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Women's Tennis Opens Spring Schedule with Oakland

KALAMAZOO, Mich.- The Western Michigan women's tennis team resumes the 2017-18 season with a match against Oakland on Saturday, Jan. 13 at 11:00 a.m. inside West Hills Athletic Club.Admission to all home women's tennis matches is free.

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Western Michigan enters Saturday owning a six-match winning streak against Oakland and won last season's meeting 6-1 with singles victories coming from junior Melina Lyubomirova, junior teammate Denise Azcui and redshirt senior Barbare Eristavi.

Last spring WMU went 10-13 overall, 4-4 in the Mid-American Conference and made an appearance in the MAC Tournament as the No. 6 seed.

The Broncos last competed at the Bronco Super Challenge back on Nov. 3-4 at West Hills. Lyubomirova, sophomore Gabriela Slavova and freshmen Valeria Riegraf and Jeryn Jack all picked up wins in the final day of competition. Slavova finished the fall season on a three-game winning streak and leads the team with five wins. Azcui and Jack are right behind with four wins.  

After Saturday, Western Michigan hits the road to Bloomington, Indiana for a pair of matches on Saturday, Jan. 20 for two matches against Indiana at 9:30 a.m. and then Butler at 1:30 p.m. 

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Players Mentioned

Denise Azcui

Denise Azcui

5' 4"
Junior
Barbare Eristavi

Barbare Eristavi

5' 6"
Redshirt Senior
Melina Lyubomirova

Melina Lyubomirova

5' 6"
Junior
Gabriela Slavova

Gabriela Slavova

5' 5"
Sophomore
Jeryn  Jack

Jeryn Jack

5' 7"
Freshman
Valerie Riegraf

Valerie Riegraf

5' 4"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Denise Azcui

Denise Azcui

5' 4"
Junior
Barbare Eristavi

Barbare Eristavi

5' 6"
Redshirt Senior
Melina Lyubomirova

Melina Lyubomirova

5' 6"
Junior
Gabriela Slavova

Gabriela Slavova

5' 5"
Sophomore
Jeryn  Jack

Jeryn Jack

5' 7"
Freshman
Valerie Riegraf

Valerie Riegraf

5' 4"
Freshman