With three wins in their last three matches, the women’s tennis Huskies look towards this weekend as an opportunity to move into third in the GLIAC. The Huskies (4-2 overall, 4-2 GLIAC) travel this weekend to face the Findlay Oilers on Friday and the Wayne State Warriors on Saturday.
The Oilers (2-7 overall, 2-4 GLIAC) will be looking for their first win since September 20, having dropped five matches in a row. Head coach Tomas Menec’s squad is anchored by junior Gina Solis, who plays both number one singles and number one doubles. Classmate Haley Dudon is the number two singles player and Solis’ partner for doubles. Junior Candace Pahl, freshman Natalie Diorio, sophomore Holly Vietske, and senior Kari Rudduck round out the top six for the Oilers.
Sitting just above the Huskies in the GLIAC standings, the Warriors (6-2 overall, 5-2 GLIAC) have performed well against GLIAC opponents. Head coach Sheila Snyder has a veteran squad with junior Sharon Gill leading the way. Sophmore Kristina Goranskaya competes well in the number two spot. Rounding out the top six are junior Milena Vuksanovic, senior McCall Monte, junior Debora Correa, and junior Jennifer Bradford.
Huskies Earn Sweep on Weekend
The Huskies earned two important GLIAC victories over the weekend with a 9-0 win over the Tiffin Dragons and a 6-3 defeat over the Ashland Eagles. Sophomores Victoria Zhilkina and Ploy Suthijindawong both earned three points in helping the Huskies to the wins.
Against the Dragons, the Huskies earned wins at numbers one and two doubles and earned the sweep with a default decision at number three doubles.
In singles, junior Nathalia Rondelli and freshman Kira Eck both earned straight set victories where they didn’t surrender a game.
The Huskies took an early 2-1 advantage against the Eagles into singles play. All four of the Huskies’ top four singles players won in straight sets.
Only junior Asel Otunchieva struggled to finish off her opponent at number four singles as she needed a tiebreaker in her first set to earn the win.
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