Elizabeth Rozin
Jacob Kennedy
2
Northern Kentucky NKU (6-4, 3-2)
5
Winner Cleveland State CSUW (7-9, 5-4)
Northern Kentucky NKU
(6-4, 3-2)
2
Final
5
Cleveland State CSUW
(7-9, 5-4)
Winner

Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Teresa Turner, Director of Digital Media

Women’s @NKUTennis falls to Cleveland State in first day of competition, 5-2

CLEVELAND, OH. – Northern Kentucky women's tennis team slips to 6-4 overall and 3-2 in the Horizon League after falling, 5-2, against Cleveland State on Saturday morning. The Vikings advance to 7-9 overall on the season and 5-4 in Horizon League play.

  
Match Notables  
  • The Norse fell short in doubles play with the Vikings winning both matches, to give them the early lead. Margita Sunjic and Ananya Kothakota fell short to their opponent, 6-0. Elizabeth Rozin and Hannah Watton lost to Blanche Lenoan and Kateryna Avram, 6-3, leaving the No. 1 matchup between Laura Sola Grau and Maria Koo and Miruna Vasilescu and Klara Mrcela unfinished (5-3).
  • To start off the single matches Cleveland State clinched the first two points. Koo fell to Lenoan, 6-3, 6-1. Vasilescu defeated Sunjic, 6-4, 6-1.
  • NKU obtained its first point as Sylvia Gray took down Avram, 6-3, 0-6, 6-1.
  • Following Gray, Kothakota defeated her opposition, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to secure NKU's second point.
  • Cleveland State completed the game in the No. 3 match, with Rozin falling short to Mrcela (6-0, 5-7, 7-5)

     
The Norse close out the weekend series against Cleveland State tomorrow, Sunday, April 18, with the first serve set at 10 a.m.
Agate
Cleveland State 5, Northern Kentucky 2
 
Singles (Order of Finish: 2, 1,6, 5, 3, 4)
1. Miruna Vasilescu (CSU) def. Margita Sunjic (NKU) 6-4, 6-1
2. Blanche Lenoan (CSU) def. Maria Koo (NKU) 6-3, 6-1
3. Klara Mrcela (CSU) def. Elizabeth Rozin (NKU) 6-0, 5-7, 7-5
4. Bethany Yauch (CSU) def. Laura Sola Grau (NKU) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
5. Ananya Kothakota (NKU) def. Selma Tounsi (CSU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
6. Sylvia Gray (NKU) def. Kateryna Avram (CSU) 6-3, 0-6, 6-1

Doubles (Order of Finish: 3, 2) 
1. Miruna Vasilescu/Klara Mrcela (CSU) vs. Laura Sola Grau/Maria Koo (NKU) 5-3, abandoned
2. Blanche Lenoan/Kateryna Avram (CSU) def. Elizabeth Rozin/Hannah Watton (NKU) 6-3
3. Bethany Yauch/Gaby Schoenberg (CSU) def. Margita Sunjic/Ananya Kothakota (NKU) 6-0
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