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Winner Northwest Mo. St. NWMSU (9-4, 5-1)
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Northwest Takes Last Match to Edge UNK, 4-3

Kearney, Neb. – Fifteenth-ranked Vera Alenicheva rallied for a three-set win at number one singles to help Northwest Missouri State edge Nebraska-Kearney, 4-3, Wednesday afternoon at Harmon Park.

Ranked ninth in the Central Region, Northwest (9-4, 5-1) pushes its win streak to three in a row while the Lopers fall to 4-11 (1-4). Prior to first serve UNK honored Claire Neil (Papillion) for her four years of service. This dual, played in cool and cloudy conditions, was moved up two days due to weather.

Kearney took a 1-0 on the scoreboard thanks to wins at number two and three doubles. Sophomore Brooklyn Hunter (Topeka, Kan.) and freshman Myrzaiym "Mia" Sherikulova (Kyrgyzstan) won 6-2 in the second spot with junior Pranathi Gannavaram (Lee's Summit, Mo.) and freshman Jazmin Zamorano (Mexico) winning by the same score.  Gannavaram and Zamorano have won three in a row and have a team-best six doubles victories.

Zamorano then tallied another team point as she won 6-4, 6-4 at three singles, pushing her season mark to 7-6. The 'Cats won in straight sets at the second and sixth spots in the order to tie things up with the three other matches all going into a third set.

Neil fell to Italian freshman Sofia Pignataro (6-3, 4-6, 6-1) at number five but Hunter bested Spanish freshman Angela per Moreno (6-3, 2-6, 7-5) to knot things up at three. Finally, Alenicheva, a freshman from Moscow, got past freshman Melisa Becerra in a match win two tie breakers; 6-7 (6), 7-6 (1), 6-2. She is now 11-1 on the spring with Becerra (Colombia) at 7-8.

UNK hosts nationally-ranked Washburn Saturday. That match has been pushed to a 3 p.m. start.
 
 
 
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