ROCHESTER, Mich. - The Oakland women's tennis team continues Horizon League play with a pair of road dual matches at Northern Kentucky. The Golden Grizzlies and Norse square off on Saturday, Apr. 10 and Sunday, Apr. 11 at 11 a.m. at the Linder Tennis Center at Lunken.
Notes:
Last time out – Oakland falls at CSU
The Golden Grizzlies lost a pair of road league dual matches, 7-0, at Cleveland State.
Singles and Doubles:
- Glazbrook leads the team with a 4-10 singles record between the No. 1 and No. 2 positions while
Emma Hultqvist in 3-11 at the No. 4 and No. 5.
- Glazbrook and Patel lead the way in doubles at the No. 1 position with a 4-4 mark with wins coming at Ball State, twice against EMU and against IUPUI.
- Patel and Melnizki won their first two matches of the season at the No. 2 singles and No. 3 singles position respectively against IUPUI.
- Joëlle Tabernal won her first singles match of the season defeating Isabella Schoolcraft in the sets 6-3, 1-6, 1-0 (14-12) at No. 4 singles as Oakland completed non-conference play with a hard-fought 6-1 set back at Valparaiso (3/13).
- Due to a shortened roster consisting of only five student-athletes this season, 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.
Nirva Patel named Nike® Horizon League Women's Singles Player of the Week (3/24):
Patel, a Somerset, UK native, went a perfect 2-0 at the No. 2 singles position helping Oakland win their first two matches of the season over IUPUI to go 2-0 in Horizon League play. She defeated Gabrielle Ochalik in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1, in Oakland's 5-2 win and followed that up with a hard-fought three-set win over Christina Stankovic (5-7, 6-1, 7-5) helping the Golden Grizzlies to a 4-3 win to complete the weekend sweep.
Oakland posted weekend sweep over IUPUI to win first two matches of the season:
Match 1: The Golden Grizzlies won their first match of the season with a 5-2 win over IUPUI to open Horizon League play (3/20). After winning the doubles point,
Yasmin Glazbrook,
Nirva Patel,
Mia Melnizki and
Emma Hultqvist each won at the No. 1, 2, 3 and 5 singles positions respectively.
Despite defaulting at the No. 3 doubles position, Patel and Galzbrook defeated Krystal Grubb and Gabrielle Ochalik, 6-3, at the No. 1 spot followed by Joëlle Tabernal and Hultqvist who took out Sarah Lounsbury and Christina Lounsbury at the No. 2 position to claim the doubles point.
In singles play, Oakland won 4-of-6 matches as Glazbrook won by injury default over Grubb at No. 1 while Patel defeated Ochalik in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1, at the No. 2 position. Melnizki outlasted Lounsbury in straight sets, 7-5, 7-5, at No. 3 followed by Hultqvist who also won in straight sets over Hayward, 6-2, 6-4.
Match - 2: With the match tied at 3-3,
Mia Melnizki grinded out a three-set win over Sarah Lounsbury, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, at the No. 3 singles position to give Oakland a thrilling 4-3 won over IUPUI on Sunday to remain unbeaten in Horizon League play.
Nirva Patel set the stage with a hard-fought three-set win over Christina Stankovic, 5-7, 6-1, 7-5 at the No. 2 spot to draw the match even at 3-3.
Oakland entered singles play down 2-0 after dropping the doubles point and forfeiting at the No. 6 singles spot.
Yasmin Glazbrook cruised to a 6-1, 6-1, straight-set win over Gabrielle Ochalik at No. 1 followed by
Emma Hultqvist who downed Samantha Hayward in straight sets, 7-5, 6-0 at the No. 4 spot to tie the match at 2-2.
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