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Winner Nebraska Kearney UNK (11-8, 2-2 MIAA)
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Emporia State ESU (2-8, 0-2 MIAA)
Winner
Nebraska Kearney UNK
(11-8, 2-2 MIAA)
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Final
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Emporia State ESU
(2-8, 0-2 MIAA)
Masha Hatouka
UNK Athletics

Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

A 2-0 Road Trip

Kearney, Neb. – The 44th-ranked Nebraska-Kearney women's tennis team won the doubles point and five singles matches to fly by Emporia State, 6-1, Saturday afternoon in Kansas.

The Lopers (11-8, 2-2) went 2-0 on the road this weekend with nationally-ranked Northeastern State and Central Oklahoma coming to Harmon Park on April 1-2.

Improving to 12-2 against the Hornets (2-8, 0-2) since March 2010, UNK won by identical 6-2 scores at number one and two doubles. In the dual season, the Blue & Gold now has 31 doubles victories.  

Nationally-ranked Melisa Becerra (Colombia) got past Russian junior Angelina Gnezdilova at number one (6-4, 5-7, 10-5) at number one with sophomore Masha Hatouka (Belarus) also winning a tie-breaking set at number five (2-6, 6-2, 6-3). Finally, UNK allowed a total of 10 combined points between two and four singles.
 
 
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