EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State women’s tennis earned its first home victories, taking down Miami (OH) and Bowling Green, 4-3 and 7-0, respectively, at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility Sunday.
“It’s hard in tennis because it’s really individual but this was a team win for sure,” said head coach Kim Bruno. “Everyone participated and that’s what we need. We need to look for depth in our bench, so today was a great opportunity for the whole team to step up. It’s not easy to win and I am very proud of them.”
The Spartans move to 3-2 (0-0 B1G) after starting the weekend with a tough 4-2 loss to Liberty in East Lansing on Friday. Miami moves to 3-6 (0-0 MAC) while Bowling Green drops to 1-5 (0-0 MAC) this season.
To begin the day, the Spartans found themselves in a hole early as the Redhawks took the doubles point with a hard-fought victory at the No. 2 slot after both teams split doubles wins. At No. 3 doubles, the Spartans fought hard with Issey Purser and Dagmar Zdrubecka falling to Miami’s Nishitha Saravanan and Jutte Van Hansewyck, 6-0. The Spartans made things interesting at No. 1 with junior Ayshe Can and sophomore Liisa Vehvilainen rattling off five-straight game wins on their way to a 6-2 routing of Miami’s Catherine Denysiewicz-Slowek and Laura Rico. Spartans Nicole Conard and Marley Lambert fought back at No. 2 doubles but could not pull of the win, falling 6-4 to the Redhawks pairing of Emilia Valentinsson and Sara Zalukar, giving Miami an early 1-0 lead.
In singles, the Spartans came roaring back, taking two quick points at the No. 4 and No. 5 spots. Freshman Juliette Nask earned…
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