Tennis Concludes Action at LU Invite

LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Marshall University women's tennis team concluded action on Sunday at the LU Invite on Sunday taking a doubles match and a pair of singles contests.

"It was a good way for us to start the season," Marshall tennis head coach John Mercer said at the conclusion of the event. "I thought everyone fought hard and now it's time to develop and get to work."

In doubles against ECU, Rieke Gillar and Kara Joseph picked a 6-4 win.

Marshall took a pair of singles contests over ECU seeing Emma Vanderheyden win in a three-set tiebreak (6-1, 2-6, 10-5) as well as Liz Stefancic take her match in a tiebreak after dropping the first set (1-6, 6-2, 10-2).

Results
Doubles
Marshall vs. ECU
Alisha Hussain/Martina Muzzolon (ECU) def. Jutte Van Hansewyck/Aisling McGrane
(MU), 6-2
Rieke Gillar/Kara Joseph (MU) def. Ines Bachir el Bouhali/Anne Lou Champion (ECU), 6-4

Singles
Marshall vs. Liberty and ECU
Eloise Saraty (LU) def. Jutte Van Hansewyck (MU), 6-2, 3-6, [10-7]
Martina Muzzolon (ECU) def. Madi Ballow (MU), 6-4, 6-2
Emma Vanderheyden (MU) def. Ines Bachir el Bouhali (ECU), 6-1, 2-6, [10-5]
Liz Stefancic (MU) def. Anne Lou Champion (ECU), 1-6, 6-2, [10-2]
Alisha Hussain (ECU) def. Gabrielle Clairotte (MU), 6-3, 7-5

UP NEXT
MU is back on the court when it co-hosts Thunder in the Mountains with West Virginia University Sept. 24 through Sept. 26 in Charleston, W.Va.

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Players Mentioned

Madi Ballow

Gabrielle Clairotte

Rieke Gillar

Kara Joseph

Aisling McGrane

Liz Stefancic

Jutte Van Hansewyck

Emma Vanderheyden

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