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Match Results

NASHVILLE – Eastern Illinois women's tennis season ended on Saturday evening as the Panthers lost 4-0 to Eastern Kentucky in the semifinal round of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament in Nashville.
 
EIU finished the season at 13-13 overall with the Panthers posting a 6-3 record in OVC play.  EIU had won its opening round OVC Tournament match 4-2 over Jacksonville State on Friday evening.
 
EKU won the doubles point as the Colonels picked up wins at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles.  Srishti Slaria and Claire Martin were playing at No. 3 doubles which was left unfinished after EKU won the point.
 
In singles play EKU won the match winning points at No. 2, No. 6 and No. 1 singles.
 
Playing at No. 5 singles Emily Pugachevsky had forced her match to a third set against Lisa Friess.  Friess won the first set 6-2 before Pugachevsky rallied to win the second set 6-4.  Friess was leading 2-1 in the third set.
 
Grace Summers was up one set at No. 3 singles when the contest was ended.  Summers beat Viktorij Demcenkova 7-5 in the opening set and was trailing 4-3 in the second when the match was left unfinished.
 
Slaria was leading in the second set against Alexandria Bella when her match was left unfinished.  Bella won the first set 6-4 and Slaria led the second set 4-3.
 
On Thursday night prior to the OVC Tournament beginning Stella Cliffe was named first team All-OVC while Summers earned second team All-OVC honors.  Summers ends her career as the Panthers career leader in singles wins with 56.