Tennis Falls in Home Opener

Sunday, March 1

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

1 p.m.

Southeast Missouri State University

Illinois State

Photo by: SEMO Creative Media

3/1/2026 5:18:00 PM | Women's Tennis

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The Southeast Missouri Tennis team dropped its home opener 4-0 to Illinois State Sunday afternoon.

The Redbirds earned the doubles point winning the two completed matches 6-4 at No. 2 and 6-3 at No. 3. Kristina Kozakova and Juliette Demunck's match at No. 1 doubles went unfinished when they were down 4-3.

Illinois State finished the match winning at No. 1 No. 4 and No. 5 singles. Maja Bajorek won the first set in her match 6-4 at No. 2 when it ended unfinished. Sofia Zemtsova also won her first set 7-5, but her match was also unfinished. Yontha Tadoum battled back after losing her first set 6-1 to take the second set 6-0 before her match also went unfinished.

The Redhawks will travel to San Marcos, Texas for their next match March 8^th against Texas State.