Chloe Sabin
Morgan Vogels, Sports Information Director
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Illinois Wesleyan IWUW
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Winner Millikin University MILLIKIN
Illinois Wesleyan IWUW
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Millikin University MILLIKIN
Winner

Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Morgan Vogels

Big Blue Women's Tennis Completes Sweep of Illinois Wesleyan

The Big Blue women's tennis team matched up against Illinois Wesleyan in a College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin contest on Wednesday, September 22. The rescheduled match took place at the Fairview Park Tennis Complex in Decatur, Ill. and saw Millikin sweep the Titans 9-0. 

In doubles play, Destiny Galvan and Shelby Jones earned the first victory for the Big Blue, defeating Katelyn Heller and Marissa Hagler of IWU 8-0 at No. 3. Chloe Sabin and Nikol Obradovic notched the second win of the day over Amber Shuang and Maria Poehls at No. 2 by an 8-1 margin. The final doubles win for MU was at No. 1 with Emily Markus and Paige Willer defeating Anna Cooper and Ashley Mohr 8-4. 

Markus tallied the first singles win of the afternoon for Millikin with her defeat of IWU's Cooper 6-0, 6-2 at No. 2. Sabin's match at No. 5 also ended in a Big Blue victory with Sabin posting 6-0, 6-1 sets to defeat Hagler. Obradovic completed twin 6-0 set wins at No. 1 to pick up a victory over Shuang. Taylor Milholland stepped in at the No. 4 slot to post twin 6-2 set wins and defeat Poehls. Brianna Barconi secured the eighth win of the day for MU with 6-0, 6-3 set scores to take down Mohr of the Titans. In the final singles matchup of the day, Heller took the first set 6-2 over Cristina Borunda before Borunda took set two 6-3. Millikin picked up the win at No. 4 with Borunda completing the third set 10-8 win. 

With the sweep, Millikin women's tennis improved to 5-1 overall, 2-1 in CCIW play. Three Big Blue players - Emily Markus, Nikol Obradovic, and Paige Willer - will take a road trip to Kalamazoo, Mich. for the ITA Regional Championship Tournament hosted by Kalamazoo College over the weekend. The three day tournament spans from Friday, September 24 through Sunday, September 26. 

The Big Blue will be back at home for Homecoming weekend on Friday, October 1 against Elmhurst. 
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