UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – The Saginaw Valley State University tennis team defeated Purdue Northwest 5-2 on Friday afternoon to remain in the hunt for a spot in the GLIAC Tournament next week. The Cardinals (7-9, 1-5 GLIAC) took the 1-0 lead after earning the doubles point. The Pride (6-14, 1-6 GLIAC) won the number five and six singles to tie the match, but SVSU took the other four singles matchups for the victory.

Fatimah Butt (Miami, Fla.) and Lydia Liong Tng En (Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia / SMK Bintulu) won both their doubles and singles matches to lead SVSU to the win. Butt and partner Natalie Schoenherr (Vandalia, Ohio) won number two doubles 6-3 before Butt earned a 7-5, 6-1 victory at number four singles. Liong Tng En and Irene Latorre Barreiro (Barcelona, Spain / Escola Virolai) won the number three doubles 6-3 before Liong Tng En's number three singles contest went 6-4, 6-7 (14), 10-8, to give her a 2-0 showing on the afternoon.

RESULTS

Doubles
E. Andriantefihasina and Tamiya Lintz def. Nicoletta Diamantopoulos and Amelia Dickson: 7-6 (3)
Fatimah Butt and Natalie Schoenherr def. Gay Coello and Haizea Lopez: 6-3
Lydia Liong Tng En and Irene Latorre Barreiro def. Victoria Watine and Lavinia Bortolaso: 6-3

Singles
Nicoletta Diamantopoulos def. E. Andriantefihasina: 6-1, 6-4
Amelia Dickson def. Tamiya Lintz: 6-3, 6-1
Lydia Liong Tng En def. Victoria Watine: 6-4, 6-7 (14), 10-8
Fatimah Butt def. Haizea Lopez: 7-5, 6-1
Lavinia Bortolaso def. Natalie Schoenherr: 6-1, 3-6, 10-4
Gay Coello def. Irene Latorre Barreiro: 6-2, 5-7, 6-10

UP NEXT: The Cardinals will conclude the 2026 Spring Season with Senior Day at the Midland Tennis Center against Roosevelt. The Senior Da activities are scheduled to take place around 11:15 a.m. (ET), with the match slated for a 1:00 p.m. (ET), start time.