Cristina Borunda
Morgan Vogels, Sports Information Director
0
Elmhurst ELMHURST (1-3)
9
Winner Millikin MILLIKIN (6-1)
Elmhurst ELMHURST
(1-3)
0
Final
9
Millikin MILLIKIN
(6-1)
Winner

Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Morgan Vogels

Big Blue Women's Tennis Sweeps Elmhurst

The Big Blue women's tennis team completed a sweep of Elmhurst University on Friday, October 1 at the Fairview Park Tennis Complex in Decatur, Ill. to kick off Homecoming weekend. 

Millikin started off strong in doubles play with Paige Willer and Emily Markus capturing an 8-0 victory over Julia Kostadinova and June Bering at No. 1. At No. 2, Chloe Sabin and Nikol Obradovic picked up an 8-1 win over the Blue Jays' Silvia Barak and Isabella Rahman. Finishing out doubles play at No. 3 was the partnership of Taylor Milholland and Shelby Jones that defeated Bailey Ekstrand and Megan Engstrom 8-4.

After sweeping doubles, the Big Blue kept the momentum going in singles play. Markus secured the first singles victory with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Elmhurst's Bering at No. 2. Sabin picked up the next win with 6-0, 6-1 set victories over Rahman at No. 4. Cristina Borunda was victorious at No. 5, defeating Ekstrand 6-1, 6-0. Taylor Milholland's match finished up next with twin 6-0 victories over Brynn Rubacky at No. 6. Obradovic picked up her second win of the day at No. 1 with 6-0, 6-1 set victories at No. 1 over Kostadinova. Rounding out singles play was Brianna Barconi who earned 6-3, 6-2 wins at No. 3 over Barak. 

With the win, the Big Blue moved to 6-1 overall, 3-1 in College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin play. The Big Blue will play their second match of Homecoming weekend on Saturday, October 2 against Wheaton College at the Fairview Park Tennis Complex at 11:00 AM. 
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