Friday, March 12
College Park, MD.
10:30 AM
Michigan State University
5
at
2
Maryland
Spartans Complete Season Sweep of Maryland, Defeat Terrapins, 5-2
3/12/2021 4:12:00 PM | Women's Tennis
EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan State women's tennis team defeated Maryland, 5-2, on Friday at the Junior Tennis Champions Center in College Park, Maryland. The Spartans also topped the Terrapins in East Lansing on Feb. 13, 4-3.
MSU started things off by taking the doubles point, as Maja Pietrowicz and Mary Lewis beat Adela Josefova and Zoe Kulkarni, 6-2, on the second court, and Samantha Memije and Ayshe Can topped Vera Markovic and Minorka Miranda on court three, 6-3.
The Spartans claimed the first two singles matches to take a 3-0 lead with Can and Memije winning in straight sets at No. 6 and No. 3 singles, respectively.
No. 89 Ayana Akli beat Lewis at No. 1, 6-2, 6-3, and Eva Alexandrova got by Lauren Lemonds at No. 2, 7-6, 6-1, to cut MSU's lead to 3-2.
Pietrowicz clinched the dual for the Spartans with her 6-2, 7-6 victory on the fourth court against Josefova, while Nicole Stephens made the final 5-2 in favor of MSU with a three-set comeback win (4-6, 6-1, 6-4) over Kulkarni.
Michigan State (4-6, 4-5 Big Ten) returns to action Sunday to take on Rutgers at noon in Piscataway, New Jersey. Live stats and video will be available at scarletknights.com.
MSU started things off by taking the doubles point, as Maja Pietrowicz and Mary Lewis beat Adela Josefova and Zoe Kulkarni, 6-2, on the second court, and Samantha Memije and Ayshe Can topped Vera Markovic and Minorka Miranda on court three, 6-3.
The Spartans claimed the first two singles matches to take a 3-0 lead with Can and Memije winning in straight sets at No. 6 and No. 3 singles, respectively.
No. 89 Ayana Akli beat Lewis at No. 1, 6-2, 6-3, and Eva Alexandrova got by Lauren Lemonds at No. 2, 7-6, 6-1, to cut MSU's lead to 3-2.
Pietrowicz clinched the dual for the Spartans with her 6-2, 7-6 victory on the fourth court against Josefova, while Nicole Stephens made the final 5-2 in favor of MSU with a three-set comeback win (4-6, 6-1, 6-4) over Kulkarni.
Michigan State (4-6, 4-5 Big Ten) returns to action Sunday to take on Rutgers at noon in Piscataway, New Jersey. Live stats and video will be available at scarletknights.com.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3,2
#1 Singles Match
12
23
Ayana Akli / 0 (89/-) [UMD]
66
#2 Singles Match
12
61
Eva Alexandrova / 0 [UMD]
76
#3 Singles Match
12
66
Minorka Miranda / 0 [UMD]
21
#4 Singles Match
12
67
Adela Josefova / 0 [UMD]
26
#5 Singles Match
123
466
Zoe Kulkarni / 0 [UMD]
614
#6 Singles Match
12
66
Vera Markovic / 0 [UMD]
12
Order of Finish:
6,3,1,2,4,5
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