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Tennis Set for Regular Season-Opener at Cleveland State
1/27/2023 5:45:00 PM | Tennis
The team will play in Ohio Sunday, Jan. 29 at 2 p.m.
CLEVELAND, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University tennis team will officially get its spring season underway Sunday, Jan. 29 when it treks to Cleveland, Ohio for a matchup with Cleveland State University. The action is set to begin at 2 p.m.
For Eastern Michigan, it will be a day of firsts. After playing in a pair of events in the fall, Sunday will mark the first team-scored event for the program in the 2022-23 campaign. It will also be the first match of record for first-year Head Coach Steve Schram, who came to EMU last summer after a successful stint as the head man at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Cleveland State currently has a 1-1 mark, and plays tonight in Pittsburgh, against Duquesne University.
LAST TIME OUT: The Eastern Michigan University tennis team took part in the WMU Invitational, hosted by EMU's Mid-American Conference and in-state counterpart, Western Michigan University, Nov. 11-13.
Eastern competed in both the singles and doubles draw of the event, finishing the action with two victories on the doubles side, and four singles wins.
The tournament got underway Friday, Nov. 11, with Prerna Vichare (Mumbai, India-Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics) matching up in the singles bracket against Northern Illinois University. Although she ultimately fell in the match, Vichare did take it to a third-set tiebreaker (3-6, 6-2, 3-10). Her teammate, Sabina Brichackova (Cheb, Czech Republic-Gymnazium Jana Blahoslava) was able to pick up a win in her match, defeating her counterpart from Cleveland State University, 4-6, 6-3, 10-8. The win was the first by any Eagle on the singles front this fall.
Elsewhere in singles, both Vidisha Reddy (Hyderabad, India-Villa Marie-Penwest Edinboro) and Asia Allen (Sanford, Fla.-Seminole-Rio Grand Valley) fell in hard fought, straight-set matches.
First-year Eagle Regina Mendez (Los Cabos, Mexico-Picacho McGregor) got in on the singles draw on day two, Saturday, Nov. 14, falling to Western's Valeriya Monko in a three-set thriller, 6-4, 6-7, 0-1 (10-1). Vichare, Reddy, and Allen also fell in their day two singles matches, however Brichackova stayed red hot, this time defeating NIU's Isabella Righi in straight-set fashion, 6-2, 2-1.
Brichackova finished her perfect weekend Sunday, Nov. 13, with a win against Oakland University, while Vichare also got in the win column.
In doubles action, the pairing of Vichare and Brichackova got the weekend started right with a victory over their first-round opponent, Cleveland State. Mendez and Reddy teamed up as well, but were unable to come away with a victory.
Vichare and Brichackova stayed perfect Saturday, earning another victory, over Wayne State, 6-3. The duo fell in their final round of play, 2-6, Sunday.
WAYS TO FOLLOW: The match can be followed via live stats by clicking here. A full recap of the match will be provided following the action.
For Eastern Michigan, it will be a day of firsts. After playing in a pair of events in the fall, Sunday will mark the first team-scored event for the program in the 2022-23 campaign. It will also be the first match of record for first-year Head Coach Steve Schram, who came to EMU last summer after a successful stint as the head man at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Cleveland State currently has a 1-1 mark, and plays tonight in Pittsburgh, against Duquesne University.
LAST TIME OUT: The Eastern Michigan University tennis team took part in the WMU Invitational, hosted by EMU's Mid-American Conference and in-state counterpart, Western Michigan University, Nov. 11-13.
Eastern competed in both the singles and doubles draw of the event, finishing the action with two victories on the doubles side, and four singles wins.
The tournament got underway Friday, Nov. 11, with Prerna Vichare (Mumbai, India-Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics) matching up in the singles bracket against Northern Illinois University. Although she ultimately fell in the match, Vichare did take it to a third-set tiebreaker (3-6, 6-2, 3-10). Her teammate, Sabina Brichackova (Cheb, Czech Republic-Gymnazium Jana Blahoslava) was able to pick up a win in her match, defeating her counterpart from Cleveland State University, 4-6, 6-3, 10-8. The win was the first by any Eagle on the singles front this fall.
Elsewhere in singles, both Vidisha Reddy (Hyderabad, India-Villa Marie-Penwest Edinboro) and Asia Allen (Sanford, Fla.-Seminole-Rio Grand Valley) fell in hard fought, straight-set matches.
First-year Eagle Regina Mendez (Los Cabos, Mexico-Picacho McGregor) got in on the singles draw on day two, Saturday, Nov. 14, falling to Western's Valeriya Monko in a three-set thriller, 6-4, 6-7, 0-1 (10-1). Vichare, Reddy, and Allen also fell in their day two singles matches, however Brichackova stayed red hot, this time defeating NIU's Isabella Righi in straight-set fashion, 6-2, 2-1.
Brichackova finished her perfect weekend Sunday, Nov. 13, with a win against Oakland University, while Vichare also got in the win column.
In doubles action, the pairing of Vichare and Brichackova got the weekend started right with a victory over their first-round opponent, Cleveland State. Mendez and Reddy teamed up as well, but were unable to come away with a victory.
Vichare and Brichackova stayed perfect Saturday, earning another victory, over Wayne State, 6-3. The duo fell in their final round of play, 2-6, Sunday.
WAYS TO FOLLOW: The match can be followed via live stats by clicking here. A full recap of the match will be provided following the action.
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