Women's Tennis Bites Bulldogs 6-3

The University of Findlay women's tennis team earned their first victory of the season with a 6-3 win against Ferris State University on Sunday, Sept. 15 in Big Rapids, Mich. 

The victory gives the Oilers a 1-3 record on the season with the same mark in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC).

The Oilers won four out of the six singles matches and then claimed 2-of-3 doubles events for the win.

Tijana Raicevic, Matina Matic, Viktoriya Shkola and Lauren Jonathan each won their singles matches for Findlay.

Nina Djordjevic and Raicevic teamed to win their #1 doubles event and Matic and Jonathan teamed to win the #2 doubles match.

The Oilers will return to the court again on Friday, Sept. 20 when they host Ashland University at 3 p.m.

Singles competition

1. Ana Jan (FS) def. Nina Djordjevic (UFW) 6-0, 6-1
2. Tijana Raicevic (UFW) def. Laurence LeBlanc (FS) 6-2, 6-0
3. Matina Matic (UFW) def. Gabrielle Demchenko (FS) 5-7, 7-6, 6-4
4. Viktoriya Shkola (UFW) def. Janie Sell (FS) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
5. Lauren Jonathan (UFW) def. Julie Fusik (FS) 6-2, 6-3
6. Jessica Wilcox (FS) def. Abigail Herrera (UFW) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles competition

1. Nina Djordjevic/Tijana Raicevic (UFW) def. Laurence LeBlanc/Julie Fusik (FS) 8-2
2. Matina Matic/Lauren Jonathan (UFW) def. Ana Jan/Gabrielle Demchenko (FS) 8-4
3. Janie Sell/Sydney Berens (FS) def. Viktoriya Shkola/Kiara Shaw (UFW) 8-4