The Basics
Saginaw Valley 5 - Hillsdale 3
Records: SVSU (6-7) | HC (7-7)
Location: Greater Midland Tennis Center - Midland, Mich.
MIDLAND - The SVSU women's tennis team faced the Hillsdale College Chargers in the second round of the 2015 GLIAC Tournament on Saturday afternoon. After claiming two of the three doubles matches over the Chargers, the Cardinals got victories in three singles matches to post a 5-3 win.
Saginaw Valley built the 2-1 advantage with victories at the #1 and #2 doubles position. Ana Pico and Erin Doud claimed an 8-5 win at the #1 position while Izabella Ismailova and Danielle Slonac took care of business at #2, posting an 8-1 win. Shea Donahue and Abigail Shonk fell in a hard-fought #3 doubles match, 8-4.
Singles play got started and Slonac put the Cards up 3-1 with a 6-1, 6-0 win at the #6 singles slot.
Her doubles teammate Ismailova claimed victory next, winning 6-4, 6-3 at #1 singles to make the score 4-1.
The Chargers were able to notch wins at #3 and #4 singles to cut the deficit to 4-3, as SVSU's Shea Donahue and Erin Doud dropped three-set matches after claiming victory in the first set.
That left the #2 and #5 singles matches out to decide the team match.
Pico claimed her first set at #2 singles by a 7-5 count. She would go on to win the second set tiebreaker 7-6 (4) to seal the fifth SVSU point and notch one in the win column for the Cardinals. The #5 singles match with SV's Shonk was the only contest to go unfinished.
From SVSU Junior Student-Athlete Ana Pico
Up Next for SVSU...
The Cardinals will play the Ferris State University Bulldogs on Sunday (Oct. 25) morning at 8:15 a.m. at the Tennis Center. The Bulldogs are coming off a a 5-1 victory over Walsh on Saturday. The two teams met earlier in the regular season, with the Cardinals dropping a close 5-4 match on September 13th at Ferris State.
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