UIC closed out the season with a win over Oakland on Senior Day. Though the Golden Grizzlies rallied late in the match, winning three 10-point tiebreakers, the Flames did enough early in doubles and singles play to clinch the win at 4-0.
Ana Jover reached the 20-win mark in singles play, and earned her 17
th doubles win – 16 of which came alongside
Agnes Gustafsson.
Seniors
Nell Arendt,
Marina Hermanny de Figueiredo, Jover, and graduate student
Dominika Hrabalova were honored before the match, which was their final home appearance as Flames.
The Flames clinched the #3 seed in the Horizon League tournament, which will begin Friday in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Doubles Results
- Gustafsson and Jover cruised to a 6-3 win at #1, where they finished 11-2 in regular season dual match action.
- Dominika Hrabalova and Lea Forste-Dinell dropped a 6-3 final at #2.
- Nell Arendt and Tamara Malazonia were pushed to a tiebreaker, which they won convincingly, as they clinched the doubles point, 7-6 (1) at #3.
Singles Results
- Malazonia got back in the win column after two straight losses, taking a 6-1, 6-1 decision on court 2.
- Jover improved to 15-0 on the #3 court with a 6-2, 6-2 win.
- Forste-Dinell won her ninth straight match, 7-6 (3), 6-0 at #5.
- Oakland got on the board with a 6-4, 4-6, 10-4 win over Gustafsson at #1.
- Hrabalova had her four-match winning streak snapped, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 10-5 at #4.
- Arendt dropped a 6-7 (2), 6-4, 10-7 match at #6.
Up Next
- The Flames will play a quarterfinal match in the Horizon League tournament at 2 p.m. Friday.
- The winner of Sunday evening's match between IUPUI and Northern Kentucky will be the #6 seed and oppose UIC in the quarters.
