Lady Toppers drop 5-2 home decision to Lipscomb

Published 10:51 pm Sunday, January 26, 2025

Western Kentucky’s women’s tennis team lost 5-2 to Lipscomb on Sunday at the Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park to fall to 2-1 this season.

WKU claimed the doubles point for the third time in as many matches. The Lady Toppers’ Mia Miranda/Emily Schut improved to 3-0 in doubles play this season, while Sofia Blanco/Rachel Hermanova improved to 2-0.

“Hats off to Lipscomb. We really gave them our best shot,” WKU coach Greg Davis said in a news release. “We were up 2-1 in four of the first sets and it just kind of got away from us. Give them credit. Lipscomb just kept playing more aggressive and that’s what we’ve got to learn to do.

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“We’ve got a real short turnaround this week with SIU Edwardsville coming in. They won their conference tournament last year and made the NCAA Tournament. It’s the best team they’ve ever had there. We’re expecting another difficult match just like the Lipscomb match was today.”

The Lady Toppers will close out a four-match homestand to start the season with a 1 p.m. match against SIUE on Friday.

Singles (Order of finish: 3,6,2,4,1,5)

1. Sofiia Paladi (LIPSCOMB) def. Rachel Hermanova (WKU) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3

2. Mariia Dolzhenko (LIPSCOMB) def. Sofia Blanco (WKU) 7-6 (7-1), 6-2

3. Rut Galindo (LIPSCOMB) def. Elizabeth Sobieski (WKU) 6-2, 6-2

4. Deborah D. Collado (LIPSCOMB) def. Mariana Zegada (WKU) 7-5, 7-6 (7-1)

5. Serafima Bobrovnikova (LIPSCOMB) def. Sunskrithi Damera (WKU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4

6. Emily Schut (WKU) def. Kameliia Tytarenko (LIPSCOMB) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles (Order of finish: 1,2)

1. Sofia Blanco/Rachel Hermanova (WKU) def. Sofiia Paladi/Serafima Bobrovnikova (LIPSCOMB) 6-3

2. Mia Miranda/Emily Schut (WKU) def. Mariia Dolzhenko/Rut Galindo (LIPSCOMB) 6-3

3. Sunskrithi Damera/Mariana Zegada (WKU) vs. Kameliia Tytarenko/Deborah D. Collado (LIPSCOMB) 5-4, unfinished