SPRING ARBOR, Mich. - The Indiana University Kokomo women's tennis team opened their 2023-2024 season Friday afternoon, as they traveled to Michigan to take on Spring Arbor. The Cougars of SAU beat the Cougars of IUK 7-0.

Doubles
1. Moorea McNalley / Rebekah Pake (SAU) def. Ava Allen / Maria Oliveira (IUK) 6-3
2. Olivia Creech / Victoria Herrington (SAU) def. Reiley Hiser / Chloe Schmidt (IUK) 7-5
3. Belle Sexton / Andrea Vandermark (SAU) def. Lillianne Fishero / Breanna Koester (IUK) 6-3

Singles
1. McNalley (SAU) def. Oliveira (IUK) 6-4, 6-0
2. Herrington (SAU) def. Hiser (IUK) 6-1, 6-1
3. Pake (SAU) def. Larissa O'Rourke (IUK) 6-0, Ret.
4. Creech (SAU) def. Schmidt (IUK) 6-0, 7-6
5. Vandermark (SAU) def. Fishero (IUK). 6-4, 6-0
6. Kaitlyn Posey (SAU) def. Kennedy Perrin (IUK) 6-2, 6-0

All three doubles matches went the way of Spring Arbor, however their are several takeaways from IU Kokomo's side of things. Reiley Hiser and Chloe Schmidt played a tight set at #2 doubles, ultimately falling 7-5. Ava Allen, in her first collegiate match, competed well alongside Maria Oliveira at #1 doubles. The IUK #3 doubles duo of Lilli Fishero and Breanna Koester also managed to win three games.

Unlike doubles play, Spring Arbor won comfortably in each of the six singles matches. Chloe Schmidt managed to force a second-set tiebreaker, while Maria Oliveira and Lillianne Fishero each won four games in the opening sets of their matches.

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