KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan women's tennis team snapped a four-match losing streak with a 4-3 win over Eastern Michigan outdoors at Sorensen Courts on Friday afternoon.
After going down 1-0 by dropping the doubles point, the Broncos stormed back to win four straight singles matches to go up 4-1 and secure the win. Freshman
Karin Hamilton made quick work of EMU's Julia Piatek at No. 5, winning 6-3, 6-1 to tie the match up at 1-1. Sophomore
Lindsey Zieglar bumped up to No. 1 on the day and responded with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Isabelle Popma to give the Broncos the lead. Junior
Femke Tjon-A-Joe beat Vasavi Ganesan 6-2, 7-5 to push the advantage to 3-1. Freshman
Ana Guadiana secured the win for Western Michigan after a battle with Luisa Pelayo. Guadiana took the first set 7-5 and then won in a tie-breaker in second set 7-6 (7-2).
"I can't say enough about my team today," said head coach
Ryan Tomlinson. "I think when you play so many close matches in such a very even league and you don't come out on top it can play with your mind a little bit. We came out extremely flat in doubles and they took it to us, credit to them for playing well. We responded extremely well in singles. Lindsey, Femke and Ana all got out to 5-2 leads in the first set and it really set the tone for us. I have complete faith in my team as they will continue to fight in these last three matches of the season."
Western Michigan heads back on the road to take on Mid-American Conference leader Ball State on Sunday at 2 p.m.
