The University of Akron Athletics
Tennis Tops Western Michigan 5-2 in Regular-Season Finale
April 24 | Women's Tennis
KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The nationally-ranked University of Akron tennis team scored a 5-2 win over Western Michigan on Saturday in the regular-season finale for both teams. The Mid-American Conference contest began outdoors at Sorensen Courts and was moved indoors to West Hills Athletic Club when rain hit during the singles portion of competition.
Akron (18-2, 7-1 MAC) will be the No. 2 seed in next week's MAC
Championship, which will be held on the WMU campus. The 73rd-ranked
Zips, who finished the year with a program single-season record for
league wins and tallied the most overall victories since the
1990-91 squad posted a 26-6 mark, will face No. 7 seeded Bowling
Green (12-9, 2-6) in the quarterfinal round on Friday at 2 p.m. ET.
UA clinched a first-round bye for the second-consecutive year and
has achieved its highest-ever finish in the conference standings.
Miami (Ohio) (15-6, 8-0) captured the No. 1 seed as regular-season
champion. The tournament winner will earn the conference's
automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.
MAC Championship Central (WMUBroncos.com)
The Zips took a 1-0 lead over the Broncos (14-10, 6-2), claiming
one-sided wins at the first and second flights of doubles. At the
No. 1 spot, Zips Angelika Jogasuria
and Prang
Pantusart knocked off Emily Dudzik and Jill Pastunink
8-2, while at No. 2 Zara
Harutyunyan and Anya
Baronayte disposed of April Kerr and Amanda Moccia, 8-3.
Harutyunyan and Baronayte's win clinched the early match lead for
UA, after Zips Carolina Castro
Cota and Angelina
Jogasuria gave up an 8-2 decision at No. 3 to Yumi
Matsuto and Maria Nivia.
UA went up 3-0 in the match scoring, grabbing victories at No. 1
and 3 singles. Harutyunyan, ranked 113th nationally, topped Dudzik
6-1, 6-0 at No. 1 and Angelika
Jogasuria made short work of Moccia at No. 3, 6-1, 6-2.
WMU, which had its six-match win streak snapped, notched a point at
No. 6 where Pastunink got the best of Jeremie
Benjamin, 6-2, 6-2. Anya
Baronayte clinched the deciding match point, with her
6-4, 6-0 victory at No. 5 over Nivia, and WMU scored its final
point of the day thanks to a 6-7 (2), 6-1, 10-8 decision at No. 4
by Maggie Remynse over Pantusart. Angelina Jogasuria
posted a three-set score at No. 2, winning 5-7, 7-5, 10-3 over
Matsuto.
Saturday marked Akron's first-ever win over Western Michigan in 21
all-time meetings.
RESULTS
No. 73 Akron 5, Western Michigan 2
Doubles:
1. Angelika
Jogasuria/Prang
Pantusart (AKRON) def. Emily Dudzik/Jill Pastunink (WMU)
8-2
2. Anya Baronayte/Zara Harutyunyan
(AKRON) def. April Kerr/Amanda Moccia (WMU) 8-3
3. Yumi Matsuto/Maria Nivia (WMU) def. Carolina Castro
Cota/Angelina Jogasuria
(AKRON) 8-2
Singles:
1. (113) Zara Harutyunyan
(AKRON) def. Emily Dudzik (WMU) 6-1, 6-0
2. Angelina
Jogasuria (AKRON) def. Yumi Matsuto (WMU) 5-7, 7-5,
10-3
3. Angelika
Jogasuria (AKRON) def. Amanda Moccia (WMU) 6-1, 6-2
4. Maggie Remynse (WMU) def. Prang
Pantusart (AKRON) 6-7 (2), 6-1, 10-8
5. Anya Baronayte
(AKRON) def. Maria Nivia (WMU) 6-4, 6-0
6. Jill Pastunink (WMU) def. Jeremie
Benjamin (AKRON) 6-2, 6-2
Order of finish:
Doubles - 1, 3, 2
Singles - 1, 3, 6, 5, 4, 2
Players Mentioned
