Eastern Illinois women's tennis returns to action on Saturday as the Panthers will host DePauw University at 1 p.m. Due to projected cold temperatures the match will be played at the Lantz Indoor Fieldhouse on campus.
EIU is coming off its first win of the season as the Panthers beat IUPUI last Sunday to improve to 1-11 on the season.
In the match EIU won the doubles point with
Addison Brown and
Christine Gouws posting a dominating 6-1 win at No. 2 doubles to clinch the doubles point. Brown and Gouws now have a 4-2 record this spring in doubles play.
In singles action, EIU slid up its line-up with
Elizaveta Bukraba-Ulanova and Gouws both moving up one spot in the rotation as the Panthers normal No. 1 seeded player
Rachel Papavasilopoulos did not compete in singles action.
Bukraba-Ulanova responded with a win at No. 1 singles picking up her third singles win this spring. Gouws would win in three sets at No. 2 singles for her third win ths spring.
DePauw enters with a record of 2-7 on the season. EIU leads the all-time series between the two schools 7-0 with the last match taking place in 1993.
Following the home match, EIU will play two road matches at Southern Indiana (a future OVC member) and Western Kentucky at the backend of spring break.
