Tennis Goes for a Title
This weekend Miami's tennis team competes in the Mid Amercian Conference women's tennis championships in an attempt to win its first MAC tournament title since 1998. The RedHawks come into the tournament in a strong position, finishing the MAC regular season with a 7-1 record (its best record since 1999) and a second place finish. Overall, Miami finished the regular season with a record of 13-6, which included non-conference wins versus Dayton, Cincinnati, and Xavier (all by 7-0 scores). Miami has not played many close matches this season - only one ended with a 4-3 score (a loss at Maryland) and 15 ended with final scores of 7-0 or 6-1.
In singles play, Miami has been led by freshman Anastasia Dracheva (11-3 in the number one slot), sophomore Brintney Larson (13-6, mostly from the number two slot), freshman Megan Martzolf (10-4), senior Kelly Douple (14-5, including 8-0 in the MAC), and senior Leda Pesatova (12-6). Overall, Miami is 79-35 in singles play, including 38-10 (.792) in the MAC. Many different players and combinations led Miami to a 34-23 doubles record, but the standout combination was Leda Pesatova and Sydnee Bridger, who ended the season with a record of 11-4, including 6-2 in the MAC.
The MAC tournament begins Friday as Miami plays seventh seeded Ball State (8-10, 1-6) at 2pm. If Miami wins, they would play either #3 Toledo or #6 Buffalo at 2pm on Saturday. The tournament finals will be held on Sunday at noon with top seeded Western Michigan (14-7, 7-0) looming on the other side of the bracket.
Congratulations to the Miami tennis team on its outstanding season and good luck at the MAC tournament!
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