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Box Score 2 PULASKI, Tenn. - During match one of the day, Southeast Missouri tennis (6-7) swept the UT Southern Firehawks (0-2) 6-0 Saturday morning at the D. Ann Neville Tennis Courts.
During doubles action the Redhawks won all three matches capturing the doubles point.
Yontha Tadoum and Claudia Casas captured the first doubles victory on court three winning 6-0 against Victoria Sanches and Justine Azarak. Lera Valeeva and Kristina Kozakova took care of business and won 6-1 at the No. 2 position defeating Sienna Ruberto and Ali Hamilton.
Maja Bajorek and Mia Mayerová teamed up again on the No. 1 courts. The sophomore and freshman pair barely escaped with a 7-5 victory over Otone Odajima and Yen-Ju Cheng.
The Redhawks then dominated in singles action winning five singles matches in straight sets and sweeping three of matches.
On courts two, six, and three, the Redhawks won 6-0 in both sets. Valeeva finished first on court two defeating Sanches, Kozakova was next at No. 6 breezing past Anna Wernerowicz, and Bajorek on court three captured the fourth point for the Redhawks winning against Ruberto.
At the No. 4 and 5 positions Juliette Demunck and Mayerová won in straight sets with both of them winning 6-0, 6-1. Demunck beat Hamilton and Mayerová defeated Sheyla Zombrano. On court one, Tadoum went unfinished 4-6, 1-0 against Odajima.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - For the Redhawks second match of the night, Southeast Missouri Tennis (7-7) edged out the Belmont Bruins (1-5) for a 4-3 Saturday night at the Ensworth Indoor Tennis Center.
After a thrilling doubles round, SEMO would come away with the doubles point, winning on court three and two.
Yontha Tadoum teamed up with Juliette Demunck on court three and couldn't be stopped. The pair won 6-1 against Libbie Hamilton and Sarah McElrath for the Redhawk's first doubles win.
Belmont would tie the doubles matches 1-1 when Aly Getty and Anastasi Zholdakova won 6-3 against Maja Bajorek and Mia Mayerova at the No. 1 position. Lera Valeeva and Kristina Kozakova would clinch the doubles point for Redhawks winning 6-4 against Viktoria Kliimand and Hana Sokolovic on court two.
In singles action,
Kristina Kozakova goes 2-0 on the day and captured the first singles point for the Redhawks against Belmont winning 6-0, 6-4 against Getty on court five. Mayerova finishes right after Kozakova and defeats McElrath 6-1, 6-4 at the No. 6 position.
Belmont captured their first two points of the match right after that on court two and three. Kliimand defeated Tadoum 6-3 in both sets at No. 2 and Sokolovic beat Bajorek 6-4 at the No. 3 position. Belmont then won on court 1 when Zholdakova won against Valeeva 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Demunck captured the fourth a game winning point in a great three set match against Hamilton. Demunck cruised to an easy 6-3 set 1 win and Hamilton bounced back in set 2 winning 6-0. Then Demunck eventually won 6-4 in the third set.
Coach Brooks said it was a rough day for the Redhawks but they came away with 2 wins so he's happy for the team. He said the team was really tired from the long day.
Against Belmont Coach Brooks stated, "We played really good at 2 & 3 doubles. Singles we jumped out on top then Belmont fought back. We got up 3-0, then it went to 3-3 with 2 close matches late in the third set. Juju was down a bit but found her composure and pulled out her match when Lera had just lost a close game to go down 4-5. One day better!"
The Redhawks will be back in action next week as they take on Missouri State in Paducah, Kentucky at 2 p.m., CT.
