YPSILANTI, Mich. - Ava Thielman, Darya Maltseva and Aarja Chakraborty each won in singles play helping Oakland edge Eastern Michigan, 4-3, on Friday at the Chippewa Racquet Club. The Golden Grizzlies are now 3-2 against schools from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) this season.

During doubles action, Samantha Galloway and Alexandra Whall had no trouble shutting out Morgan Ingram and Emma-Lou Pommiers (6-0) at the No. 3 spot. After EMU won at the No. 2 position, it came down to Thielman and Victoria Kurz who outlasted Marie Mayerova and Julia Piatek (6-4) at No. 1 position to secure the doubles point and move ahead 1-0.

In singles play, Thielman downed Mayerova (6-2, 6-2) at the No. 1 spot while Maltseva took out Isabelle Popma (6-4, 6-2) at No. 3 followed by Chakraborty who rolled past Ingram (6-1, 6-0) to secure the match.

Oakland travels to Bowling Green on Friday, March 13 at 1 p.m.



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