WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State handed No.-9 ranked Cameron its first dual-match loss in 14 outings and dropped the Aggies to 8-1 in conference play with a 4-3 victory at MSU Tennis Center on Thursday afternoon.
Midwestern State has won eight of its nine duals at home and improved to 7-2 in the Lone Star Conference. The Mustangs are 16-6 overall this season. Cameron is 13-2 overall and fell to 5-2 on the road.
Midwestern State earned the doubles point to start the day.
Alice Di Matteo and
Emilija Visic scored early victories for the Mustangs at No. 2 and No. 4 singles respectively.
From there the tension built.
Hannah Yip was in a see-saw affair at No. 3 singles. After splitting the first two sets, Yip was up 5-4 in the third set and had two match points, but Kateryna Rudenko staved off defeat and came back to win the match, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5. Yip and Rudenko exchanged baseline rallies for nearly three hours. Yip has lost her last two matches in three sets and fell to 2-6 in LSC clashes.
Skylar Minns clinched the victory for Midwestern State at No. 5 singles with a 6-3, 6-4 triumph over Magda Wawrowska. Minns posted her fifth victory in six outings and improved to 12-2 in singles this season. Minns has won six of her eight matches against conference opponents.
Amelia Lawson saw a five-match winning streak come to an end at No. 1 singles. Lawson faced 26th-ranked Vasilisa Polunova, who is the reigning two-time Lone Star Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week. Polunova won the first set in a tiebreak, and the Russian pulled away for her eighth consecutive victory, 7-6 (2), 6-2. Polunova is 8-1 in LSC matches. Lawson is 12-9 for the season and 5-4 against conference foes.
Di Matteo has reeled off three consecutive victories since moving up to No. 2 singles for the Mustangs. Di Matteo waltzed to a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Lea Manga and improved to 10-8 overall in singles and 5-3 in conference play.
Visic won for the fourth time in six matches, defeating Jenna Goessel at No. 4 singles, 6-4, 6-3. Visic is 8-1 at home this season and all the victories have been in straight sets. Visic is 11-9 overall and 5-4 in LSC matches.
Micaela McSpadden battled Karolina Glowinska at No. 6 singles and suffered a 2-6, 6-3, 8-10 defeat. The sophomore is 8-5 overall and has won five of her eight matches against LSC opponents.
Lawson and
Sydney Williams won No. 1 doubles, 6-3, over Manga and Glowinska. Di Matteo and Visic posted a 6-3 win against Pulunova and Rudenko at No. 2 doubles. Minns and McSpadden fell to Goessel and Wawrowska, 6-2.
Midwestern State celebrates Senior Day on Saturday and welcomes Arkansas-Fort Smith to MSU Tennis Center for the final LSC dual before the postseason tournament. First serve is scheduled for noon.
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