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Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Women’s Tennis Falls at Murray State, 5-2

The Flames won the doubles point and the No. 4 singles match in Sunday’s loss to the Racers

MURRAY, Ky. (April 14, 2024) The UIC women's tennis program (8-12, 4-3 MVC) concluded its two-match road swing with a 5-2 loss against Missouri Valley Conference leader Murray State (12-5, 5-0 MVC) Sunday afternoon at the Bennie Purcell Tennis Courts.
 
The Flames won the doubles point for their seventh match in a row, while junior Camille Belberka (Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg, France Seward County Community College (Kan.) won her match at No. 4 singles in straight sets.


 
COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH ELIZABETH LUMPKIN ROBINSON
 
"This was a tough travel and competition weekend for our program but we strengthened our resiliency and adaptability. We are ready to get back to work and honor our seniors next week in our home finale."
 
MATCH RECAP
  • The Flames won the doubles point with victories by the No. 2 doubles team of Tamara Malazonia (Birmingham, United Kingdom/St. Paul's School for Girls) and Camille Belberka (Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg, France Seward County Community College (Kan.) and the No. 3 doubles tandem of Zara Ryan (Dublin, Ireland/Utah State) and Paula Rodriguez Gregoris (Canary Islands, Spain International School of Berne).
  • Ryan and Rodriguez Gregoris clinched the doubles point for the Flames, with a 7-6, 7-3 tiebreak victory.
  • Malazonia and Belberka have a team-high 13 doubles wins in 2024 and are on a 11-match win streak dating back to Feb. 10.
  • UIC has won the doubles point in every conference competition this season.
  • After Murray State won singles matches at the Nos. 1 and 5 positions to take a 2-1 lead in the team score, Belberka defeated Murray State's Varya Alexeyeva in straight sets to tie the match at 2-2. The victory was the junior's team-leading tenth singles win this season.
  • Murray State would win the final three singles matches to come away with the 5-2 victory.
  • All six singles matches Sunday were decided in straight sets.
Full results from Sunday's match are below.

RESULTS
 
MUR 5, UIC 2

Doubles – UIC wins the doubles point
  1. Honore/Slezakova (MUR) def. Gustafsson/Ushio (UIC) 6-1
  2. Malazonia/Belberka (UIC) def. Bureau/Pschorr (MUR) 6-4
  3. Ryan/Rodriguez Gregoris (UIC) def. Campigotto/Kreugel (MUR) 7-6 (7-3)
Singles
  1. Chaikovskaia (MUR) def. Gustafsson (UIC) 6-3, 6-4
  2. Bureau (MUR) def. Malazonia (UIC) 6-4, 6-3
  3. Honore (MUR) def. Ushio (UIC) 7-5, 6-1
  4. Belberka (UIC) def. Alexeyeva (MUR) 6-3, 6-2
  5. Pschorr (MUR) def. Ryan (UIC) 6-2, 6-2
  6. Kreugel (MUR) def. Brion (UIC) 6-2, 6-1
UP NEXT
  • UIC is at home Sunday afternoon as the team takes on Valparaiso (10-11, 1-5 MVC) in its regular season finale. Sunday's match will take place starting at 1 p.m. at either the XS Tennis Village or the Flames Outdoor Tennis Courts.
  • The Beacons lost to Missouri State 4-3 in its most recent match. The program is 1-5 in away contests this season.
  • The Flames are currently fourth in the MVC standings while the Beacons are in eighth-place.
  • UIC leads the all-time series against Valparaiso 21-3. The Flames are on a 14-match win streak against the Beacons dating back to 2008.
  • The Flames will honor their three-member senior class (Gustafsson, Malazonia, Ryan) in a ceremony prior to Sunday's contest.
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  • Fans are strongly encouraged to support NIL opportunities for UIC student-athletes through contributions to The Chicago Collective.
FOLLOW THE FLAMES
  • For more information on the UIC women's tennis program, fans are encouraged to visit UICFlames.com, or follow the Flames on social media through X (@UICWTEN and @UICFlames) and Instagram (@uic_wten and @uicflames).
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