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Panther tennis drops back-to-back duals to Braves, Redbirds.
3/26/2023 6:23:00 PM | Women's Tennis
UNI looks to rebound hosting Valparaiso and Missouri State at home next weekend.
NORMAL, Ill. --- UNI tennis faced a pair of stout Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) opponents over the weekend as the Panthers fell to the Bradley Braves in a narrow 4-3 dual loss on Saturday, before falling in a 7-0 shutout to the Illinois State Redbirds on Sunday.
Opening the weekend on Saturday afternoon in Peoria, Andrijana Brkic earned her sixth consecutive singles victory with a three-set win over Bradley's Mariia Pukhina. Brkic dropped the first set 7-6 in a tiebreak before rolling to 6-0 wins in the final two frames. Kim Zizek also put up a strong performance against Bradley, defeating Maria Bezmenova in straight sets, 7-6, 6-3. This win evened out Zizek's singles record to 6-6 for the season.
At the No. 6 singles spot, Kanyanut Sudsaard snagged her second singles match of the season over Alexandra Hildreth 6-0, 7-5. Issa Sullivan and Thaissa Moreira would snap a two-match skid in doubles sweeping Bradley's Mariia Pukhina and Alexandra Hildreth, 6-4.
The Panthers faced a major test in Sunday's dual in Normal, facing off against a Redbird team picked second in MVC preseason poll. Brkic, playing in the top singles spot, saw her six-match winning streak snapped in a 6-3, 6-2 loss to Illinois State's Tijana Zlatanovic, while Darta Dalecka put up a fight in a tight second set in a 6-1, 7-5 loss to Alexandra Abysova.
UP NEXT
The Panthers return for a pair of MVC duals on their home courts next weekend, hosting Valparaiso at 1 p.m. CT on Saturday. UNI will take on Missouri State the following morning at 10 a.m. CT. Venue is subject to change based on weather conditions.
FULL RESULTS
(One team point awarded per singles victory / One point awarded to team who wins 2 of 3 doubles matches)
UNI 3, BRADLEY 4
Doubles
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No. 1 - Madalena Andrade/Kirstin Hailey (BU) def. Darta Dalecka/Lorena Cardoso (UNI), 6-4
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No. 2 - Maria Bezmenova/Anna Belogliadova (BU) def. Andrijana Brkic/Kim Zizek (UNI), 6-2
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No. 3 Thaissa Moreira/Issa Sullivan (UNI) def. Mariia Pukhina/Alexandra Hildreth (BU), 6-4
Singles
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No. 1 - Anna Belogliadova (BU) def. Darta Dalecka (UNI), 7-6 [5], 6-4
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No. 2 - Andrijana Brkic (UNI) def. Mariia Pukhina (BU), 6-7 [5], 6-0, 6-0
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No. 3 - Kirstin Hailey (BU) def. Lorena Cardoso (UNI), 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
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No. 4 - Kim Zizek (UNI) def. Maria Bezmenova (BU), 7-6 [2], 6-3
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No. 5 - Madalena Andrade (BU) def. Thaissa Moreira (UNI), 7-6 [2], 7-5
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No. 6 - Kanyanut Sudsaard (UNI) def. Alexandra Hildreth (BU), 6-0, 7-5
Order of finish: Doubles - 2,3,1 / Singles - 4,2,1,3,6,5
UNI 0, ILLINOIS STATE 7
Doubles
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No. 1 - Tara Damnjanovic/Tijana Zlatanovic (ILS) def. Darta Dalecka/Lorena Cardoso (UNI), 6-1
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No. 2 - Alexandra Abyasova/Silvia Pomarolli (ILS) def. Andrijana Brkic/Kim Zizek (UNI), 6-4
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No. 3 - Elena Jankulovska/Nevena Kolarevic (ILS) def. Thaissa Moreira/Issa Sullivan (UNI), 6-3
Singles
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No. 1 - Tijana Zlatanovic (ILS) def. Andrijana Brkic (UNI), 6-3, 6-2
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No. 2 - Alexandra Abyasova (ILS) def. Darta Dalecka (UNI), 6-1, 7-5
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No. 3 - Nevena Kolarevic (ILS) def. Lorena Cardoso (UNI), 6-2, 6-2
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No. 4 - Tara Damnjanovic (ILS) def. Kim Zizek (UNI), 6-4, 6-4
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No. 5 - Silvia Pomarolli (ILS) def. Thaissa Moreira (UNI), 6-4, 6-1
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No. 6 - Elena Jankulovska (ILS) def. Kanyanut Sudsaard (UNI), 6-1, 6-1
Order of finish: Doubles - 1,3,2 / Singles - 3,6,1,5,2,4
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
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