HOUGHTON, Mich. – The Purdue Northwest women's tennis showed some grit and fought to the finish in Saturday's 4-3 setback at Michigan Tech.
PNW (5-13, 1-5 GLIAC) nearly pulled off its first win against Michigan Tech by jumping out to a promising start.
The Pride swept all three doubles matches for the early momentum and 1-0 lead in the contest.
Sienna Lopez (Glendale Heights, Ill.) and
Patricia Dizon (Arlington Heights, Ill./St. Viator) narrowly defeated Nicole Ballach and Lauren Opalewski 7-5 in the No. 1-doubles flight while
Oona Kintscher (Berlin, Germany) and
Hayley Tsuen (Johannesburg, South Africa) had to go to a tiebreaker set to defeat Dominika Bobik abd Neva Manas 7-6 (7-5).
The duo of
Salma Raslan (Cairo, Egypt) and
Nicole Uzcategui (Doral, Fla.) took down Marina Fernandez and Chiara Heunz 6-2 in the No. 3 doubles flight.
In Singles action, the Pride picked up a pair of points in the top two flights with Lopez and Kintscher, respectively.
Tsuen took the first set of her No. 3 singles flight 6-4 over Bobik before falling 6-2 and 6-3 in the second and third sets.
Raslan also had a one set lead on her counterpart with a 6-2 first set win, but Opalewski battled back in a close match.
UP NEXT
One GLIAC match remains before the postseason conference tournament as the Pride travel to Caledonia, Michigan on Saturday, April 23 to take on Davenport University. First serve is scheduled for 11 a.m. CDT from the Farmers Insurance Athletic Complex.
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