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Bulls Outlast Eagles
4/2/2010 8:58:58 PM | Tennis
Two Eagles earned wins in the 5-2 loss
BUFFALO, N.Y. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University women's tennis team was unsuccessful on the road, Friday, April 2, as it dropped a Mid-American Conference match to the Bulls of the University at Buffalo, 5-2.
Miriam Westerink and Georgia de'Lisle-Tarr shined for the Eagles (6-9, 0-2 MAC), as each scored wins in singles competition. Westerink downed Buffalo's Diana Popescu in three sets—6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (5)—while de'Lisle-Tarr posted a come-from-behind three-set win after dropping the first set, 2-6.
Eastern struggled in its doubles matches, dropping two of three contests.
"Our effort was decent today," said EMU Head Coach Ryan Ray. "We put ourselves in a position to win the match by forcing four three-set matches. It's a lot to ask for to win them all, but we made Buffalo work for the win today."
The Eagles will have a quick chance at redemption as the team travels to Ohio to face the University of Akron, Saturday, April 3, at 1 p.m.
Doubles
1. Denise Harijanto/Aleksandra Petrova (UB) def. Julia Breuss/Miriam Westerink (EMU), 8-3
2. Georgia de'Lisle-Tarr/Xu Chang (EMU) def. Kira Golenko/Tamara Markovic (EMU), 8-0
3. Diana Popesu/Diana Toia (UB) def. Marcela Rivero/Celine Donnet (EMU), 8-2
Singles
1. Denise Harijanto (UB) def. Julia Breuss (EMU), 6-3, 6-1
2. Miriam Westerink (EMU) def. Diana Popescu (UB), 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (5)
3. Aleksandra Petrova (UB) def. Xu Chang (EMU), 5-7, 6-0, 6-1
4. Georgia de'Lisle-Tarr (EMU) def. Diana Toia (UB), 2-6, 6-0, 6-4
5. Kira Golenko (UB) def. Marcela Rivero (EMU), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
6. Tamara Markovic (UB) def. Celine Donnet (EMU), 6-2, 6-2
