The University of Evansville tennis team earned its first win of the season Friday night versus IPFW at Tri-State Athletic Club with a 4-3 victory.

“I’m very excited to get our first win of the season,” said Evansville head coach Christine Bader. “I definitely saw some areas that we need to improve on, but there were a lot of impressive things that I saw from some of the girls during singles.

“I also want to thank the Friends of Aces Tennis who showed up at our reception. I was glad to see a good crowd of students, alumni and donors.”

The Purple Aces took an exciting doubles point from the Mastodons. The No. 3 doubles team of Aleksandra Dzakula and Carolyn Caire took a quick 8-2 win before the No. 2 doubles duo of Ashton Schwerin and Pin Sorensen fell 8-3. The No. 1 doubles team with Kate Chybowski and Theodora Kotsiou came from behind at 7-4 and two match points before rallying to a 9-8 victory for the doubles point.

In singles action, Chybowski (7-5, 6-2), Kotsiou (6-1, 6-2) and Sorensen (6-1, 6-2) all took a win to lead the Aces to the 4-3 win.

The Aces keep the action at home next weekend, as they face Austin Peay Friday, February 5 and Belmont Sunday, February 7. Friday’s match will begin at 6 p.m. while Sunday is slated for 5:30 p.m.