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Brittany Steven and Elizaveta Bukraba-Ulanova 2021 EIU W Tennis
5
Winner Creighton CU (2-0)
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Eastern Illinois EIU-W (1-3)
Winner
Creighton CU
(2-0)
5
Final
2
Eastern Illinois EIU-W
(1-3)

Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Creighton Beats EIU Women's Tennis For Second Time

Papavasilopoulos and Steven both post wins for EIU



WATERLOO, Iowa – Eastern Illinois and Creighton met for the second straight day in Waterloo, Iowa for a women's tennis match-up and for the second straight day Creighton emerged with a 5-2 win.

The two teams slightly shifted their line-ups from Friday evening's contest as EIU fell to 1-3 on the season.  Creighton is now 2-0.

Rachel Papavasilopoulos extended her win streak to 16 straight matches over the course of three seasons as she beat Sarah Wilcox, 6-1, 7-5, at No. 1 singles.  Her last loss in singles play was April 12, 2019.

EIU slid up the next five slots in their singles line-up.  Elizaveta Bukraba-Ulanova moved up to No. 2 singles and suffered her first singles loss of the season falling in two sets to Katie Krueger.

Brittany Steven played at No. 3 singles for EIU as she improved to 3-1 on the season.  Steven won in two sets over Emma Gener, 6-3, 7-6.  She won the tie-break in the second set 7-5.

Creighton won the doubles point in the match winning at No. 1 and 3 doubles.  The match at No. 2 doubles was left unfinished after the Bluejays captured the point. 
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