MURRAY, Ky. – In a rematch of the 2014 OVC championship match, host Murray State defeated the Eastern Kentucky University women's tennis team Friday afternoon, 5-2.
 
This was the first conference loss of the year for the Colonels (8-7, 3-1 OVC).
 
Murray State (11-3, 5-1) jumped on top by taking the doubles point and then easily won the bottom three singles matches to take the team victory. The Racers also defeated EKU in last year's OVC title tilt.
 
Senior Kristina Labeja (No. 2) and sophomore Marina Marti (No. 3) tallied Eastern's two points. Senior Amandine Faouzi split sets at the No. 1 match before dropping a super tiebreaker to Murray State's Andrea Eskauriatza, 10-7.
 
Eastern Kentucky continues its weekend road trip tomorrow, March 28 at Austin Peay.
 
Murray State 5, Eastern Kentucky 2
 
Singles
1. Andrea Eskauriatza (MUR) def. Amandine Faouzi (EKU) 7-5, 4-6, (10-7)
2. Kristina Labeja (EKU) def. Eleonore Tchakarova (MUR) 6-4, 6-3
3. Marina Marti (EKU) def. Megan Blue (MUR) 2-6, 7-6 (4), (10-6)
4. Nancy Karaky (MUR) def. Marcela Jimenez (EKU) 6-3, 6-1
5. Alena Vasileva (MUR) def. Melissa Gerritsen (EKU) 7-6 (4), 6-0
6. Verginie Tchakarova (MUR) def. Raquel Montalvo (EKU) 6-0, 6-1
 
Doubles
1. Faouzi/Labeja (EKU) led E.Tchakarova/V.Tchakarova (MUR) 7-5 DNF
2. Eskauriatza/Patton (MUR) def. Gerritsen/Jimenez (EKU) 8-6
3. Karaky/Vasileva (MUR) def. Hadnadova/Marti (EKU) 8-1
 
Match Notes: Eastern Kentucky (8-7, 3-1 OVC); Murray State (11-3, 5-1 OVC)
Order of Finish: Doubles (3, 2*); Singles (6, 4, 2, 5*, 1, 3)