Fort Wayne, Ind. - Indiana Tech beat the University of Northwestern Ohio by 5-2 at Wildwood Racquet Club on Saturday to keep the unbeaten streak on WHAC and increase its recent winning streak against the WHAC rivals UNOH.
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With the win, Indiana Tech is now 1425 consecutive days unbeaten in WHAC. Since the last defeat in the conference against UNOH in April 2019, the Warriors have not felt the taste of losing a conference game. The period includes 4 wins against UNOH, being 2 of these matches in the WHAC Tournament Final in 2021 and 2022.
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In the most recent match, the Warriors found a way to win, guaranteeing the doubles point and winning matches 2, 4, 5, and 6 in singles.
Indiana Tech got the doubles points after
Roshne Arunkumar and
Ana Gomez (IT) beat Ana Cetina and Jelena Lopicic (UNOH), and
Valentina Rodriguez and
Arianna Calcatelli (IT) beat Abigail Beck and Veronika Kovalchik (UNOH).
In the singles matches,
Thaina Carvalho, Criss Echavarria,
Ana Gomez, and
Valentina Rodriguez were responsible for scoring the points for the Warriors. Highlights for Echevarria, who won 6-1 / 6-0, only allowing her opponent to take 1 game, and Rodriguez, who clinched the winning point for Indiana Tech in match 6.
Results:
Doubles 1
Thaina Carvalho and
Abigail Simms (IT) 5-7 Neo Mafuteka and Alizee Ripolles (UNOH)
Doubles 2
Roshne Arunkumar and
Ana Gomez (IT) 7-5 Ana Cetina and Jelena Lopicic (UNOH)
Doubles 3
Valentina Rodriguez and
Arianna Calcatelli (IT) 6-1 Abigail Beck and Veronika Kovalchik (UNOH)
Singles 1
Abigail Simms (IT) 3-6 / 0-6 Ana Cetina (UNOH)
Singles 2
Thaina Carvalho (IT) 6-4 / 6-2 Jelena Lopicic (UNOH)
Singles 3
Roshne Arunkumar (IT) 4-6 / 6-3 / 6-7 Alizee Ripolles (UNOH)
Singles 4
Criss Echavarria (IT) 6-1 / 6-0 Veronika Kovalchik (UNOH)
Singles 5
Ana Gomez (IT) 6-4 / 6-1 Neo Mafuteka (UNOH)
Singles 6
Valentina Rodriguez (IT) 6-2 / 6-1 Abigail Beck (UNOH)
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Indiana Tech's next challenge will be against Grace College at Wildwood Racquet Club next Friday (March 24).
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