![]() ![]() The Redbirds continue their homestand and Missouri Valley Conference play on Sunday when Northern Iowa comes to the Evergreen Racquet Club for an 11:30 a.m. Unfortunately, Pomarolli would not be able to keep the momentum as she fell in the day's lone three-setter, a 7-5, 4-6, 2-6 loss to Drake's Parkins-Godwin at no. 4, who would pick up a gritty 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 victory which made the margin 5-1. The final Redbird win came by Damnjanovic at no. 6, who would pick up a 6-1, 6-2 win and officially make it 4-1 for ISU with only two matches left. The match clinching victory came by way of Jankulovska at no. 2, as the senior came out strong to collect a 6-2, 6-1 win and make it 3-1 Redbirds. The momentum was regained for ISU by Abyasova at no. Then, it was Ines Stephani of Drake giving Drake their first point with a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Zlatanovic at no. Then in singles, Kolarevic kept it rolling as she was almost unstoppable, picing up a 6-0, 6-3 victory as she pushed ISU's lead to 2-0. "We came out swinging in singles and kept the momentum for picking up the doubles point which was huge in order for us to win." "Getting the doubles point was huge for us especially as we headed to singles," Kovacek said. 2, it was ISU's tandem of Alexandra Abyasova and Silivia Pomarolli who clinched the early advantage off a 6-4 win as the action shifted to singles. The visiting Bulldogs would pull even in doubles as Mille Haagensen and Darinka Stepan knocked off Tara Damnjanovic and Tijana Zlatanovic by a final of 6-3. 3 duo of Elena Jankulovska and Nevena Kolarevic got the 'Birds on the board first with a 6-2 win, as the next match to finish came at no. The Redbirds scored the first point of the day after securing two wins in the doubles competition. "We knew we would need that confidence and focus from the beginning to perform in every spot possible." "Energy was great from the beginning and the focus was on par with how the past matches have gone against Drake," ISU head coach Maja Kovacek said. – In their first conference home match of the spring, Illinois State (9-6) picked up a 5-2 win over Drake (8-7) Saturday afternoon at the Evergreen Racquet Club to remain perfect in MVC play and win their fifth straight home match this spring. at East Campus Tennis Courts.BLOOMINGTON, Ill. JMU is back in action on Saturday, March 25 when its hots #69 Georgia Southern. In the third and final frame, he was down 3-2 before breaking his GSU foe twice and winning the final four games. On court six, Mahesh found himself down a set and trailing in the second before he stormed back for a 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 triumph versus Batista.Padilha overcame Sinopoli, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1, winning each of the final five games. The Panthers tied things up at 3-3 with a three-set win on court four. ![]() JMU regained the lead on court five, as Sanchez won a tough match against Tymes, 6-4, 6-3.Morais first held off a second-set surge from Sadek, winning the bout, 6-0, 7-6 (2), while Datei rallied from a set down to defeat Lozano, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1. GSU evened the match with wins on courts three and two.Koons doubled JMU's lead to 2-0 on court one, where he cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 victory against Grinvalds.The teams split the six matches, with the final two going to decisive third sets.Over on court one, the bout between Koons and Francisco Sinopoli and Roberts Grinvalds and Diego Padilha went unfinished at 5-5.The Dukes trailed early but leading 5-4, they broke the GSU tandem on a deuce-deciding point to clinch the match. On court three, the duo of Mahesh and Youssef Sadek came back to defeat Gabriele Datei and Edward Tymes, 6-4.The Dukes earned the advantage on court two, as Julian Lozano and Sanchez nipped Ricardo Batista and Diogo Morais, 6-4.JMU won thrilling matches on courts two and three to snag the early 1-0 lead.Mahesh and Edson Sanchez each went 2-0, claiming wins in both doubles and singles, while Holden Koons also captured a victory in singles play. It was the second all-time meeting between the teams, and first in 13 years, as JMU walked off with its first victory against GSU. The Dukes improved to 8-6 on the year and 1-2 in Sun Belt play, while the Panthers fell to 3-12 and 0-2. – Freshman Aathreya Mahesh rallied in the final match to help James Madison earn its first Sun Belt Conference men's tennis victory with a 4-3 triumph against Georgia State on Friday afternoon at the East Campus Tennis Courts. ![]()
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