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Nirva Patel, Yasmin Glazbrook
Jose Juarez

Women's Tennis

OAKLAND TRAVELS TO TOLEDO AND VALPARAISO FOR A PAIR OF DUAL MATCHES

Golden Grizzlies and Rockets square off on Wednesday, Mar. 10 at 12:30 p.m. followed by the Crusaders on Saturday, Mar. 13 at 2 p.m.

ROCHESTER, Mich. - The Oakland women's tennis team closes out the non-conference slate of the schedule with a pair of dual matches at Toledo and former Horizon League member Valparaiso. The Golden Grizzlies and Rockets square off on Wednesday, Mar. 10 at 12:30 p.m. followed by the Crusaders on Saturday, Mar. 13 at 2 p.m.
 
Notes:
Last time out:
- Yasmin Glazbrook won a match at the No. 1 singles position against Eastern Michigan grinding out a 2-6, 7-5, 10-6 three-set win over Isabelle Popma and also teamed with Nirva Patel for a 7-6 (7-3) win over Popma and Julia Piatek at the No. 1 doubles spot. However, it was not enough as the Golden Grizzlies fell, 6-1, to the Eagles at the Bloomfield Tennis and Fitness Center (3/6).
 
- Oakland defeated Toledo 6-1 last season and is a perfect 7-0 over the last seven matches against Valpo securing a 4-3 win the last time the two schools met in 2017.
 
- Glazbrook leads the team with a 2-4 singles record between the No. 1 and No. 2 positions while Emma Hultqvist has a win at the No. 5 spot against EMU.
 
- Glazbrook and Patel lead the way in doubles at the No. 1 position with a 3-2 mark with wins coming at Ball State and twice against EMU.

- Oakland traveled to EMU and dropped a pair of dual matches by the score of 6-1, 6-1 at the Chippewa Club (2/26). Glazbrook defeated Vasavi Ganesan in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4, at the No. 2 singles position and also notched a 6-4 win with Patel at the No. 1 doubles spot over Isabelle Popma and Julia Piatek. Hultqvist also secured a three set 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 win over Grace Whitney at the No. 5 singles spot.
 
- Oakland finished the COVID-19 shorten 2020 season 6-4 overall and suffered a 7-0 setback at Ball State last season.
 
- Last season, the Golden Grizzlies went 3-2 against schools from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) after dropping a hard fought 4-3 decision to Western Michigan (1/18) followed by a 5-2 road win over Akron (1/26) and 6-1 home victory against Toledo (2/9). Oakland also dropped a 7-0 decision at Ball State (2/16) and secured a 4-3 win at Eastern Michigan (3/6).
 
- The Golden Grizzlies enter the season with only five active players on the roster. Sophomore Nirva Patel returns after posting a 4-6 overall in singles play at the No. 2 position last season with wins against Bethune-Cookman, Findlay, Toledo and Akron. She also posted 5-4 overall doubles mark going 5-3 with Aarja Chakraborty at the No. 2 (2-2) and No. 3 (3-1) spots.
 
- Due to the shortened roster, Oakland has to start each competition with a forfeit at the No. 3 doubles position and an additional forfeit at the No. 6 singles position.
 
- Sophomore Emma Hultqvist also returns after going a perfect 3-0 in singles play going 2-0 at No. 4 and 1-0 at No. 6 positions with singles wins against Bethune-Cookman, FAU and Findlay.
 
- Oakland welcomes a pair of transfer student-athletes from Green Bay in Mia Melnizki and Yasmin Glazbrook. Melnizki posted a 4-6 record at No. 2 doubles and 5-7 mark between No. 3 (2-4) and No. 4 (3-3) singles helping the Phoenix to a 6-6 overall mark in the shortened 2020 season. Glazbrook posted a 4-6 record at No. 1 doubles and 5-7 mark between No. 1 (1-2) and No. 2 (4-5) singles for the Phoenix last season.  As a freshman, she recorded three wins at No. 1 singles (3-10) and went 1-1 at the No. 2 position and 3-2 at the No. 1 doubles position, 1-1 at No. 2 and 1-5 at No. 3 with a 5-8 overall mark.
 
- The lone freshman on the team is Joëlle Tabernal from Hilversum, North Holland. She won the Province Tournament earning No. 1 ranking in Utrecht, Holland and reached a No. 80 national ranking. She also helped Holland team win club division competition three times and also won multiple individual UTR tournaments.
 
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Players Mentioned

Aarja Chakraborty

Aarja Chakraborty

5' 5"
Junior
Emma Hultqvist

Emma Hultqvist

5' 8"
Sophomore
Nirva Patel

Nirva Patel

5' 4"
Sophomore
Yasmin Glazbrook

Yasmin Glazbrook

5' 5"
Junior
Mia Melnizki

Mia Melnizki

5' 8"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Aarja Chakraborty

Aarja Chakraborty

5' 5"
Junior
Emma Hultqvist

Emma Hultqvist

5' 8"
Sophomore
Nirva Patel

Nirva Patel

5' 4"
Sophomore
Yasmin Glazbrook

Yasmin Glazbrook

5' 5"
Junior
Mia Melnizki

Mia Melnizki

5' 8"
Junior