Normal, Ill. – The Seawolves opened up the Missouri Valley Conference Championships against Northern Iowa Friday, April 28
th at the Gregory Street Tennis Courts. Following the Northern Iowa match Stony Brook squared off with No.1 seed Wichita State.
Stony Brook 4, Northern Iowa 0
Stony Brook started off the day hot winning the doubles point and kept it going into the singles matches.
Doubles
- Tsvetkov/ Nikolaeva def. Stroobant/ Santos 6-1
- Chikvashvili / Smergut DNF. Kemper / Wolfe
- Rodriguez/ Foo def. Hunt/ Small 7-5
Singles
- Elizabeth Tsvetkov DNF. Jieke Stroobant 4-6, 4-1
- Yana Nikolaeva def. Astrid Santos 6-2, 6-2
- Ester Chikvashili DNF. Gisela Kemper 5-7, 3-1
- Nadia Smergut def. Sydney Wolfe 6-3, 6-3
- Ana Rodriguez def. Eve Small 6-1, 6-1
- Amanda Foo DNF. Savanna Hunt 6-2, 4-1
Stony Brook 0, Wichita State 4
Ester Chikvashvili and
Nadia Smergut were the lone Seawolves to win a match as they took down Wichita's No.2 doubles team.
Doubles
1. Bizhukova/Porubin def. Tsvetkov/ Nikolaeva 6-2
2. Chikvashvili/ Smergut def. Thongsing/Hsu 6-2
3. Bellucco/ Guidetti def. Rodriguez/ Foo 6-2
Singles
1. Giulia Guidetti def.
Elizabeth Tsvetkov 6-4, 6-1
2. Tanaporn Thongsing DNF.
Yana Nikolaeva 6-1, 2-3, unfinished
3. Fatima Bizhukova def.
Ester Chikvashvili 6-1, 6-0
4. Gabriela Porubin def.
Nadia Smergut 6-4, 6-2
5. Ting-Ya Hsu DNF.
Ana Rodriguez 7-5, 1-0, unfinished
6. Marta Bellucco DNF.
Amanda Foo 6-1, 5-2, unfinished
