MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – WKU Women's Tennis opened play in the Middle Tennessee Fall Invitational on Friday at the Adams Tennis Complex in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
The Lady Toppers began the event with doubles matches against Butler, picking up a 6-1 win at the No. 1 position from Virginia Madueño and Emily Schut over Brook Arington and Lauren Cook. WKU followed with singles matches against Lipscomb and earned singles victories from Madison Hill, Barbara Olvera and Ariadna Fernandez.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Doubles vs. Butler
- Virginia Madueno/Emily Schut (Western Kentucky University) def. Brook Arington/Lauren Cook (Butler) 6-1
- Sienna Miles/Laurel Slechter (Butler) def. Madison Hill/Andra Sirbu (Western Kentucky University) 7-5
- Sophie Parr/Elle Martin (Butler) def. Ariadna Fernandez/Barbara Olvera (Western Kentucky University) 6-4
Singles vs. Lipscomb
- Mariia Dolzhenko (Lipscomb) def. Isabellle Einess (Western Kentucky University) 6-3, 6-2
- Deborah Dominguez (Lipscomb) def. Virginia Madueno (Western Kentucky University) 6-4, 6-2
- S. Bobrovnikova (Lipscomb) def. Emily Schut (Western Kentucky University) 6-1, 7-6 (7-3)
- Sarah Stoyanov (Lipscomb) def. Andra Sirbu (Western Kentucky University) 6-2, 6-3
- Madison Hill (Western Kentucky University) def. Kameliia Tytarenko (Lipscomb) 7-6 (7-1), 6-1
- Barbara Olvera (Western Kentucky University) def. Laura Ullich (Lipscomb) 6-1, 6-0
- Ariadna Fernandez (Western Kentucky University) def. Leena Hamdan (Lipscomb) 6-4, 6-4
QUOTABLE
- "Had some good performances in doubles – at No. 1, played very well. And Madison, Ari and Barbara all played tremendous in singles. Tomorrow will be another challenging day. No easy opponents at this tournament." – WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis.
NEXT UP
- WKU Women's Tennis will continue play in the Middle Tennessee Fall Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 24. The Lady Toppers are scheduled to face host Middle Tennessee in doubles at 10 a.m. CT and Chattanooga in singles at 11 a.m. CT at the Adams Tennis Complex in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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