PARK FOREST, Ill. – No. 7 Indiana Wesleyan University women’s tennis topped No. 19 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 8-1 in the first match of the spring schedule. IWU dominated play in seven of the nine matches to improve to 15-0 on the year.

MATCH VITALS

• Score:  Indiana Wesleyan def. Olivet Nazarene, 8-1
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 15-0   |   Olivet Nazarene 1-1
• NAIA Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan - No. 7   |    Olivet Nazarene – No. 19
• Location:   Snowbarger Complex   |   Olivet Nazarene University   |   Park Forest, Illinois

DOUBLES

• No. 1:  Alex Mella/Lizzie Bauss (IWU) def. Munakhova/Kuechenberg (ONU) 8-6
• No. 2:  Olivia Reed/Thewuni Devaraja (IWU) def. Holdren/Bush (ONU) 8-0
• No. 3:  Marissa Klein/Becky Scurt (IWU) def. Eberly/Belschner (ONU) 8-1
   

SINGLES

• No. 1:  Victoria Munakhova (ONU) def. Lizzie Bauss (IWU) 6-7, 7-5, 12-10
• No. 2:  Alex Mella (IWU) def. Anna Kuechenberg (ONU) 6-1, 6-0
• No. 3:  Thewuni Devaraja (IWU) def. Anna Belschner (ONU) 6-0, 6-0
• No. 4:  Oliva Reed (IWU) def. Amanda Eberly (ONU) 6-0, 6-1
• No. 5:  Marissa Klein (IWU) def. Mikaela Coose (ONU) 6-1, 6-1
• No. 6:  Laura Moore (IWU) def. Maddie Holdren (ONU) 6-1, 6-0
   

COACH SHIGLEY SAYS…

• “The girls took care of business like usual downing the No. 19 ranked team with ease. Lizzie Bauss played a great match but came up one point short against a terrific player from ONU. This is a great start to our spring season.”
   

UP NEXT FOR WOMEN’S TENNIS

• Indiana Wesleyan plays a pair of matches on Saturday in Green Bay, Wisconsin. IWU plays both Wisconsin-Green Bay and No. 10 Cardinal Stritch (Wis.).