BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Women's Tennis lost to SEMO 4-3 on Friday at the Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park.
The Lady Toppers (6-6) picked up singles victories at the No. 1, 4 and 5 positions from Isabelle Einess, Virginia Madueño and Barbara Olvera in the loss to the Redhawks (6-8). Madueño's win was her ninth consecutive singles win to improve to 10-1 overall this season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Singles (Order of finish: 3,4,6,5,2,1)
- 1. Isabelle Einess (WKU) def. Juliette Demunck (SEMOW) 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (7-0)
- 2. Maja Bajorek (SEMOW) def. Emily Schut (WKU) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (10-8)
- 3. Sofia Zemtsova (SEMOW) def. Andra Sirbu (WKU) 6-3, 6-4
- 4. Virginia Madueño (WKU) def. Kristina Kozakova (SEMOW) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
- 5. Barbara Olvera (WKU) def. Mia Mayerova (SEMOW) 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4
- 6. Yontha Tadoum (SEMOW) def. Ariadna Fernandez (WKU) 7-5, 6-4
Doubles (Order of finish: 2,3)
- 1. Emily Schut/Andra Sirbu (WKU) vs. Kristina Kozakova/Juliette Demunck (SEMOW) 5-4, unfinished
- 2. Maja Bajorek/Mia Mayerova (SEMOW) def. Barbara Olvera/Virginia Madueño (WKU) 6-1
- 3. Sofia Zemtsova/Yontha Tadoum (SEMOW) def. Isabelle Einess/Ariadna Fernandez (WKU) 7-5
NOTABLES
- WKU falls to 6-6 overall and 4-3 at home with the loss.
- The all-time series between the two programs is now 5-3 in favor of WKU. SEMO's win Friday came after the Lady Toppers picked up wins in back-to-back meetings during the 2023 and 2024 seasons in Bowling Green.
- The match was the first outdoor match of the spring for WKU.
- WKU is now 43-28 in singles matches this season.
- Isabelle Einess improved to 7-4 overall in singles this season, with all matches played at the No. 1 position.
- Virginia Madueño improved to 10-1 in singles play this season with her ninth consecutive win. The true freshman is now 6-0 from the No. 4 position.
- Barbara Olvera moved to 6-5 in singles with her win over SEMO on Friday. She is now 3-1 from the No. 5 position.
QUOTABLES
- "Give a lot of credit to SEMO. They played a really good match. We knew they were going to be good coming in here. I'm going to be shocked if they don't win their conference this year with as deep as they are and the level of intensity they're able to play at throughout the whole match. The doubles point was crucial today like we knew it would be coming in. Give them credit because they came in and outplayed us in doubles. Rather than us being up 1-0 after doubles and having momentum after all those first sets, we were trying to crawl back into it the whole time. I give the team credit – we fought and fought to the end. We got back, we made a match of it and we just couldn't quite get over the hump and get that push at the end to get across the finish line. Tomorrow's another tough match against a really good Belmont team that, again, is deep just like SEMO was today. We've learned a lot from this match today and hopefully it'll show tomorrow against Belmont." – WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis, on the loss to SEMO on Friday.
NEXT UP
- The Lady Toppers return to action on Saturday, Feb. 28, to take on Belmont at 2 p.m. CT at the Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park.
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