KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- The Western Michigan women's tennis team took down Oakland, 5-2, at West Hills Athletic Club on Saturday afternoon.
The Broncos (5-4) started off by earning the doubles point.
Polina Khotko and
Audrey Smitek made quick work of Tara Montreuil and Maryna Piechowicz, 6-0, to give WMU the early advantage. The Grizzlies fired back with a 6-1 win at No. 1, leaving the doubles point to the No. 2 match between Western Michigan's Julia Fazier and Sienna Osborn against Oakland's Nisa Bulut and Oliwia Klimas. Frazier and Osborn clinched the point for the Broncos with a 6-3 win.
Frazier put the Broncos up 2-0 with quick work at No. 6 singles, defeating Montreuil 6-1, 6-0. OU cut into the lead with a win at No. 2 by Klimas over
Audrey Smitek 6-4, 6-3.
Lola Glantz pushed WMU's lead to 3-1 with a 6-1, 6-3 win at No. 1 over Bulut, but the Golden Grizzlies cut it back to one after Maryna Piechowicz beat Frieda Weijerman 6-2, 6-4 at No. 2.
The remaining two singles matches went to three sets, with freshman
Ayana Yaguchi earning the match-winning point for the Broncos after a 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 win over Emilia Jarvinen at No. 5. The victory was Yaguchi's first of her career in a dual match. Osborne added WMU's fifth and final point with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 win at No. 4 over Edie Hammond.
The Broncos head back on the road to take on Cleveland State on Saturday at 10 a.m. and then at Youngstown State on Sunday at 11 a.m.
