MISSOULA, Mont. — Eastern Washington women's tennis earned its first win of the season on the road Friday morning. The Eagles defeated Montana, 5-2, in a non-counter matchup, winning the doubles point with four singles wins. Eastern improves to 1-6 on the season.
"I'm very happy for the team's success today. This whole group has been working hard and it's great to see them get a solid result. They earned it!," described head coach Dustin Hinson. "We started with some great doubles play and were able to secure the point with wins at No. 1 and 2. Then we followed up with very solid, straight-set wins at No. 3, 4, 5 and 6 singles. Overall, the whole team played with trust, confidence and composure. We look forward to our matchup against Utah State tomorrow!"
Eastern established the lead over the Grizzlies after winning two of the doubles matches. Scout Mathews and Isabella Foshee took the court at No. 1 to defeat Maraia Goheen and Olivia Oosterbann, 7-5. The Eagles clinched the point after Anait Arutiunian and Jennifer Kida prevailed at No. 2 with a 6-3 win over Ivayla Mitkova and Hailey Murphy.
Moving to the singles round, Leandra Nizetic, playing at the No. 4 spot, defeated Rosie Sterk 6-1, 6-4. Mathews grabbed a win at No. 3, facing Oossterbann again, earning a 6-4, 6-3 result.
EWU battled at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots but fell in both matches.
In the No. 5 spot, Foshee secured the match win for Eastern in a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Mitkova. Kelly Arends put an exclamation point on the win, defeating Shivika Agrawal, 6-4, 6-3 in the No. 6 spot.
Results
Singles
Haily Murphy (Montana def. Anait Arutiunian (Eastern Washington) 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
Maria Goheen (Montana) def. Jennifer Kida (Eastern Washington) 6-2, 1-6, 6-4
Scout Mathews (Eastern Washington) def. Olivia Oossterbaan (Montana) 6-4, 6-3
Leandra Nizetic (Eastern Washington) def. Rosie Sterk (Montana) 6-1, 6-4
Isabella Foshee (Eastern Washington) def. Ivayla Mitkova (Montana) 6-0, 6-3
Kelly Arends (Eastern Washington) def. Shivika Agrawal (Montana) 6-4, 6-3
Doubles
Scout Mathews / Isabella Foshee (Eastern Washington) def. Maria Goheen / Olivia Oosterbann (Montana) 7-5
Anait Arutiunian / Jennifer Kida (Eastern Washington) def. Ivayla Mitkova / Hailey Murphy (Montana) 6-3
Rosie Sterk / Shivika Agrawal (Montana) def. Leandra Nizetic / Kenzington Mann (Eastern Washington) 6-4
Up Next
Eastern Washington stays in Missoula and has a non-conference matchup against Utah State tomorrow at 9 a.m. Pacific Time.
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