RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University women's tennis team split its doubleheader on Thursday at the Greg Adams Indoor Tennis Center, dropping a 5-2 result to Murray State and coming back hours later to sweep Georgetown College, 7-0.
 
EKU (5-9) won on two singles courts against Murray State and then took the doubles point with all six singles courts over Georgetown College for their first sweep of the 2024-25 season.
 
Match One – Murray State 5, EKU 2
 
Doubles
1. Valeria Chaikovskaia and Bruna Mulato (MUR) def. Anastasiia Cherniakova and Masha Fedenko (EKU) 6-2
2. Zhansaya Bakytzhan and Sasha Parkhomenko (EKU) def. Yuna Kadowaki and Yu Kikawa (MUR) 6-3
3. Varya Alexeyeva and Barbora Hermanova (MUR) def. Mariloi Cote and Ceylin Ipek (EKU) 6-3
 
Order of Finish: 1,2,3
 
Singles
1. Valeria Chaikovskaia (MUR) def. Masha Fedenko (EKU) 6-0, 6-7, 7-6
2. Varya Alexeyeva (MUR) def. Sasha Parkhomenko (EKU) 6-4, 6-1
3. Yuna Kadowaki (MUR) def. Ceylin Ipek (EKU) 6-0, 6-1
4. Marilou Cote (EKU) def. Yu Kikawa (MUR) 7-6, 7-5
5. Bruna Melato (MUR) def. Anastasiia Cherniakova (EKU) 6-4, 6-1
6. Izem Elif Olcer (EKU) def. Rebecca Windan (MUR) 6-4, 7-5
 
Order of Finish: 2,3,5,4,1,6
 
Match Two – EKU 7, Georgetown College 0
 
Doubles
1. Anastasiia Cherniakova and Masha Fedenko (EKU) vs. Maddie Gill and Lydia Prince (GTC) 2-1, unf.
2. Zhansaya Bakytzhan and Sasha Parkhomenko (EKU) def. Abby Moss and Lindsey Rikkerink (GTC) 6-0
3. Ceylin Ipek and Jacey Wilson (EKU) and Hana Dixon and Anna White (GTC) 6-0
 
Order of Finish: 3,2
 
Singles
1. Sasha Parkhomenko (EKU) def. Molly Archer (GTC) 6-1, 6-1
2. Marilou Cote (EKU) def. Maddie Gill (GTC) 6-1, 6-0
3. Ceylin Ipek (EKU) def. Lindsey Rikkerink (GTC) 6-1, 6-1
4. Anastasiia Cherniakova (EKU) def. Abby Moss (GTC) 6-1, 6-1
5. Zhansaya Bakytzhan (EKU) def. Lydia Prince (GTC) 6-1, 6-2
6. Jacey Wilson (EKU) def. Anna White (GTC) 6-0, 6-2
 
Order of Finish: 1,3,4,2,5,6
 
Next Up
EKU returns to action back at home on March 1 against Belmont.