Women's Tennis Opens GLIAC Tournament With 5-2 Win Over Walsh

MIDLAND, MICH. – The Northwood University women's tennis team advanced to the GLIAC Tournament Semifinals with a 5-2 win over Walsh Friday night (October 24).

Northwood, the No. 2 seed in the event, improves to 12-1 overall with the win. No. 7 seed Walsh falls to 6-7 with the loss.

The Timberwolves, battling through a series of injuries, came out with a strong performance in doubles. Northwood won all three matches, giving the Timberwolves a 3-0 lead heading into singles.

NU was forced to only play with five players in singles, giving Walsh their first point of the day by default. But Northwood was able to win matches at the No. 3 and No. 4 positions to clinch the overall victory.

Northwood will take on No. 3 seed Grand Valley State Saturday afternoon (October 25). First serve is set for 3:45 p.m.

Singles competition

1. Sofya Logunova (WU) def. Anastasia Puchkina (NU) 6-1, 6-1

2. Oleisa Riabchuk (NU) vs. Daria Bondareva (WU) unfinished

3. Anastasiia Kazub (NU) def. Alona Skobkina (WU) 6-1, 6-1

4. Margarita Asatryan (NU) def. Asia Harris (WU) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2

5. Maria Avksenenko (NU) vs. Alisha Angle (WU) unfinished

6. Anastasiya Dasik (WU) def. No player (NU), by default

Doubles competition

1. Alisa Reshetnikova/Anastasia Puchkina (NU) def. Sofya Logunova/Alona Skobkina (WU) 8-5

2. Margarita Asatryan/Maria Avksenenko (NU) def. Alisha Angle/Daria Bondareva (WU) 8-6

3. Oleisa Riabchuk/Anastasiia Kazub (NU) def. Anastasiya Dasik/Asia Harris (WU) 8-3