MUNCIE, Ind. – In the third and final day of WKU's three-match, three-day road swing, the Lady Toppers were defeated 4-0 by the Ball State Cardinals on Sunday afternoon.
Beginning at noon with doubles action, the leading pair of Lady Toppers, sophomore Laura Bernardos and junior Lisa Friess, was defeated by a tandem of Cardinals 6-2. WKU lost the No. 3 doubles spot by default and Ball State clinched the doubles point.
At the time the Cardinals won doubles play, junior Lucia Diaz Saez and freshman Judit Gonzalez Agud were down 5-4 in their No. 2 doubles match.
Finishing first in singles action was freshman Kyla Dilger. The Hoosier fell at the No. 6 spot in 6-0, 6-0 fashion. Freshman Zeniece Charles-Hall was the next to complete her match and was defeated by her Ball State opponent 6-4, 6-0. Diaz Saez fell at the No. 3 with a score of 6-2, 6-0.
Bernardos and Gonzalez Agud were both ahead in their second set when the Cardinals claimed the victory while Friess had just concluded her first set.
Next up, WKU (0-10, 0-2 Conference USA) is set for a weekend in Nashville, Tenn., as it takes on Tennessee State on Friday evening and Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Saturday.
Singles
Sarah Swiderski (BALLST) vs. Laura Bernardos (WKU) 6-4, 1-4, unfinished
Rebecca Herrington (BALLST) vs. Lisa Friess (WKU) 7-6, unfinished
Isabelle Dohanics (BALLST) def. Lucia Diaz Saez (WKU) 6-2, 6-0
Livia Lukacs (BALLST) vs. Judit Gonzalez Agud (WKU) 7-6, 0-1, unfinished
Victoria Sec (BALLST) def. Zeniece Charles-Hall (WKU) 6-4, 6-0
Lilya Hadab (BALLST) def. Kyla Dilger (WKU) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
Swiderski/Sec (BALLST) def. Bernardos/Friess (WKU) 6-2
Gollhofer/Lukacs (BALLST) vs. Diaz Saez/Gonzalez Agud (WKU) 5-4, unfinished
Hadab/Dohanics (BALLST) def. Charles-Hall/ Dilger (WKU), by default
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