Herd Tennis Sweeps Cleveland State on Friday

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BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. – The Marshall University Tennis team (4-3) picked up a 7-0 sweep of Cleveland State at the 7827 Tennis Center on Friday in Barboursville, West Virginia.

"I want to thank Cleveland State for coming on a snowy day and making it so we could get the match in," Herd Tennis Head Coach John Mercer said. "They're a very well-coached, talented and young team. I'm happy with our team and what we were able to do. We're just trying to keep making progress."

In doubles, Paula Berzina and Thalia Smith started with a dominant 6-1 at number three. After the Vikings won at number two, Polina Gumeniuk and Alina Mokrynska captured a 7-5 win at number one to seal the doubles point.

The Herd continued its momentum into singles not dropping a set. Gumeniuk started with a win at number two as Smith quickly followed up at number five.

Mokrynska then secured the match at 4-0 with a triumph at number three. Johanna Strom then took her contest at number one with Sarah Copley and Nour El Ouazzani finishing their contests at number four and six, respectively.

RESULTS
Doubles
No. 1 Polina Gumeniuk/Alina Mokrynska (MU) def. Ella Franz/Mel Petkova (CSU) 7-5
No. 2 Leah Geisz/Anna Machino (CSU) def. Nour El Ouazzani/Johanna Strom (MU) 6-4
No. 3 Paula Berzina/Thalia Smith (MU) def. Sofia Sergieva/Laura Tapia (CSU) 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1

Singles
No. 1 Johanna Strom (MU) def. Ella Franz (CSU) 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 Polina Gumeniuk (MU) def. Laura Tapia (CSU) 6-3, 6-0
No. 3 Alina Mokrynska (MU) def. Anna Machino (CSU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 Sarah Copley (MU) def. Jenna Redmile (CSU) 6-3, 7-5
No. 5 Thalia Smith (MU) def. Leah Geisz (CSU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 6 Nour El Ouazzani (MU) def. Sofia Sergieva (CSU) 6-3, 6-1
Order of finish: 2, 5, 3, 1, 4, 6

UP NEXT
Marshall closes out the weekend with a contest on Sunday against VCU at the 7827 Tennis Center at 11 am.

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Team Stats

Players Mentioned

Paula Berzina

Sarah Copley

Nour El Ouazzani

Polina Gumeniuk

Alina Mokrynska

Thalia Smith

Johanna Strom

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