MUNCIE, Ind. – Facing another of the Mid-American Conference's top teams for the second time on the weekend, the Northern Illinois University women's team lost to Ball State, 6-1, Sunday at the Cardinal Creek Courts in Muncie, Indiana.
 
Freshman Reagan Welch earned the Huskies' point with a comeback win at No. 3 singles. After losing the first set, 6-3, Welch won the second set in a tiebreaker and claimed the match with a 10-8 victory in the super tiebreaker.
 
Huskies Angelica Ross and Christy Robinson played tight matches at No. 5 and No. 4 singles, respectively as Ross fell 7-5, 6-4 to BSU's Elena Malykh, while Hannah Davies defeated Robinson 6-3, 6-3.  
 
With the win, Ball State improved to 13-3 on the season, 4-1 in the MAC, while NIU fell to 13-10, 0-5.
 
NIU returns to action on Friday, April 8 at 1 p.m. (CT) when the Huskies play host to Eastern Michigan at either the Nelson Tennis Center at Chick Evans Field House or at the DeKalb High School Tennis Courts.   
 
Ball State 6, NIU 1
April 3, 2022 at Muncie, Ind.
(Cardinal Creek)
 
Singles
1. Emma Peeler (BSU) def. Erika Dimitriev (NIU) 6-1, 6-2
2. Jessica Braun (BSU) def. Diana Lukyanova (NIU) 6-4, 6-2
3. Reagan Welch (NIU) def. Amy Kaplan (BSU) 3-6, 7-6, 1-0 (10-8)
4. Hannah Davies (BSU) def. Christy Robinson (NIU) 6-3, 6-3
5. Elena Malykh (BSU) def. Angelica Ross (NIU) 7-5, 6-4
6. Livia Lukacs (BSU) def. Iuliia Dmitrieva (NIU) 6-2, 6-0
 
Doubles
1. Amy Kaplan/Hannah Davies (BSU) def. Christy Robinson/Fernanda Naves (NIU) 6-2
2. Livia Lukacs/Jessica Braun (BSU) def. Diana Lukyanova/Erika Dimitriev (NIU) 6-1
3. Mariya Polishchuk/Emma Peeler (BSU) vs. Iuliia Dmitrieva/Reagan Welch (NIU) 4-3, unfinished
 
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