Women's Tennis Defeats Grand Valley State 6-3

MIDLAND, MICH. – The Northwood University women's tennis team earned a 6-3 win over Grand Valley State Sunday afternoon (October 19).

The win clinches the No. 2 seed in the upcoming seed in the upcoming GLIAC Tournament for the Timberwolves. Northwood finishes the regular season with an 11-1 overall and GLIAC record. GVSU stands at 10-2 overall and in the GLIAC.

Northwood, which has battled injuries the majority of the fall and played without No. 1 singles and doubles player Alisa Reshetnikova, dropped two of the three doubles matches to trail 2-1 heading to singles. But the Timberwolves responded with strong play in singles, winning five of the six matches. The Timberwolves  posted three straight-set wins at the top of the lineup and pulled out a pair of three set matches at the bottom of the lineup.

Northwood will compete at the GLIAC Tournament beginning Friday afternoon (October 24)

Singles competition
1. Anastasia Puchkina (NU) def. Leah Dancz (GV) 6-4, 6-3
2. Oleisa Riabchuk (NU) def. Kali Phillips (GV) 6-3, 6-2
3. Anastasiia Kazub (NU) def. Carola Orna (GV) 6-2, 6-4
4. Alexa Sweeney (GV) def. Anna Aniskina (NU) 6-2, 6-2
5. Margarita Asatryan (NU) def. Abby Perkins (GV) 5-7, 7-6, 10-5
6. Maria Avksenenko (NU) def. Kelly Trapp (GV) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Leah Dancz/Abby Perkins (GV) def. Maria Avksenenko/Anastasia Puchkina (NU) 9-7
2. Carola Orna/Alexa Sweeney (GV) def. Anna Aniskina/Margarita Asatryan (NU) 8-1
3. Oleisa Riabchuk/Anastasiia Kazub (NU) def. Aimee Moccia/Morgan Patterson (GV) 8-5