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Women's Tennis Finishes Regular Season with 4-3 win at BGSU

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Western Michigan women's tennis closed out its regular season with a tough 4-3 comeback win over Bowling Green on the road Sunday afternoon. The Broncos will enter next weekend's Mid-American Conference (MAC) Tournament at Ball State with an overall record of 10-12 and a MAC record of 4-4.

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WMU locked up the No. 6 seed in next weekend's conference tournament and will face the No. 3 seeded Buffalo Bulls on Friday, April 28 at 2 p.m., a team the Broncos beat 4-3 earlier this season.

Bowling Green, who is forced to play with just five players, took the doubles point to open things up Sunday afternoon, earning wins at No. 1 and No. 2 while WMU won by forfeit at No. 3.

With the Falcons up 1-0 to start singles, WMU quickly made it 1-1 with a forfeit at No. 6. Bowling Green earned a win at No. 1, taking a 2-1 advantage but the middle of the Bronco lineup came up clutch, earning three straight wins to clinch the win. Senior Barbare Eristavi won her seventh straight match with a 6-4, 6-0 win at No. 3, Katja Fevralev won 6-4, 6-4 at No. 4 and senior Tracy Kuhle clinched it with a tough 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 win at No. 2. Eristavi moved to a team-best 7-1 in MAC play while Kuhle improved to 5-3 in the league.

The Broncos will head to the six-team MAC Women's Tennis Tournament next weekend, hosted by Ball State. The tournament starts with No. 4 vs. No. 5 followed by No. 3 vs. No. 6 on Friday. No. 1 and No. 2 have first round byes.

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Players Mentioned

Barbare Eristavi

Barbare Eristavi

5' 6"
Senior
Katja Fevralev

Katja Fevralev

5' 2"
Sophomore
Tracy Kuhle

Tracy Kuhle

5' 6"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Barbare Eristavi

Barbare Eristavi

5' 6"
Senior
Katja Fevralev

Katja Fevralev

5' 2"
Sophomore
Tracy Kuhle

Tracy Kuhle

5' 6"
Senior