Sylvia Gray
Teresa Turner
1
Northern Kentucky NKU (6-5, 3-3)
6
Winner Cleveland State CSUW (8-9, 6-4)
Northern Kentucky NKU
(6-5, 3-3)
1
Final
6
Cleveland State CSUW
(8-9, 6-4)
Winner

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

Women’s @NKUTennis finishes weekend series at Cleveland State, falling 6-1

CLEVELAND, OH. – Northern Kentucky women's tennis team slips to 6-5 overall and 3-3 in the Horizon League after falling, 6-1, against Cleveland State on Sunday afternoon. The Vikings advance to 8-9 overall on the season and 6-4 in Horizon League play. 

  
Match Notables   
  • The Norse fell short in doubles play with the Vikings winning both matches, but NKU didn't go down without a fight. The first win for Cleveland State was via the No. 2 doubles team of Blanche Lenoan and Kateryna Avram taking down Elizabeth Rozin and Hannah Watton, 6-1. Margita Sunjic and Sylvia Gray (No. 3) then took down Gaby Schoenberg and Bethany Yauch 6-3. Laura Grau and Maria Koo were unable to take down their doubles opponents Klara Mrcela and Miruna Vasilescu, falling 7-5. 
  • To start off the single matches Cleveland State clinched the first two points. No. 1 Vasilescu took down Sunjic, 6-1, 6-2. No. 3 Rozin fell to Mrcela, 6-3, 6-4. 
  • NKU obtained its first point on the day as Sylvia Gray (No. 6) took down Schoenberg 6-4, 6-3.  
  • The rest of the matches were a Viking takeover. Yauch (No. 4) clinched CSU's victory on the day, defeating Grau, 6-3, 6-3, followed by Selma Tounsi (No. 5) defeating Kothakota, 7-5, 3-6, 1-0 (12-10), and Koo falling to Lenoan, 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-7).


     
The Norse close out the regular season at home against Youngstown State April 24 and 25 at the Lindner Tennis Center at Lunken. 
 
Agate
Cleveland State 6, Northern Kentucky 1
 
Singles (Order of Finish: 1, 3, 6, 4, 5, 2)
1. Miruna Vasilescu (CSU) def. Margita Sunjic (NKU) 6-1, 6-2  
2. Blanche Lenoan (CSU) def. Maria Koo (NKU) 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-7)  
3. Klara Mrcela (CSU) def. Elizabeth Rozin (NKU) 6-3, 6-4  
4. Bethany Yauch (CSU) def. Laura Sola Grau (NKU) 6-3, 6-3  
5. Selma Tounsi (CSU) def. Ananya Kothakota (NKU) 7-5, 3-6, 1-0 (12-10)  
6. Sylvia Gray (NKU) def. Gaby Schoenberg (CSU) 6-4, 6-3 


Doubles (Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1) 
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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