Eastern Michigan Athletics
Thursday, January 23
East Lansing, Mich.
12 p.m.
Eastern Michigan University
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at
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Michigan State
Tennis Falls at Michigan State
1/23/2020 4:41:00 PM | Tennis
The Eagles were bested, 7-0, in their season-opening match
EAST LANSING, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University tennis team suffered a season-opening loss at the hands of Michigan State University today, Jan. 23. The Eagles were bested, 7-0, in their first on-court action of the 2020 spring season.
The four singles flights fought hard, but were ultimately all bested in straight sets. No. 1 singles player, senior Marie Mayerova (Kremlin, Czech Republic) took multiple games off of her Spartan counterpart, but fell 6-3, 6-2. Freshman Isabelle Popma (Staphorst, Netherlands-Center for Sports and Education) was also impressive in her collegiate debut, taking three games in each set of her match against MSU's No. 3 singles player.
In doubles action, the team's of Mayerova and sophomore Julia Piatek (Melgiew, Poland-Liceum Lublin) as well as Popma and Vasavi Ganesan (Tamil Nadu, India-Alagappa Matriculation School) both put on strong first-match performances. While both teams fell in their bouts, each was able to secure four games from the Spartans, falling 6-4 in both matches, respectively.
EMU is back on the court Sunday, Jan. 26 for a tri-match against Eastern Illinois and the University of Illinois. Action is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. CT. For the most up-to-date information on all things EMU tennis, visit EMUEagles.com or follow the team on social media, @TennisEMU.
The four singles flights fought hard, but were ultimately all bested in straight sets. No. 1 singles player, senior Marie Mayerova (Kremlin, Czech Republic) took multiple games off of her Spartan counterpart, but fell 6-3, 6-2. Freshman Isabelle Popma (Staphorst, Netherlands-Center for Sports and Education) was also impressive in her collegiate debut, taking three games in each set of her match against MSU's No. 3 singles player.
In doubles action, the team's of Mayerova and sophomore Julia Piatek (Melgiew, Poland-Liceum Lublin) as well as Popma and Vasavi Ganesan (Tamil Nadu, India-Alagappa Matriculation School) both put on strong first-match performances. While both teams fell in their bouts, each was able to secure four games from the Spartans, falling 6-4 in both matches, respectively.
EMU is back on the court Sunday, Jan. 26 for a tri-match against Eastern Illinois and the University of Illinois. Action is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. CT. For the most up-to-date information on all things EMU tennis, visit EMUEagles.com or follow the team on social media, @TennisEMU.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2,1
#1 Singles Match
12
32
Mary Lewis / 0 [MSU]
66
#2 Singles Match
12
11
Samantha Memije / 0 [MSU]
66
#3 Singles Match
12
33
Lauren Lemonds / 0 [MSU]
66
#4 Singles Match
12
14
Nicole Stephens / 0 [MSU]
66
#5 Singles Match
12
01
Maja Pietrowicz / 0 [MSU]
66
#6 Singles Match
12
00
Jennifer Timotin / 0 [MSU]
66
Order of Finish:
6,5,2,4,1,3
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