Results
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Northern Kentucky women's tennis team took control of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, picking up a 5-1 victory on Thursday.
The Norse, now 5-3 on the year, picked up early momentum as
Maria Voscekova won the top flight over Monta Reinfelde in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2. They never looked back from there. NKU went on to win four of the next five matches, all coming in straight sets.
Danielle Donahue and
Marta Romeo snapped extended losing streaks with their victories. Donahue bested Madeline Phillips at the No. 2 flight, 6-3, 6-0, to break a three-match slide, while Romeo's win over Emily Pryzstawski, 6-1, 6-3, was her first in her last five matches.
The only loss for NKU came in the third flight and WKU's Carolina Barboza defeated
Nicole Soutar in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4.
The Norse now turn their attention to a weekend full of road matches as they will battle conference foes, Kennesaw State on Friday and Mercer on Saturday. Their weekend will end with a non-conference match with Alabama State on Sunday.
