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Falcons lose 6-1 to Western Michigan, freshman Megan Miller rallies to win singles

Friday began Mid-American Conference play for the 2015 Falcons tennis team as they took on the Huskies of Northern Illinois.

The Falcons took the match to Keefe Courts for the first time since September, and the transition to outdoor from the faster playing indoor courts was evident.

“It’s been hard to come back outside to play matches again,” said freshman Megan Miller. “We’ve tried to practice out here [but] the transition was tough.”

Doubles action started off the day and saw the Huskies take that

doubles point.

The duo of Arantza De La Torre and Mary Malkin took down the Falcon duo of Brittany Plaszewski and Sydney Seeley 6-0.

That was followed by NIU’s duo of Jennifer Gates and Evelyn Youel finishing off Antonina Farrar and Emily Witt 6-3.

With the doubles point in hand, the doubles action between duos Nelle Youel and Cristina Alvarez and Megan Miller and Harley Hutchinson was halted at 5-3.

In the match with Miller and Hutchinson, Hutchinson had trouble finishing going to her left. Something she looked to correct moving into singles action.

In Hutchinson’s singles match against Alvarez saw that adjustment made and a win by the Falcon taking the match 6-4, 6-3.

“I brought my targets in and instead of aiming for the baseline I started aiming for the service line,” said Hutchinson. “It actually worked out to my favor in my

singles match.”

Falcon’s Witt and Plaszewski joined Hutchinson with singles victories on the day.

Witt took down Malkin 6-4 4-6 1-0 (10-4 tiebreaker), while Plaszewski defeated De La Torre 5-7 6-4 1-0 (10-8 tiebreaker).

The rest of the Falcon’s in action could not get the win, as Miller lost to N. Youel 6-3 6-2, Farrar downed by Gates 6-2 6-1 and Seeley defeated by Dekkinga 6-0 6-0.

Even though the Falcons did split 3-3 with the Huskies that doubles point proved to be the deference as NIU walked away with the dual

win 4-3.

“We have to control what we are doing, today was disappointing because we had our chances out here today,” said head coach Olga Elkin. “We played very well in singles today, but our slow start in doubles cost us.”

The loss was the teams’ first MAC loss of the season, and there was no time to let the loss affect the team as Sunday saw another MAC

opponent waiting.

Sunday’s match took place indoor in Perrysburg as Western Michigan came down to face off with the Falcons.

The indoor event saw the Broncos take down the Falcons 6-1. The one point coming from Miller in her first flight singles match.

Miller trailed in both sets against Meika Ashby. The score was 2-1 in the first set but Miller came back to win the set 6-3. The next set saw Ashby almost force a 10-point tiebreaker but Miller found a way to win the set 7-5.

“Megan’s opponent is a very good player, and Meg really stepped up today,” said head coach Elkin. “Megan got down in the second set, but never gave up. She came back and did a fantastic job to get the win.”

Even though coach Elkin saw an improvement in energy from Friday in doubles, Saturday’s results still went the way of the Broncos.

The WMU duo of Tracy Kuhle and Olivia Myers took down the duo of Farrar and Witt 6-0, Barbare Eristavi and Yuriko Ono defeated the Falcon duo of Plaszweski and Seeley 6-2 and the other doubles match was called as WMU already got the doubles point.

In singles Myers defeated Hutchinson 6-3 6-2, Witt lost to Eristavi 6-1 6-1, Plaszewski defeated by Kuhle 6-3 6-3, Farrar downed by Ono 6-0 6-0 and Seeley defeated by Labina Petrovska 6-0 6-1.

“We are becoming much more competitive in spots in the lineup where we weren’t very competitive at the start of the year,” said Elkin. “They are working very hard and becoming more competitive in those matches, which is great to see, and great for the future.”

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