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PEORIA. Ill. – Eastern Illinois women's tennis suffered its first loss of the 2019 season as the Panthers dropped a 5-2 match on Saturday afternoon at Bradley. EIU will return to action on Sunday in Peoria playing Omaha.
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EIU is now 3-1 on the season. Bradley improved to 3-1.
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EIU won the doubles point to take a 1-0 lead in the match. After Bradley won at number two doubles,
Shelby Anderson and
Karla Contreras evened the doubles action with a 6-4 win at number three.Â
Rachel Papavasilopoulos and
Srishti Slaria won at number one doubles, 6-4, to give EIU the early point.
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Bradley then won at number one singles and number three singles to take a 2-1 lead in the match. Anderson would post a two-set win at number five singles to even the scoring. Anderson won 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 over Nina Marjannovic.Â
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Bradley then won the next three points in the match with all three wins coming in three sets. Nikki Perlwitz would hold off Contreras in number six singles with a third set tie-breaker to score the final point for the Braves.
