CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Duquesne University women's tennis team finished its fall season at the Cleveland State University Invite this weekend.
DOUBLES
The Dukes battled Youngstown State and Eastern Michigan in doubles action Friday, then rematched EMU and battled Cleveland State on Saturday afternoon.
YSU took all three matches in the opening match. Duquesne picked up its first win in doubles action in the third match of the Friday nightcap against EMU, as
Taisia Yakunina and
Ellen Shanahan teamed up for a 6-0 shutout.
The Eagles swept the rematch, then
Mila Badics and
Sofia Serrano (6-3) earned the lone win against Cleveland State in four matches.
SINGLES
Duquesne faced off against the hosts Friday afternoon, which CSU won all six matches.
In Saturday's singles action, the Dukes went 3-3 against Youngstown State.
Daniela Latoni (7-5, 6-4),
Mila Badics (3-6, 6-4, 10-8) and
Sofia Serrano (2-6, 6-4, 10-7) picked up the DU victories.
Then in the final outing of the fall,
Ellen Shanahan won a hardfought three-setter (6-3, 3-6, 13-11) as the only victory of the day for Duquesne on Sunday against Eastern Michigan.
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