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Evansville, IN– The University of Evansville women's tennis team (0-2, 0-0 MVC) opened up their 2016 season on Friday.  The Aces went to Murray State to take on the Racers and were defeated by a score of 7-0. They then followed that up with a match at Austin Peay.  The Governors were able to defeat the Aces 6-1.
 
In the Aces 7-0 loss to Murray State, they saw strong showings from some of the Aces new players.  In Marine Darzyan's loss at flight three singles, she fought hard despite losing by a score of 7-6 (10-3), 6-1.  Junior transfer Katie Delgado also had a strong showing at flight four singles losing her match by a score of 6-4, 6-7 (6-10), 10-6.
 
Even though the Aces were not able to grab the doubles point from the Racers, they were able to get a victory at flight two doubles.  Kennedy Craig and Katie Delgado were able to grab a victory over Amina Hadzic and Megan Blue by a score of 7-6 (7-5).
 
In singles play against Austin Peay, Kennedy Craig was able to get her first win of the season at flight six singles.  Craig defeated Isabela Jovanovic by a score of 6-3, 6-2.  Marina Moreno and Andjela Brguljan were also able to pick up a victory at flight three doubles.  They managed to defeat Hannah Tatlock and Claudi Yanes Garcia by a score of 6-4.

Coach Wiseman added, "Today we weren't as mentally tough as we needed to be to match the level of our opponents.  We didn't do a good enough job protecting our services games and converting critical points at crucial times in both singles and doubles.  Despite the loss, our girls showed spirit and fight and hung tough in a lot of the matches.  We lost three 3-set matches, and a doubles point on a tiebreaker.  We have some positive things to build on, and we've indentified some specific things that we need to do better going forward."
 
The Aces will wrap up their weekend tomorrow when they head to Southern Illinois Edwardsville.  They will square off with the Cougars starting at 2:00 p.m. CST.
 
 

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