| Box Score 2 BLOOMINGTON/WINONA, Minn.  – The Northern Illinois University women's tennis team split a pair of road matches in Minnesota Sunday, dropping a 4-3 decision to St. Thomas in Bloomington before earning a 6-1 win at Winona State.
 
NIU won the doubles point to open the late match with the freshman duo of Isabella Righi and Nataly Ninova earning a 6-2 win at No. 2, while Diana Lukyanova and McKenna Chudy paired up to shutout their opponents at No. 3, 6-0. The teams were paired together for the first time in a dual match this year.
 
Erika Dimitriev and Angelica Ross teamed up at No. 1 doubles for the first time this spring on Sunday and went 1-1 on the day, winning at Winona State, 6-1, to give NIU a sweep of the doubles matches.  The Huskies also won five singles matches in straight sets with the only loss coming at No. 2 after Lukyanova retired at No. 2.  
 
Nataly Ninova, Angelica Ross and Isabella Righi all went undefeated in singles on the day. After winning their singles matches at No. 4, 5 and 6 in straight sets at St. Thomas to account for the Huskies' three points in that match, they won at 3, 4 and 5 versus Winona State.  Erika Dimitriev won her match over Winona State's Beth Murman, 6-1, 6-1 and Chudy dispatched her opponent, 6-1, 6-0 at No. 6 singles.
 
St. Thomas' No. 2 doubles pair of Olivia Paradise-Shrichandrakala Tentu defeated NIU's Reagan Welch and Ninova in a tiebreaker to give the Tommies the doubles point which proved to be the deciding point in the match. 
 
With the split of Sunday's matches, NIU's dual match record stands at 8-7. The Huskies return home next Saturday, March 4 to face Drake and Wisconsin-Whitewater at the Nelson Tennis Center at Chick Evans Field House.  
 
NIU 6, Winona State 1
Winona Tennis Center, Winona, Minn.
 
Doubles
1. Erika Dimitriev/Angelica Ross (NIU) def. Beth Murman/Sara Anderson (WSU), 6-1
2. Isabella Righi/Nataly Ninova (NIU) def. Rachel Kelly/Ally Burger (WSU), 6-2
3. Diana Lukyanova/McKenna Chudy (NIU) def. Clara Thoemke/Maddie Moe (WSU), 6-0
 
Singles
1. Erika Dimitriev (NIU) def. Beth Murman (WSU), 6-1, 6-1
2. Rachel Kelly (WSU) def. Diana Lukyanova (NIU), 6-4, 0-1, ret.
3. Nataly Ninova (NIU) def. Sara Anderson (WSU), 6-3, 6-2
4. Angelica Ross (NIU) def. Ally Burger (WSU), 6-1, 6-0
5. Isabella Righi (NIU) def. Miranda Daulong (WSU), 6-0, 6-1
6. McKenna Chudy (NIU) def. Clara Thoemke (WSU), 6-1, 6-0  
St. Thomas 4, NIU 3
Lifetime Fitness Courts, Bloomington, Minn.
 
Doubles
1. Nicole Snezhko-Monterey Knewtson (ST) def. Erika Dimitriev-Angelica Ross (NIU), 6-4
2. Olivia Paradise-Shrichandrakala Tentu (ST) def. Reagan Welch-Nataly Ninova (NIU), 7-6 (7-2)
3. Isabella Righi-Diana Lukyanova (NIU) def. Jannah ElNemr-Marthe Degeorges (ST), 6-1
 
Singles
1. Marthe Degeorges (ST) def. Erika Dimitriev (NIU), 6-3, 6-2
2. Jannah ElNemr (ST) def. Diana Lukyanova (NIU), 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
3. Olivia Paradise (ST) def. Reagan Welch (NIU), 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
4. Nataly Ninova (NIU) def. Shrichandrakala Tentu (ST), 6-0, 6-3
5. Angelica Ross (NIU) def. Nicole Snezhko (ST), 6-2, 6-1
6. Isabella Righi (NIU) def. Monterey Knewtson (ST), 6-2, 6-0
 
 
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