PATEL AND NIETO DOMINATE DOUBLES AS TIGERS DROP TWO MATCHES
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Olivet Nazarene Univeristy women's tennis team continued their spring schedule with a pair of matches on Friday. The Tigers fell 4-3 to Missouri Baptist and 4-0 to Midland.
Missouri Baptist 4, Olivet Nazarene 3
Starting with doubles, Nirva Patel and Natasha Nieto picked up the 6-2 win in the top match. The second match loss for Chieh-Yu Chen and Rachel Shuflit proved to be the deciding match as the No. 3 slot was empty for ONU.
The Tigers swept the top-three singles matches. Patel took down Nin Vasiljkovic 6-0, 6-1, Nieto down Faith Griese 6-0, 7-5, and Chen defeated Genie Hong 6-3, 6-0.
But Spartan wins in the fourth and fifth matches and a vacancy in the pivotal sixth match gave ONU the match loss.
Singles
1 - Nirva Patel (ONU) def. Nina Vasiljkovic, 6-0, 6-1
2 - Natasha Nieto (ONU) def. Faith Griese, 6-0, 7-5
3 - Chieh-Yu Chen (ONU) def. Genie Hong, 6-3, 6-0
4 - Mia McIsaac (MBU) def. Clair Ott, 6-0, 6-0
5 - Mariana Azevedo (MBU) def. Rachel Shuflit, 6-0, 6-1
6 - Laura Baracaldo (MBU) def. N/A, default
Doubles
1 - Patel/Nieto (ONU) def. Vasiljkovic/McIsaac, 6-3
2 - Griese/Azevedo (MBU) def. Chen/Shuflit, 6-0
3 - Hong/Baraclado (MBU) def. N/A, default
Midland 4, Olivet Nazarene 0
Nirva Patel and Natasha Nieto won over Kristina Khmelevskaia and Ari Lumanog 6-2 in the top doubles match for their second doubles win of the day.
After Midland took the second doubles match, the No. 3 slot filled by Grace Felder and Macee Thompson gave the Warriors the point.
The Tigers failed to lock up a singles win against Midland, with the Warriors taking home the 4-0 match victory over the Tigers.
Singles
1 - Ivett Castaneda (MU) def. Natasha Nieto, 6-1, ret.
2 - Graziela Dallagnol (MU) def. Clair Ott, 6-0, 6-0
3 - Elaina Fenton (MU) def. N/A, default
Doubles
1 - Patel/Nieto (ONU) def. Khmelevskaia/Lumanog, 6-2
2 - Castaneda/Dallagnol (MU) def. Chen/Shuflit, 6-4
3 - Thompson/Felder (MU) def. N/A, default
WHAT'S NEXT?
The ONU women's tennis team will take on Huntington on Saturday, March 13 in Park Forest, Ill.
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*Contact: Evan Wild, Sports Information Director, ewwild@olivet.edu