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LORENA CASTELLANOS
Sarah Ritter
0
Western Illinois WIU (1-5)
7
Winner Bradley BRAD (4-3)
Western Illinois WIU
(1-5)
0
Final
7
Bradley BRAD
(4-3)
Winner

Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | WIU Athletic Communications

Leathernecks Fall in Final Match Before League Play

Aina Cortina-Pou and Lucky Kancherla earned their second doubles victory this season.

Peoria, Ill. - The duo of Aina Cortina-Pou and Lucky Kancherla won the matchup in duos as the Western Illinois women's tennis team (1-5) lost to the Bradley Braves (4-3) 7-0 Tuesday (March 9) afternoon. 

In No. 2 doubles, the duo of Cortina-Pou and Kancherla were able to run away with a 6-2 win for their second doubles victory of the season. Unfortunately, the winning stopped there as the Braves took No.1 and No. 3 6-1, 6-2, respectively, to earn the first point. 

In singles play, Agatha Carbonell took her first set at No. 1, 6-1. However, Bradley's Bozana Lojpur wasn't going down without a fight and took set number two, 6-4. The two put it all on the line in the deciding set, with Lojpur getting the edge on the Leatherneck freshman 10-6, giving the Braves their second point of the day. This was the second time this season that Carbonell took her matchup to the third frame. 

Lorena Castellanos (No. 1), Maria Rybka (No.4), Nikhita Simhambhatla (No. 6), Kancherla (No. 5), and Cortina-Pou (No. 3) were all defeated in straight sets securing the Braves' 7-0 sweep. 

Western Illinois kicks off conference play against Denver this Sunday (March 14) at 10 a.m. in Macomb. 
 
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