Eastern Tennis Falls on the Road at Miami, 6-1

OXFORD, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) -- The Eastern Michigan University women's tennis team dropped a 6-1 Mid-American Conference decision to host Miami University, April 12, in Oxford, Ohio, in the Eagles' final road contest of the 2025-26 season. The Eagles (10-11, 1-6 MAC) suffered their third consecutive 6-1 loss while the RedHawks (8-11, 4-3 MAC) captured their third consecutive win.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The RedHawks secured the doubles point to take an early 1-0 lead. Eastern's tandem of Iva Daneva (Kavadarci, North Macedonia/DSU Sportska Akademija) and Cylova Zuleyka Hukmasabiyya (Serang, Indonesia/SMAN 2 Kota Serang) earned a 6-3 victory at the No. 2 spot to get the ball rolling, but Miami claimed wins at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles to clinch the opening point. Eastern nearly took the doubles point but fell short as the team of Kseniia Saenko (Voronezh, Russia/Gymnasium 2) and Regina Mendez Carreño (Los Cabos, Mexico/Picacho McGregor) fell at No. 3, 7-5.

In singles play, the hosts captured wins in the first five completed bouts before Pehal Kharadkar (Indore, India/Daly College Indore) battled back for a three-set win at No. 3 to secure the lone point of the day for the Eagles. Kharadkar, who won her match, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, won the first set before dropping the second and finding herself down, 3-1 in the third. She fought back to tie the set at 3-3 before trailing, 5-4. From there, she won three consecutive games to win the match.

NOTES
» Eastern fell to 10-11 overall and 1-6 in the MAC while Miami improved to 8-11 overall and 4-3 in league action.
» The Eagles are 4-46 all-time against the RedHawks and 1-21 when playing in Oxford. Miami has won 22 consecutive meetings in the series.

Up Next
Eastern Michigan will play host to rival Western Michigan University in a 1 p.m. contest Sunday, April 19 at the Chippewa Club in Ypsilanti. The match will serve as Senior Day with the program's lone senior, Regina Mendez Carreño, being honored in a pre-match ceremony on the court.

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Miami def. Eastern Michigan, 6-1
Singles
#1: Maria Luisa Oliveira (M) def. Cylova Zuleyka Hukmasabiyya, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
#2: Allie Faulkner (M) def. Sabrina Tolstova, 6-4, 6-2
#3: Pehal Kharadkar (EM) def. Avery Voss, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
#4: Evelyn Risner (M) def. Lara Diaz Zayas, 3-6, 6-0, 6-4
#5: Nina Marcela Chavez Vicente (M) def. Matilde Parreira, 6-4, 6-0
#6: Maria Komar (M) def. Regina Mendez Carreño, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Order of Finish: 5,2,4,1,6,3,

Doubles
#1: Allie Faulkner/Maria Luisa Oliveira (M) def. Matilde Parreira/Sabrina Tolstova, 6-2
#2: Iva Daneva/Cylova Zuleyka Hukmasabiyya (EM) def. Nina Marcela Chavez Vicente/Evelyn Risner, 6-3
#3: Lovisa Valentinsson/Avery Voss (M) def. Regina Mendez Carreño/Kseniia Saenko, 7-5
Order of Finish: 2,1,3

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Team Stats

Players Mentioned

Iva Daneva

Lara Diaz Zayas

Pehal Kharadkar

Matilde Parreira

Kseniia Saenko

Sabrina Tolstova

Cylova Zuleyka Hukmasabiyya