earned the MAC's automatic berth in the NCAA Championships. The team will learn its first-round opponent Tuesday at 5 p.m. on the NCAA selection show, which will stream live on ncaa.com.
Western Michigan University vs Ball State University
May 01, 2016 at Oxford, Ohio (Hepburn Varsity Tennis Courts)
Ball State University 4, Western Michigan University 0
Singles competition
1. Peyton Gollhofer (BALL) def. Melina Lyubomirova (WMU) 6-3, 6-4
2. Carmen Blanco (BALL) def. Tracy Kuhle (WMU) 6-3, 7-5
3. Audrey Berger (BALL) vs. Barbare Eristavi (WMU) 3-6, 6-1, 5-5, unfinished
4. Toni Ormond (BALL) vs. Katja Fevralev (WMU) 6-2, 4-6, 3-3, unfinished
5. Isabelle Dohanics (BALL) vs. Meika Ashby (WMU) 2-6, 6-1, 5-2, unfinished
6. Rosalinda Calderon (BALL) def. Denise Azcui (WMU) 6-0, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. Rosalinda Calderon/Julia Sbircea (BALL) vs. Tracy Kuhle/Melina Lyubomirova (WMU) 5-4, unfinished
2. Audrey Berger/Peyton Gollhofer (BALL) def. Barbare Eristavi/Katja Fevralev (WMU) 6-0
3. Carmen Blanco/Bethany Moore (BALL) def. Meika Ashby/Denise Azcui (WMU) 6-3
Match Notes:
Western Michigan University 19-8, 6-2 MAC
Ball State University 22-3, 7-1 MAC
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (1,6,2)
2016 MAC Women's Tennis Championship--Final
Ball State advances to NCAA Championship
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Carmen Blanco, Ball State
Peyton Gollhofer, Ball State
Melina Lyubomirova, WMU
Denise Azcui, WMU
Emily Struble, Miami
Tanja Stojanovska, Buffalo
MVP: Carmen Blanco, Ball State
