Markus and Willer
Kevin Krows/Millikin University
8
Winner Millikin MILLIKIN (9-1, 6-1)
1
Augustana AUGIE (4-5, 4-4)
Winner
Millikin MILLIKIN
(9-1, 6-1)
8
Final
1
Augustana AUGIE
(4-5, 4-4)

Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Morgan Vogels

Women's Tennis Solidifies #2 Seed in CCIW Tournament with Win at Augustana

Millikin women's tennis competed in their final regular season College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin matchup on Saturday, October 16 in Rock Island, Ill. at Augustana College. The Big Blue used an 8-1 victory over the Vikings to solidify their spot as the #2 seed in the upcoming CCIW tournament. 

Starting off strong in doubles play, Millikin's Destiny Galvan and Shelby Jones took an 8-3  win at No. 3 doubles, defeating Mia Reese and Michaela Magee. Also securing an 8-3 win was the partnership of Chloe Sabin and Nikol Obradovic at No. 2 over Lauren Oda and Grace Rider. Finishing out the doubles play sweep was the team of Paige Willer and Emily Markus, who pulled out an 8-6 win over Caitlyn Hanulikova and Lily Schoeck of the Vikings. 

On the singles side, it was Cristina Borunda who notched the first win with 6-0, 6-1 set victories over Reese at No. 6. Sabin's 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 5 over Rider gave MU a 5-0 lead and the guarantee of the match victory. Markus kept the streak alive at No. 2, taking down Magee in three. After dropping the first set 3-6, Markus bounced back to take the second set 6-3, then the third set 10-6. The Vikings picked up their lone victory at No. 3 singles with Hanulikova defeating Brianna Barconi 6-3, 6-4. Willer's first set at No. 4 singles went to a tiebreaker, with Willer victorious over Oda 7-6 (7-5) before taking the second set 6-3. The final for the Big Blue was taken at No. 1 by Obradovic. Augustana's Schoeck defeating Obradovic 7-5 in the first set before Obradovic came back to take a 7-5 second set win, then took the supertiebreaker 10-5.

Millikin's win over Augustana helped them improve to 10-1 on the season, 7-1 in the CCIW. The Big Blue will close out their fall season in Elmhurst, Ill. at the CCIW Tournament from Thursday, October 21 to Saturday, October 23. 
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