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Match Results

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Eastern Illinois women's tennis advanced to the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament semifinals with a 4-2 win over Jacksonville State on Friday evening in Nashville
 
EIU improved to 13-12 on the season and will play No. 1 seed Eastern Kentucky on Saturday evening.
 
The Panthers opened winning the doubles point as they rallied to win the final two matches to get the first point.  Srishti Slaria and Claire Martin evened the doubles matches with a 6-2 win at No. 3 doubles after JSU won at No. 2.   Stella Cliffe and Grace Summers then handed EIU the first point of the match with a 6-4 win at No. 1 doubles.
 
JSU evened the match winning at No. 6 singles.  Summers and Cliffe then put EIU up 3-1 in the match winning at No. 3 and No. 2 singles.  Summers won at No. 3 singles 6-1, 6-1 over Malin Buechner giving EIU the 2-1 lead.
 
Cliffe pushed EIU's lead to 3-1 winning at No. 2 singles with at 6-2, 6-1 win over Alessia Locati.
 
JSU closed the gap to 3-2 winning at No. 1 singles.  Emily Pugachevsky then clinched the win for the Panthers with a three set win over Diana Monsalve at No. 5 singles.  Pugachevsky won 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.
 
Slaria's match at No. 4 singles was unfinished in the third set when Pugachevsky scored the deciding point for EIU.