TIGERS FALL TO NCAA DIVISION I FOE IN SPRING OPENER

DANVILLE, Ill. – In the first match of the spring season, the Olivet Nazarene women's tennis team fell 7-0 to Eastern Illinois University Saturday afternoon.

The Tigers fell short to the NCAA Division I foe in all of the matches. Natasha Nieto forced a tiebreak in the third match after taking the first set 6-2, but that was the closest ONU would get to claiming a match.

Eastern Illinois 7, Olivet Nazarene 0

Singles

1 – Christine Gouws (EIU) def. Nirva Patel, 6-2, 6-2

2 – Elizaveta Bukraba-Ulanova (EIU) def. Chieh Yu-Chen, 6-2, 6-1

3 – Jemma Booth (EIU) def. Natasha Nieto, 2-6, 6-1, 10-6

4 – Madeline Monroy (EIU) def. Audrey Zoeteman, 6-1, 6-1

5 – Brittany Steven (EIU) def. Clair Ott, 6-0, 6-0

6 – Lauren Ellis (EIU) def. Rachel Shuflit, 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

1 – Bukraba-Ulanova/Gouws (EIU) def. Patel/Yu-Chen, 6-2

2 – Steven/Monroy (EIU) def. Zoeteman/Nieto, 6-1

3 – Booth/Ellis (EIU) def. Ott/Shuflit, 6-0

WHAT'S NEXT?

The Tigers will return to the courts in a month to open up CCAC play with a home match against St. Ambrose on March 11 at the Snowbarger Athletic Complex in Bourbonnais, Ill.

--ONU—

*Contact: Evan Wild, Sports Information Director, ewwild@olivet.edu