Friday, March 5
Muncie, Ind.
6 p.m.
Ball State University
6
vs
1
IUPUI
Photo by: Ball State University Creative Services
Cardinals Cruise in First of Back-to-Back with IUPUI
March 05, 2021 | Women's Tennis
MUNCIE, Ind. -- It was like a race to see who could finish her match faster Friday night. Rebecca Herrington versus Mariya Polishchuk.
Neither one lasted anywhere near an hour. And in the end, they wound up finishing within less than a minute of each other.
Herrington blanked her opponent in both sets at the No. 4 singles position, and Polishchuk dropped just one game at the No. 2 spot.
That pair helped the Ball State women's tennis team to its eighth straight win, a 6-1 victory over IUPUI. The teams will meet again Saturday at 2 p.m., moving outdoors for the first time this season to Cardinal Creek Tennis Center.
Ball State (8-2) also picked up straight-set singles victories Friday from Emma Peeler at No. 1, Emily Desai at No. 5 and Victoria Sec at No. 6. Desai was the third singles match off the court and was the match-clincher for the Cardinals.
BSU also won the doubles point from the Jaguars (2-3), with the tandems of Jessica Braun and Silvia Martinez and Sec and Livia Lukacs cruising to clinch the point and the team of Peeler and Amy Kaplan winning in a tiebreaker for a clean sweep.
Saturday's rematch with IUPUI will serve as Ball State's final tuneup for MAC play. The Cardinals visit Eastern Michigan on Friday, March 12 for their league opener.
Neither one lasted anywhere near an hour. And in the end, they wound up finishing within less than a minute of each other.
Herrington blanked her opponent in both sets at the No. 4 singles position, and Polishchuk dropped just one game at the No. 2 spot.
That pair helped the Ball State women's tennis team to its eighth straight win, a 6-1 victory over IUPUI. The teams will meet again Saturday at 2 p.m., moving outdoors for the first time this season to Cardinal Creek Tennis Center.
Ball State (8-2) also picked up straight-set singles victories Friday from Emma Peeler at No. 1, Emily Desai at No. 5 and Victoria Sec at No. 6. Desai was the third singles match off the court and was the match-clincher for the Cardinals.
BSU also won the doubles point from the Jaguars (2-3), with the tandems of Jessica Braun and Silvia Martinez and Sec and Livia Lukacs cruising to clinch the point and the team of Peeler and Amy Kaplan winning in a tiebreaker for a clean sweep.
Saturday's rematch with IUPUI will serve as Ball State's final tuneup for MAC play. The Cardinals visit Eastern Michigan on Friday, March 12 for their league opener.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2,1
#1 Singles Match
12
Krystal Grubb / 0 [IUPUI]
33
66
#2 Singles Match
12
Gabrielle Ochalik / 0 [IUPUI]
10
66
#3 Singles Match
123
Sarah Lounsbury / 0 [IUPUI]
641
260
#4 Singles Match
12
Meghan Bernard / 0 [IUPUI]
00
66
#5 Singles Match
12
Samantha Hayward / 0 [IUPUI]
43
66
#6 Singles Match
12
Marta Krakowski / 0 [IUPUI]
25
67
Order of Finish:
4,2,5,1,6,3
Players Mentioned
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