The University of Akron Athletics
Tennis Bounced At Eastern Michigan, 7-0
April 13 | Women's Tennis
YPSILANTI, Mich. - The University of Akron tennis team lost 7-0 to Eastern Michigan in a Mid-American Conference dual match on Friday at Chippewa Club.
The loss was the Zips' sixth straight and dropped them to 9-10 overall and 0-6 in league play. The Eagles improved to 11-8 (3-2 MAC) and won their third straight, and fifth in the last six competitions.
The Eagles opened the afternoon by sweeping through doubles play, posting 8-2 wins at No. 1 and No. 3, and an 8-4 tally at No. 2. EMU then ran through the singles lineup by posting straight set victories at five of the six positions. UA's Alyssa Carlson pushed her No. 5 match-up into a third set, losing 6-2, 4-6, 10-4 to Emma Czarnecki.
Akron will look to rebound tomorrow when it plays at Toledo at 1 p.m. EDT.
Eastern Michigan 7, Akron 0
Doubles
1-Frankowski/Parfenyuk (EMU) def. Gombera/Sherlock (UA) 8-2
2-Bestehorn/Krishnan (EMU) def. Larson/Berry (UA) 8-4
3-Fernandez/Micati (EMU) def. Carlson/Percherin (UA) 8-2
1-No. 96 Vanessa Frankowski (EMU) def. Tanya Gombera (UA) 6-1,
6-2
2-Aditi Krishnan (EMU) def. Jenna Larson (UA) 6-3, 6-1
3-Yana Parfenyuk (EMU) def. Amy Sherlock (UA) 6-4, 6-4
4-Tina Bestehorn (EMU) def. Lindsey Berry (UA) 6-1, 6-1
5-Emma Czarnecki (EMU) def. Alyssa Carlson (UA) 6-2, 4-6, 10-4
6-Laura Fernandez (EMU) def. Laura Hemlepp (UA) 6-0, 6-3
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