Box Score

JONESBORO, Ark. – The University of Evansville women’s tennis team fell by a 6-1 final to Arkansas State on Saturday in its final non-conference match of the season.
 
UE got the early edge, taking the doubles point as Natasha James and Marketa Trousilova along with Emily Richardson and Gaby Fifer were victorious in their matches.  At No. 1, James and Trousilova topped Ioana Teu and Janie Nowland, 9-7. 
 
At third flight doubles, Richardson and Fifer picked up the 8-4 victory over Jess Heeps-Eriksen and Sofia Krsmanovic.  In the second spot, Kelsey Costales and Marina Moreno fell to Tamara Slijepcevic and Biljana Miloshevska, 8-1.
 
The Red Wolves were strong in singles play, picking up all six points as Slijepcevic topped James in the top flight, 6-4, 6-2.  In flight two, Nowland dealt Trousilova her first singles loss of the season, winning by finals of 7-5 and 6-4.
 
Miloshevska topped Moreno at flight three, 6-2, 6-4 while Teu defeated Mina Milovic, 6-3, 6-2.  In the fifth slot, Heeps-Eriksen topped Fifer, 6-0, 6-0 while Krsmanovic handed Richardson a loss in the sixth slot, 6-2, 7-5.
 
Evansville now has almost a month to prepare for Missouri Valley Conference play as the Aces will next be in action versus Southern Illinois on April 3.  It will mark the first of three home matches in five days for the Aces.