Panthers Hit Past Bradley for 5-2 Road Win

EIU women improve to 4-2 on the early-season with win over instate foe

2/24/2013 6:35:00 PM

PEORIA – Eastern Illinois women's tennis won their second straight weekend road match, as the Panthers downed Bradley, 5-2, on Sunday afternoon to improve to 4-2 on the spring season.

The Panthers started the match by winning the all-important doubles point as the duos of Janelle Prisner/Merritt Whitley and Ali Foster/Kristen Laird won at No. 1 and No. 3 via respective scores of 8-4 and 8-6.

Sephora Boulbahaiem picked up the first EIU win in singles at the No. 2 spot by blanking her Bradley opponent, followed by another straight-set victory by Whitley at No. 3.

Newcomer Foster continued the Panther momentum with her win at No. 4 singles, before the host squad would get on the scoreboard with a victory at the No. 5 spot in the lineup.

But yet one more straight set win at No. 6 by Jennifer Kim would secure the Eastern win as the Panthers swept the weekend competition following yesterday's 9-0 rout at Indianapolis.

The EIU women will next return to the courts on Fri., March 8, traveling to Indianapolis to face I-70 rival IUPUI at 6 p.m.

EIU Women 5, BU Women 2
Sun., February 24, 2013
Club at River City North in Peoria, Ill.

Singles

1. Adele Henke (BU) def. Janelle Prisner (EIUW) - 6-3, 6-3
2. Sephora Boulbahaiem (EIUW) def. Sarah Rodefeld (BU) - 6-0, 6-0
3. Merritt Whitley (EIUW) def. Corey Mattson (BU) - 6-2, 6-2
4. Ali Foster (EIUW) def. Elizabeth Przystawski (BU) - 6-4, 6-2
5. Carly Miles (BU) def. Kristen Laird (EIUW) - 6-1, 6-1
6. Jennifer Kim (EIUW) def. Jessie Bertino (BU) - 6-0, 6-1

Doubles

1. Prisner/Whitley (EIUW) def. Henke/Mattson (BU) - 8-4
2. Miles/Kennedy Scott (BU) def. Boubahaiem/Hannah Kimbrough (EIUW) - 8-6
3. Foster/Laird (EIUW) def. Przystawki/Rodefeld (BU) - 8-6

Orders of Finish
Singles (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1) ... Doubles (1,3,2)

Eastern Illinois ... 4-2
Bradley ... 4-5

... for more info, contact Bart Rettberg, Asst, SID

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