RICHMOND, Ky. – EKU women's tennis defeated Lindsey Wilson College by a score of 4-3 at home to extend a four-match winning streak but fell to Marshall in the latter half of the doubleheader on the road, 6-1, on Friday.
 
EKU (4-3) outlasted the Blue Raiders in singles play with the clinching result coming down to court No. 6 in three sets.  Friday's win inside the Greg Adams Tennis Center was the Colonels last home match on the docket until Feb. 20.  EKU won in doubles on court Nos. 1, 3, and had singles victories from Sasha Parkhomenko, Marilou Cote, and a clincher from Izem Elif Olcer.
 
With Friday's wins over LWC, Cote moves to 5-2 on the season in singles play from the three middle courts while Olcer improves to 3-2 across the back three courts.
 
In match two at Marshall, EKU was able to pick up one point in singles play from Anastasiia Cherniaknova on court No. 5.  The freshman from Ukraine defeated Nour El Ouazzani in three sets in emphatic comeback fashion 3-6, 7-6, 1-0 (10-4).
 
Match One – EKU 4, Lindsey Wilson 3
 
 Doubles
1. Anastasiia Cherniakova and Ceylin Ipek (EKU) def. Ai Domingo Bernabeu and Anastasiia Vorobiova (LWC) 6-2
2. Zhansaya Bakytzhan and Marilou Cote (EKU) vs. Mayra Gisone and Anastasi Ivanchenki (LWC) 3-5, unf.
3. Izem Elif Olcer and Sasha Parkhomenko (EKU) def. Mariangeles Mateu and Heyka Rodriguez (LWC) 6-3
 
Order of finish: 1,3
 
Singles
1. Ai Domingo Bernabeu (LWC) def. Ceylin Ipek (EKU) 6-2, 6-0
2. Sasha Parkhomenko (EKU) def. Anastasiia Vorobiova (LWC) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
3. Marilou Cote (EKU) def. Mariangeles Mateu (LWC) 6-1, 6-0
4. Anastasi Ivanchenko (LWC) def. Zhansaya Bakytzhan (EKU) 6-3, 6-4
5. Mayra Gisone (LWC) def. Anastasiia Cherniakova (EKU) 7-6, 6-2
 
Order of finish: 3,1,4,2,5,6
 
Match Two – Marshall 6, EKU 1
 
Doubles
1. Alina Mokrynskaya and Emma Vanderheyden (MU) def. Anastasiia Cherniakova and Masha Fedenko (EKU) 6-2
2. Sophia Hurrion and Aisling McGrane (MU) vs. Zhansaya Bakytzhan and Ceylin Ipek (EKU) 5-1, unf.
3. Johanna Strom and Nel Van Hout (MU) def. Marilou Cote and Sasha Parkhomenko (EKU) 6-0
 
Order of finish: 1,3
 
Singles
1. Johanna Strom (MU) def. Masha Fedenko (EKU) 6-4, 6-2
2. Emma Vanderheyden (MU) def. Sasha Parkhomenko (EKU) 6-3, 6-3
3. Alina Mokryskaya (MU) def. Ceylin Ipek (EKU) 6-1, 6-2
4. Sophia Hurrion (MU) def. Marilou Cote (EKU) 6-0, 6-1
5. Anastasiia Cherniakova (EKU) def. Nour El Ouazzani (MU) 3-6, 7-6, 1-0
6. Nel Van Hout (MU) def. Zhansaya Bakytzhan (EKU) 6-3, 6-4
 
Order of finish: 3,4,2,1,5,6
 
Next Up
EKU will have a week off before making the short trip up I-75 for a doubleheader against Kentucky on Feb.1 at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. ET inside the Hillary J. Boone Tennis Complex.