Women's Tennis Falls At Grand Valley State 5-4 In Regular Season Finale
Posted: Oct 22, 2017

Women's Tennis Falls At Grand Valley State 5-4 In Regular Season Finale

Team Stats
Doubles
Tetyana Pavych / Carol Arnez-Mercado (NU)
def. Aimee Moccia / Alexa Sweeney (GV-W)
8-6
Olesia Riabchuk / Kate Berestovenko (NU)
def. Madison Ballard / Nicole Heniniger (GV-W)
8-4
Abby Perkins / Livia Christman (GV-W)
def. Vasilisa Mikhaylova / Anna Goncharova (NU)
8-0
Singles
Madison Ballard (GV-W)
def. Olesia Riabchuk (NU)
6-4, 6-4
Alexa Sweeney (GV-W)
def. Tetyana Pavych (NU)
6-3, 6-2
Carol Arnez-Mercado (NU)
def. Aimee Moccia (GV-W)
6-2, 6-1
Abby Perkins (GV-W)
def. Vasilisa Mikhaylova (NU)
6-4, 6-0
Kate Berestovenko (NU)
def. Olivia Hanover (GV-W)
6-1, 6-3
Livia Christman (GV-W)
def. Anna Goncharova (NU)
6-0, 6-1

OVERVIEW

SCORE: Grand Valley State Lakers 5, Northwood Timberwolves 4

RECORDS: Northwood (9-1, 9-1 GLIAC), Grand Valley State (10-0, 10-0 GLIAC)

LOCATION: Allendale, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood drops a hard-fought 5-4 match to Grand Valley State in the GLIAC Championship-deciding match Sunday afternoon (October 22).

INSIDE THE MATCH

  • The Timberwolves got off to a solid start in doubles. After starting the day with a loss at the No. 3 slot, Northwood won at the No. 1 and No. 2 slots to go up 2-1 heading into singles.
  • All six singles matches were decided in straight sets, which saw GVSU post a comeback. The Lakers won four of the six matches, taking wins at the No. 1, 2, 4 and 6 positions to earn the win. Northwood earned wins at the No. 3 and No. 5 slots.

TOP PERFORMERS

NORTHWOOD NOTES

  • Today's match featured the two final unbeaten teams in the GLIAC.

UP NEXT

  • The Timberwolves will compete at the GLIAC Tournament Friday (October 28) as the No. 2 seed. Northwood will face seventh-seeded Ferris State at 6:45 p.m.