Strong play at the top of the singles lineup propelled UIC to a dramatic, 4-3 win over Eastern Michigan Friday morning.  After the Eagles won the doubles point, the Flames stormed back with three straight wins on the singles courts.  The Flames' top three singles players all won their matches, including a three-set victory by Tamara Malazonia that clinched the team win.

Doubles Results

• Agnes Gustafsson and Ana Jover fell in a 6-1 set at #1.
• Marina Hermanny de Figueiredo and Dominika Hrabalova evened the score with a 6-3 win at #2.
• The #3 matchup came down to a tiebreaker, where Malazonia and Lea Forste-Dinell were on the wrong end of a 7-6 (3) final.
• It was the first time in dual match play that the Flames did not win the doubles point.

Singles Results

• Gustafsson closed out a 6-4, 6-2 win on the #1 court.
• Jover put the Flames ahead with her 6-3, 6-4 win at #3.
• Hrabalova moved the team one win away from victory after she emerged victorious, 6-3, 6-2, at #5.
• Eastern Michigan got back into the match with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 win at #4 over Hermanny de Figueiredo.
• Malazonia, up 5-3 in the third set, used an ace to launch herself to a 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 win in the #2 flight.
• Forste-Dinell dominated the second set to square the match, but couldn't get going in the third, losing 7-6 (2), 1-6, 6-0 at #6.

Up Next

• The Flames will continue their homestand on Sunday.
• Illinois State will visit XS Tennis for a 1 p.m. match.