RICHMOND, Ky. – Newcomer Marina Marti won the deciding match to help the Eastern Kentucky University women's tennis team pull out a 4-3 victory over Western Kentucky Friday afternoon in the Greg Adams Tennis Center.
 
Eastern (3-5) won the last three singles matches on the court. Senior Amandine Faouzi started the rally with a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 1 singles. Faouzi had lost to WKU's (2-3) Emilia Granstrom in the ITA Ohio Valley Regional tournament this past fall.
 
Freshman Dominika Hadnadova evened the team score with a convincing 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 6 singles. Marti capped the comeback with her fourth singles victory of the indoor season, a 7-6, 6-3 decision over Gabby Crofford.
 
"Marina is one of the best competitors on the team," EKU head coach Rob Oertel said. "I was very confident that she would be successful in that situation."
 
Eastern Kentucky concludes its indoor schedule next Saturday, Feb. 28 with a home match against the University of the Cumberlands. Match time is set for 3 p.m.
 
Eastern Kentucky 4, Western Kentucky 3
 
Singles
1. Amandine Faouzi (EKU) def. Emilia Granstrom (WKU) 6-2, 6-2
2. Kristina Labeja (EKU) def. Tereza Hejlova (WKU) 6-3, 6-2
3. Elpida Malamou (WKU) def. Marcela Jimenez (EKU) 6-2, 6-0
4. Andreanna Christopoulou (WKU) def. Melissa Gerritsen (EKU) 6-4, 6-3
5. Marina Marti (EKU) def. Gabby Crofford (WKU) 7-6, 6-3
6. Dominika Hadnadova (EKU) def. Emily Przystawski (WKU) 6-0, 6-1
 
Doubles
1. Christopoulou/Granstrom (WKU) def. Faouzi/Labeja (EKU) 8-5
2. Hejlova/Malamou (WKU) def. Gerritsen/Jimenez (EKU) 8-2
3. Hadnadova/Marti (EKU) def. Crofford/Przystawski (WKU) 8-2
 
Match Notes: Eastern Kentucky (3-5); Western Kentucky (2-3)
Order of Finish: Doubles (3, 2, 1*); Singles (2, 3, 4, 1, 6, 5*)