RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University women's tennis team (8-11, 1-1 ASUN) won its first Atlantic Sun Conference match of the season by a score of 5-2 against Bellarmine (9-10, 1-2 ASUN) on Sunday at the Tom Higgins Outdoor Courts.

To begin the dual match, Marilou Cote and Emmeline Polevoi won their doubles match from the No. 1 court, 6-4. Zhansaya Bakytzhan and Masha Fedenko earned a win in doubles from the No. 2 position, 6-2, as the Colonels entered singles play with a one-point advantage.

Fedenko won her 10^th singles match of the season from the No. 1 spot in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4.

Polevoi earned the victory in singles play in three sets from the No. 4 court, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0.

Bakytzhan clinched the match for the Colonels, winning her singles contest in three sets from the No. 6 position, 1-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Sasha Parkhomenko won her singles match in a three-set thriller from the No. 2 court, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.

Singles competition

1. Masha Fedenko (EKU) def. Marika Caruk (BU), 7-5, 6-4
2. Sasha Parkhomenko (EKU) def. Vendula Kryslova (BU), 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
3. Erica Kanna Hagi (BU) def. Marilou Cote (EKU), 6-4, 6-1
4. Emmeline Polevoi (EKU) def. Yeva Kramarova (BU), 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
5. Nikola Kollaritsch (BU) def. Izem Elif Olcer (EKU), 6-4, 7-5
6. Zhansaya Bakytzhan (EKU) def. Lillie Willis (BU), 1-6, 6-3, 6-1

Singles (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 2)

Doubles competition

1. Marilou Cote and Emmeline Polevoi (EKU) def. Erica Kanna Hagi and Nikola Kollaritsch (BU), 6-4
2. Zhansaya Bakytzhan and Masha Fedenko (EKU) def. Marika Caruk and Yeva Kramarova (BU), 6-2
3. Madison Hill and Sasha Parkhomenko (EKU) vs. Vendula Kryslova and Lillie Willis (BU), 4-5, unfinished

Doubles (1, 2)

Next Up
The Colonels continue ASUN Conference play against Queens on Wednesday, March 20 at 2:00 p.m. at the Tom Higgins Outdoor Courts.

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