ST. LOUIS – Fighting Illini women’s tennis secured a 4-0 sweep in the 2023 edition of Braggin’ Rights on Friday night from St. Louis. Illinois picked up the doubles point before earning straight-set wins on singles courts 3, 4 and 5.
“I’m so happy for our kids with a great bounce back win today,” shared head coach Evan Clark. “They’ve been doing so many good things and just coming up a bit short, so it was great for them to get a solid team win against a very good Missouri team.”
Illinois improves to 3-3 on the young season and is now 4-0 all-time against Missouri. The victory also marked the 100th of Clark’s time at Illinois. He is the fourth-straight Illini head coach to secure 100 wins with the program and now owns a record of 100-70 during his eight seasons at UI.
“I’m so grateful and honored to be at Illinois,” continued Clark. “Wins aside, it’s a really special place and I’m just extremely fortunate to be here. I’ve had so many amazing student athletes, assistant coaches and support staff that are responsible for the wins so thanks to them for all their hard work.”
The match took place at Missouri’s temporary indoor home of Vetta Sunset in St. Louis, Mo. With just five courts available, No. 6 singles wouldn’t start until a court was available.
Illinois claimed the match’s doubles point thanks to quick work at No. 2 by Emily Casati and Josie Frazier and a strong finish at No. 3 by Ashley Yeah and Violeta Martinez. Casati and Frazier earned a 6-1 win, their third victory together this season. After being down 2-3, Yeah and Martinez fired back with four-straight games won to clinch the…
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