Eastern Michigan Athletics
Friday, April 14
DeKalb, Ill.
11 a.m. CT
Eastern Michigan University
at
Northern Illinois
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The two teams played a close, 4-3 match Friday, April 7
DeKalb, Ill. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University tennis team will return to action Friday, April 14, when it treks to the Land of Lincoln for a matchup against the Northern Illinois University Huskies. First serve is set for 1 p.m. CT in DeKalb.
Eastern Michigan (5-6, 2-4 MAC) enters the contest in hopes of evening its overall record. Meanwhile, Northern Illinois (12-12, 2-4 MAC) is looking to move above the .500 mark and get within one match of that milestone in league play.
The two teams will meet the second time in seven days after playing Friday, April 7, in Ypsilanti. It was the Huskies who earned a nail-biting, 4-3 victory in the first matchup.
LAST TIME OUT: EMU team picked up the first point of the day in doubles, but came up just short, 4-3, in a match against Northern Illinois University inside the Chippewa Club, April 7.
Eastern Michigan got the day started in exciting fashion, winning two of the three doubles matchups to earn the point that was up for grabs.
The No. 1 pairing of Prerna Vichare (Mumbai, India-Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics) and Sabina Brichackova (Cheb, Czech Republic-Gymnázium Jana Blahoslava) were outstanding, winning 6-4. Tied at four games apiece, the pairing broke Miami's serve and then closed the final game out without surrendering a point.
Meanwhile, the No. 2 duo of Daniella Shved (Holon, Isreal-ORT Holon) and Wanyi Zhang (Bejing, China-Crnjanski Gimnzija (Serbia)) were incredibly efficient en route to their dominant win. The pair gave up just one game in a 6-1 effort.
Eastern found success in singles as well. Carrying over her success from doubles, Zhang won her match at the No. 2 spot. After taking the first set, 6-3, Zhang showed resilience in the second, winning a tiebreaker, 7-3, to claim the set, 7-5. Shved was just as good at the No. 3 slot, winning in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2.
Despite the effort, Eastern Michigan was unable to find a fourth point, and thus a victory.
Eastern Michigan (5-6, 2-4 MAC) enters the contest in hopes of evening its overall record. Meanwhile, Northern Illinois (12-12, 2-4 MAC) is looking to move above the .500 mark and get within one match of that milestone in league play.
The two teams will meet the second time in seven days after playing Friday, April 7, in Ypsilanti. It was the Huskies who earned a nail-biting, 4-3 victory in the first matchup.
LAST TIME OUT: EMU team picked up the first point of the day in doubles, but came up just short, 4-3, in a match against Northern Illinois University inside the Chippewa Club, April 7.
Eastern Michigan got the day started in exciting fashion, winning two of the three doubles matchups to earn the point that was up for grabs.
The No. 1 pairing of Prerna Vichare (Mumbai, India-Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics) and Sabina Brichackova (Cheb, Czech Republic-Gymnázium Jana Blahoslava) were outstanding, winning 6-4. Tied at four games apiece, the pairing broke Miami's serve and then closed the final game out without surrendering a point.
Meanwhile, the No. 2 duo of Daniella Shved (Holon, Isreal-ORT Holon) and Wanyi Zhang (Bejing, China-Crnjanski Gimnzija (Serbia)) were incredibly efficient en route to their dominant win. The pair gave up just one game in a 6-1 effort.
Eastern found success in singles as well. Carrying over her success from doubles, Zhang won her match at the No. 2 spot. After taking the first set, 6-3, Zhang showed resilience in the second, winning a tiebreaker, 7-3, to claim the set, 7-5. Shved was just as good at the No. 3 slot, winning in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2.
Despite the effort, Eastern Michigan was unable to find a fourth point, and thus a victory.
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