BLOOMINGTON, Ill.-- The Illinois State women's tennis team (12-7, 5-2 MVC) will return home and conclude the regular season as they host the Belmont Bruins (5-13, 4-2 MVC) inside Evergreen Racquet Club on Friday, April 18. First serve is slated for 1 p.m. 

SENIOR DAY

Prior to Friday's match with the Bruins, the Birds will honor graduate student Elena Jankulovska (Skopje, Macedonia) who has spent five years as a member of the Illinois State women's tennis program.

LAST TIME OUT

ISU fell to the UIC Flames on Sunday (April, 13) by a score of 5-2 inside XS Tennis Village.

The Birds picked up the doubles point with wins at No. 1  from juniors Lana Caculovic (Dugo Selo, Croatia) and Silvia Pomarolli (Cecina, Italy) over UIC's Liu and Ushio by a score of 6-3. At No. 2, freshman Emma Lindh (Malmo, Sweden) and graduate student Elena Jankulovska (Skopje, Macedonia) battled to a 6-3 victory over the Flames Cosmo and Belberka.

As play shifted to singles competition, Pomarolli picked up a win over UIC's Edit Cosmo in straight sets by scores of 6-4, 6-3.

SCOUTING THE BRUINS

Belmont most recently defeated Missouri State by a score of 5-2 inside Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield, MO.

The Bruins were led by Aly Getty and Anastasiya Zholdakova at the No. 2 doubles pair as the duo defeated MSU's Sandra Lukacova and Raluca Puscas by a 6-3 margin. In singles competition, Zholdakova cruised past Tuana Gunal of the Bears by scores of 6-3, 6-0.

BY THE NUMBERS:

Singles Leaders:

•  Nuria Sanz (9-5)

•  Sophie Marie Lowe (6-0)

•  Zoe Limparis (3-0)

•  Nicole Iosio (12-5)

•  Elena Jankulovska (10-6)

•  Silvia Pomarolli (10-6)

Doubles Leaders: 

•  Lana Caculovic/Silvia Pomarolli (9-8)

•  Elena Jankulovska/Emma Lindh (9-7)

•  Nicole Iosio/Zoe Limparis (3-2)

• Lana Caculovic/Nicole Iosio (1-0)

•  Elena Jankulovska/Nuria Sanz (1-0)

•  Sophie Marie Lowe/Zoe Limparis (1-0)

•  Nuria Sanz/Zoe Limparis (1-0)

• Emma Lindh/Nicole Iosio (1-0)

UP NEXT

Illinois State will travel to Valparaiso, Indiana where they will open up play at the 2025 Missouri Valley Conference Championships, hosted by Valparaiso, on April 26.

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