Michigan Tech edges UMary in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. - Michigan Tech swept doubles and earned three singles wins to defeat the University of Mary Marauders 4-3 in non-conference women's tennis at the USTA National Tennis Center in Orlando Florida Sunday.

"UMary had some crafty players but we were able to sneak out a win," said head coach Kristin D'Agostini-Yep. "Hopefully, we'll continue to have a good week."

Neva Manas and Ewa Podulka did not drop a game at No. 3 doubles and the Huskies led 3-0 with retirements at No. 2 singles and No. 5 singles. Marina Fernandez defeated Sam Purpura 6-0, 6-0 for the deciding point at No. 6. Dominika Bobik battled Chloe Chong to a third-set super-tiebreak at No. 1 singles but fell 6-3, 3-6, 10-7.

The Huskies (2-2) continue in Orlando this week against Augustana (S.D.) Monday.

SCORES

Doubles

1. MTU (Dominika Bobik/Grace Eland) def. UMARY (Chloe Chong/Ilona Freitag) 6-2
2. MTU (Lauren Opalewski/Emily Cojocaru) def. UMARY (Doaa Mohamed/Hala Awad) 6-3
3. MTU (Neva Manas/Ewa Podulka) def. UMARY (Emily Needham/Sam Purpura) 6-0

Order of Finish: 3,1,2

Singles

1. UMARY (Chloe Chong) def. MTU (Dominika Bobik) 6-3, 3-6, 10-7
2. MTU (Grace Eland) def. UMARY (Doaa Mohamed) 1-0 ret.
3. UMARY (Ilona Freitag) def. MTU (Ewa Podulka) 6-3, 6-7(5), 11-9
4. UMARY (Hale Awad) def. MTU (Neva Manas) 6-4, 7-5
5. MTU (Emily Cojocaru) def. UMARY (Emily Needham) 4-1 ret.
6. MTU (Marina Fernandez) def. UMARY (Sam Purpura) 6-0, 6-0

Order of Finish: 2,5,6,1,4,3