Kalamazoo, Mich. – Agata Jurczak led the women's tennis team going 2-0 in singles play in the second day of the Bronco Hidden Duals hosted by Western Michigan at the West Hills Athletic Club.
In Jurczak's first singles match of the day, the sophomore rebounded from a 2-6 first set loss to flip the match by winning the second 6-2 and held strong through the tiebreaker defeating Oakland's Samantha Galloway 10-8.
Jurczak took the momentum from her earlier match into the second winning in straight sets over Abby Carpenter of Eastern Illinois, 6-4, 6-2.
MKE's
Lucy Harper,
Mayya Perova and
Anna Daniel Fuentes split the day in their two single matches.
Harper defeated Shelby Anderson of Eastern Illinois comfortably 6-2, 6-1 in the first round. In the second round, Harper fell to host Valerie Riegraf 6-3, 6-3.
Freshman Mayya Perove dropped her first match to R. Papavasilopoulos, but rebounded nicely in the second round with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Oakland's Darya Maltseva.
Anna Daniel Fuentes had challenging match in round one, but hung on to win 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) over Taylor Smith of Western Michigan. In the second round, Daniel Fuentes came up short to Oakland's Sofia Borcuti 6-3, 6-3.
In doubles play, the Panthers wrapped up the competition 3-1 on the day. The Panthers earned wins from
Alexandra Belle/
Mayya Perova,
Nicole Clarke/
Nikki Milner and
Anna Daniel Fuentes/
Lucy Harper.
With singles play wrapping up Sunday, the Bronco Hidden Duals will be the Panthers last fall tournament and head into the offseason.