Panthers fall in last set to Northeastern State

 
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— The receiving votes Drury Women’s Tennis team traveled to Northeastern State to take on the Riverhawks in a weekend match.
 
Drury went down 1-0  in doubles as Ewa Samberger / Kseniia Eremina were the only pairing to win (6-2). Drury then fought back and leveled the score at 3-3 with wins from Clara Kuehnle winning 6-4, 6-3, Ewa Samberger winning 6-2, 6-1, and Alma Abazi winning 7-5, 4-6, 7-6. The “winner take all match” came down to the 6^th singles matchup between Maria Espejo and Northeastern State’s Sandra Mari Marti. Espejo went down in the first set 6-4 but then came back to win the second set 6-3. She fell in a hard-fought deciding third set 7-5, and that result gave Northeastern State the victory.
 
The Panthers dropped to 6-4 after the contest while the Riverhawks improve to 4-1.
 
Drury plays again on Saturday, March 11 as they travel to McKendree. 
 
Box Score 
Mar 5, 2023 at Tahlequah, Ok
Singles competition
1. COSATTO, Emilia (NSU-W) def. N. Jedrychowski (DRURY-W) 6-4, 6-2
2. Clara Kuehnle (DRURY-W) def. MOLDAKHMETOVA, Alisha (NSU-W) 6-4, 6-3
3. Ewa Samberger (DRURY-W) def. GONZALES-EDWARDS, Leah (NSU-W) 6-2, 6-1
4. Alma Abazi (DRURY-W) def. KARREMANS, Roos (NSU-W) 7-5, 4-6, 7-6
5. TERAN, Valeria (NSU-W def.) Leana Chanova (DRURY-W) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
6. MARI MARTI, Sandra (NSU-W) def. Maria Espejo (DRURY-W)  6-4, 3-6, 7-5
 
Doubles competition
1. Ewa Samberger/Kseniia Eremina (DRURY-W) def. KARREMANS, Roos / MOLDAKHMETOVA, Alisha (NSU-W) 6-3
2. JAYAPRAKASH, Belinda / TERAN, Valeria (NSU-W) def. Maria Espejo/Clara Kuehnle (DRURY-W) 6-4
3. COSATTO, Emilia / GONZALES-EDWARDS, Leah (NSU-W) def. Alma Abazi/N. Jedrychowski (DRURY-W) 6-2
 
Match Notes
Northeastern State 4-1
Drury Panthers-W 6-4
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (2,3,1,5,4,6)
 
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