CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky. — Senior Lisa Friess stayed undefeated in singles play this season, but WKU Tennis suffered its first team loss of 2020 by a score of 6-1 to Northern Kentucky on Saturday.
Friess defeated the Norse's Katja Dijanezevic by a score of 6-2, 6-3, as the Graz, Austria, native improved to 4-0 this season playing at the No. 4 spot. But that was the only team point for the Lady Toppers on the afternoon.
Junior Laura Bernardos won her first set by a score of 6-1 against NKU's Elizabeth Rozin at the No. 3 position, but fell in second and third set tiebreaks.
The Norse opened up by winning at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles to take a 1-0 lead, then secured three singles wins for the match-clinching fourth point before Friess put WKU on the board.
"It was a tough match against a very experienced team," head coach Greg Davis said. "They came out and played with tremendous energy against us and we never really recovered after doubles."
The Lady Toppers (3-1) will be back in action on Friday, Jan. 31 for a 1 p.m. neutral-site match against Ball State in Murfreesboro, Tenn. WKU then travels to Clarksville, Tenn., on Saturday, Feb. 1 for a 1 p.m. match at Austin Peay; the head-to-head was originally scheduled to be at home in Bowling Green, but was moved due to weather concerns.
Final Results
Singles (Order of finish: 5,1,6,4,2,3)
1: Margita Sunjic (NKU) def. Cora-Lynn von Dungern (WKU) 6-2, 6-3
2: Maria Koo (NKU) def. Tristen Bryant-Otake (WKU) 6-3, 7-5
3: Elizabeth Rozin (NKU) def. Laura Bernardos (WKU) 1-6, 7-6, 10-1
4: Lisa Friess (WKU) def. Katja Dijanezevic (NKU) 6-2, 6-3
5: Ananya Kothakota (NKU) def. Zoe Wende (WKU) 6-1, 6-2
6: Hannah Watton (NKU) def. Lucia Diaz Saez (WKU) 6-4, 6-1
Doubles (Order of finish 1,2)
1: Koo/Sunjic (NKU) def. Friess/von Dungern (WKU) 6-0
2: Rozin/Watton (NKU) def. Bernardos/Bryant-Otake (WKU) 6-2
3: Dijanezevic/Kothakota (NKU) vs. Diaz Saez/Wende (WKU) 5-4, unfinished
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