INDIANAPOLIS - The Marian women's tennis notched their fourth win of the spring season on Sunday afternoon, as Marian defeated Indiana Tech in a windy battle on the MU Tennis Courts. The Knights' 7-0 victory over the Warriors gives them a record of 12-5 overall this season.
Marian breezed through doubles, winning two of the three matches to score an early 1-0 lead in the match.
Isadora Muller and Paloma Caceres won 6-0 at No. 3 doubles against Valentina Rodriguez and Rebecca Van Der Lee, and the pair of Ana Barbosa and Yasmin Imamniazova won 6-1 against Roshne Arunkumar and Ana Gomez at No. 2 doubles.
Katharina Bopst and
Michelle Irigoyen went unfinished in their match against Thaina Carvalho and Paula San Jose, as Marian had clinched the point for doubles.
In singles, the Knights again made quick work, sweeping the competition with six wins to take the 7-0 win. Imamniyazova won 6-2, 6-3 against Carvalho at No. 1 and Irigoyen won in consecutive 6-0 sets against Gomez at No. 3 to take two points to the team score, while Barbosa would clinch the win at No. 2 with her three-set win. Barbosa dropped the first set against Arunkumar at No. 2 singles 6-3, but rebounded with a 6-0 and 10-4 third-set tiebreaker to clinch the match and Marian's 12th win.
Bopst won in three sets as well, rebounding from a 5-7 loss in set one against San Jose at No. 4 singles, with a 6-2 and 10-3 third-set tiebreak score giving her the win. Caceres would win 6-2, 6-2 against Rodriguez at No. 5 singles and Muller won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 6 singles over Van Der Lee to seal the win for Marian.
Marian will next play on Friday, March 22, taking on Georgetown College and the University of the Cumberlands in Georgetown, Kentucky, as their spring season begins to ramp up.
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