MARION, Ind. – No. 9 Indiana Wesleyan University and No. 8 Northwestern Ohio battled in a marathon match featuring top-10 teams on Thursday. Northwestern Ohio pulled out a 5-3 win as Indiana Wesleyan is now 25-4 on the season.

MATCH VITALS

• Score:  Northwestern Ohio def. Indiana Wesleyan, 5-3
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 25-4   |   Northwestern Ohio 8-4
• NAIA Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan - No. 9   |   Northwestern Ohio – No. 8
• Location:   Sutter Tennis Center   |   Indiana Wesleyan University   |   Marion, Indiana

DOUBLES

• No. 1:  Reshetnikova/Volegova (UNO) def. Alex Mella/Lizzie Bauss (IWU) 8-3
• No. 2:  Puente/Lopez (UNO) def. Olivia Reed/Becky Scurt (IWU) 8-0
• No. 3:  Laura Moore/Marissa Klein (IWU) def. Ankrah/Span (UNO) 9-7
   

SINGLES

• No. 1:  Lizzie Bauss (IWU) def. Reshentnikova (UNO) 6-2, 6-3
• No. 2:  Puente (UNO) def. Alex Mella (IWU) 2-6, 7-5, 6-0
• No. 3:  Kolegova (UNO) def. Olivia Reed (IWU) 7-5, 6-4
• No. 4:  Marissa Klein (IWU) def. Lopez (UNO) 7-5, 6-4
• No. 5:  Laura Moore (IWU) vs. Ankrah (UNO) 7-6, 5-7, 4-2 [unfinished]
• No. 6:  Span (UNO) def. Sabrina Porter (IWU) 6-1, 6-2
   

COACH SHIGLEY SAYS…

• “The girls had a four and a half hour battle with Northwestern Ohio tonight. They are a very good team. We just came up a couple points short of winning that match. I thought we played better tonight than we did last weekend. At this point in the season, we need to keep improving every match. We did that today and will get better tomorrow.”

UP NEXT

• Indiana Wesleyan has adjusted the weekend schedule. IWU hosts Davenport (Mich.) at 5 p.m. on Friday and has canceled the Saturday match with Grand Valley State (Mich.).