BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Women's Tennis lost to Lipscomb 6-1 on Friday at the Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park.
Freshman Virginia Madueño claimed a 6-2, 6-3 victory at the No. 4 singles position to highlight the day for the Lady Toppers, who fell to 3-4 overall this season with the loss to the Bisons (3-0).
HOW IT HAPPENED
Singles (Order of finish: 6,2,3,1,4,5)
- 1. Sofiia Paladi (LIP) def. Andra Sirbu (WKU) 6-2, 6-4
- 2. Mariia Dolzhenko (LIP) def. Emily Schut (WKU) 6-0, 6-1
- 3. Deborah D. Collado (LIP) def. Barbara Olvera (WKU) 6-2, 6-4
- 4. Virginia Madueño (WKU) def. Martina Bovio (LIP) 6-2, 6-3
- 5. S. Bobrovnikova (LIP) def. Ariadna Fernandez (WKU) 7-5, 6-2
- 6. Sofiia Zhylchuk (LIP) def. Elizabeth Sobieski (WKU) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles (Order of finish: 1,3)
- 1. Sofiia Paladi/Deborah D. Collado (LIP) def. Andra Sirbu/Emily Schut (WKU) 6-0
- 2. Barbara Olvera/Virginia Madueño (WKU) vs. Martina Bovio/S. Bobrovnikova (LIP) 5-4, unfinished
- 3. Mariia Dolzhenko/Kameliia Tytarenko (LIP) def. Ariadna Fernandez/Elizabeth Sobieski (WKU) 6-4
NOTABLES
- WKU falls to 3-4 overall and 3-2 at home with the loss.
- The Lady Toppers are now 15-16 all-time against Lipscomb.
- Virginia Madueño improved to 5-1 in singles play this season.
- Friday's match was the first singles match Madueño has played at the No. 4 position this season. She was 4-1 at the No. 5 position through the team's first six matches this spring.
- Madueño has now won four consecutive singles matches.
QUOTABLES
- "We had some good performances today. I thought 2-3 doubles – 2 played really well and competed well and 3 got in a hole early and that really hurt them getting down 4-0, but they fought back, won four straight games, got back in it and put themselves in a position to tie it 5-all. We had a great performance out of Virginia – another great performance – and she just keeps getting better and better each week. I think the big thing right now we're talking about is we're a good team, but we have got to compete 1-3 doubles and 1-6 singles – nine spots every single time. We can't beat these tough teams giving a Swiss cheese performance where this spot is competing well and we're not competing at one or two other spots. That's going to be our big thing going into Southern Indiana. We're playing a good Southern Indiana team tomorrow. It is competing at all nine spots." – WKU Women's Tennis Head Coach Greg Davis, on the match against Lipscomb.
NEXT UP
- The Lady Toppers will hit the road on Saturday, Feb. 7, for a 3:30 p.m. CT match against Southern Indiana at the Evansville Tennis Center in Evansville, Indiana.
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