Eastern Illinois women's tennis lost the first of what will be three weekend matches on Saturday afternoon with a 7-0 setback at Northern Illinois.
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EIU lost two of the three doubles points with the Panthers winning at No. 1 doubles with
Aleyla Wooten and
Michelle Kostadinova winning 7-5.Â
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NIU clinched the overall doubles point winning at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles.
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In singles play EIU had to move players up one spot in their order due to injury. Two EIU players pushed their matches to three sets at No. 1 and No. 4 singles.
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Ornella Lomenzo played well for the second straight week moving up to No. 1 singles. She lost 6-1, 5-7, 10-4 to Maria Dzemeshkevich.
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Playing at No. 4 singles
Luisa Renovales Salazar lost in three sets to Reagan Welch with a match score of 6-3, 4-6, 10-4.
