INDIANAPOLIS – The Oakland tennis team swept doubles play and earned four singles wins to earn a 5-2 win over IUPUI in the Horizon League opener Friday from the West Indy Racquet Club.
 
Ava Thielman earned the No. 1 singles win, 7-5, 6-3 and won in doubles play with partner Darya Maltseva, 6-4. Maltseva won in No. 2 singles in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0.
 
Alexandra Whall and Sofia Borcuti also recorded a win in doubles action with a 6-3 victory. The pair went on to win their respective singles matches with Whall earning a 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 win and Borcuti coming out on top in No. 6 singles, 6-3, 6-3.
 
The duo of Dasha Artamonova and Samantha Galloway won at the No. 2 doubles spot, winning 6-1.
 
The Golden Grizzlies will travel to Chicago to take on preseason favorite UIC Sunday at 2 p.m. (ET).
 
Singles competition
1. THIELMAN, Ava (OAK) def. Christina Stankovic (IUPUI) 7-5, 6-3
2. MALTSEVA, Darya (OAK) def. Gabrielle Ochalik (IUPUI) 6-0, 6-0
3. Sarah Lounsbury (IUPUI) def. GALLOWAY, Samantha (OAK) 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 1-0 (10-5)
4. Mariella Pessina (IUPUI) def. ARTAMONOVA, Dasha (OAK) 6-2, 6-2
5. WHALL, Alexandra (OAK) def. Krystal Grubb (IUPUI) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
6. BORCUTI, Sofia (OAK) def. Meghan Bernard (IUPUI) 6-3, 6-3
 
Doubles competition
1. MALTSEVA, Darya/THIELMAN, Ava (OAK) def. Krystal Grubb/Gabrielle Ochalik (IUPUI) 6-4
2. ARTAMONOVA, Dasha/GALLOWAY, Samantha (OAK) def. Christina Stankovic/Mariella Pessina (IUPUI) 6-1
3. WHALL, Alexandra/BORCUTI, Sofia (OAK) def. Meghan Bernard/Samantha Hayward (IUPUI) 6-3


 
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