Women's Tennis | April 16

DeKALB, Ill.  – Ball State showed why it is one of the top teams in the Mid-American Conference Sunday at the Nelson Tennis Center in Chick Evans Field House with a 7-0 win over the Northern Illinois University Huskies.
 
With the win, Ball State improved to 18-3 on the season and 7-1 in the MAC, while NIU fell to 12-14, 2-6 in the league.
 
After BSU won at No. 2 and 3 doubles to claim the doubles point, the Huskies started well at No. 1, No. 3 and No. 4 singles. Both Nataly Ninova at No. 3 and Reagan Welch at No. 4 won tiebreakers to take the opening sets but could not sustain the momentum through the rest of their matches. The match at No. 1 singles was tied 4-4 after the first eight games before BSU's Mariya Polishchuk took that set 6-4 and went on to win the match in two sets.
 
NIU closes out the regular season next weekend with a road match at Miami (Ohio) on Friday and will play host to Western Michigan next Sunday (April 23) in the season finale beginning at 1 p.m.
 
Ball State 7, NIU 0
04/16/2023 at DeKalb, Illinois
(Chick Evans Field House)
 
Singles
1. Mariya Polishchuk (BALLST) def. Erika Dimitriev (NIU) 6-4, 6-2
2. Amy Kaplan (BALLST) def. Diana Lukyanova (NIU) 6-1, 6-3
3. Emma Peeler (BALLST) def. Nataly Ninova (NIU) 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-0
4. Jessica Braun (BALLST) def. Reagan Welch (NIU) 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 6-4
5. Elena Malykh (BALLST) def. Isabella Righi (NIU) 6-0, 7-5
6. Allison Mulville (BALLST) def. Jenna Horne (NIU) 6-4, 6-4
 
Doubles
1. Erika Dimitriev/Nataly Ninova (NIU) vs. Annika Planinsek/Amy Kaplan (BALLST) 4-4, unfinished
2. Allison Mulville/Mariya Polishchuk (BALLST) def. Diana Lukyanova/Reagan Welch (NIU) 6-1
3. Jessica Braun/Emily Desai (BALLST) def. Isabella Righi/Jenna Horne (NIU) 6-3
 
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