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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – In the final home match of the season, the University of Evansville women's tennis team took a 5-2 victory over UNI at Wesselman Park on Sunday morning. 
 
With the win, the Purple Aces improved to 6-10 on the season and 1-2 in Missouri Valley Conference play.  Prior to the match, Kelsey Costales was honored during Senior Day festivities. 
 
Evansville rallied around her, beginning with doubles play.  For the seventh time in the last nine matches, UE grabbed the opening point of the match.  Natasha James and Costales won their fourth in a row at top doubles.  They defeated Jieke Stroobant and Erica Medlin, 8-4.
 
At No. 2 doubles, Marina Moreno and Marketa Trousilova pushed their season mark to 9-1.  They picked up an 8-5 win over Elvira Lopez and Astrid Santos.  Third flight doubles saw Krissy Lankelma and Jordyn Kearney defeat Mina Milovic and Andjela Brguljan, 8-5.
 
Four out of six singles tilts went Evansville's way, leading to the 5-2 final.  In the top flight, Trousilova improved to 7-1 in her last eight as she defeated Stroobant, 6-1, 6-4.
 
James also completed a perfect day with a win.  She defeated Medlin in the second flight, 6-1, 6-3.  Brguljan and Milovic took victories in their respective flights on Sunday.  Brguljan faced Lankelma in flight five, earning the win in three sets, 4-6, 7-6, 10-8.  Milovic earned the win at No. 6 singles, defeating Kearney, 6-0, 6-1.
 
Lopez defeated Moreno in flight three, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.  No. 4 singles saw Costales fall to Santos, 7-6, 5-7, 10-2.
 
On Wednesday, the Aces will take on USI beginning at 3 p.m.  Next Sunday, MVC play continues as the Aces travel to Wichita State for a 10 a.m. match.