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UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO RACERS
Racers Fall to Nation's Top Team in NAIA Tournament
Posted: May 14, 2025

Racers Fall to Nation's Top Team in NAIA Tournament

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Team Stats
Doubles
  • Violet Apisah / Patricia Apisah def. Munisa Ashurbekova / Ekaterina Orlova 6-0
  • Eloise de Mooij / Isabella Mercante def. Agathe Vaillant / Telma Herreros 6-4
  • Liza Velykorodna / Vanja Vidanovic def. Melissa Jangarasheva / Margarita Tatur 5-2
Singles
  • Violet Apisah def. Munisa Ashurbekova 6-0, 6-2
  • Cato Tangkau def. Ekaterina Orlova 6-5
  • Eloise de Mooij def. Agathe Vaillant 6-1, 6-2
  • Liza Velykorodna def. Melissa Jangarasheva 6-2, 4-1
  • Isabella Mercante def. Telma Herreros 6-0, 6-0
  • Vanja Vidanovic def. Margarita Tatur 6-4, 3-0

MOBILE, AL - UNOH women's tennis faced an uphill battle against the top team in the country in the Second Round of the NAIA National Championship Wednesday morning. The No. 16 Racers didn't have enough to overcome No. 1 Keiser falling 4-0 to end the 2024-25 season.

The Hawks took the first point winning doubles one and two before finishing off the match with wins in first, third and fifth line singles.

Munisa Ashurbekova and Ekaterina fell 0-6 in first doubles with Agathe Vaillant and Telma Herreros coming closest to winning a matchup with a 4-6 loss in the second line. Melissa Jangarasheva and Margarita Tatur trailed 2-5 in line three when the first point was clinched.

Ashurbekova lost first singles 0-6, 2-6, Vaillant fell 1-6, 2-6 in the third line and Herreros lost 0-6, 0-6 at fifth. Orlova, Jangarasheva and Tatur all went unfinished in second, fourth and sixth lines, respectively.