FINDLAY, Ohio - The Walsh Cavaliers women's tennis team took down the #23 ranked Findlay Oilers in a Great Midwest matchup on Sunday (March 27) at the YMCA East. 

Walsh got the doubles point with wins in first and second doubles. With the doubles matches tied 1-1, Risako Umekuni and Alexa Gamborino won the first doubles match to clinch the first point for Walsh. Nicole Beidacki made it 2-0 Walsh with a 6-3, 6-4 win at fourth singles. After Findlay won the third singles bout, Umekuni dispatched her first singles opponent 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 for a 3-1 lead. Findlay got the sixth singles point but Walsh clinched the match with a second singles win. Shantala Uzcategui won 7-6 (3), 7-5 in order for Walsh to win the match 4-2. 

Singles

1. Risako Umekuni (W) def. Elina Ivanova (F) 7-5, 3-6, 6-4

2. Shantala Uzcategui (W) def. Luciana Pereyra (F) 7-6, 7-5

3. Laiying Alvarado (F) def. Alexa Gamborino (W) 6-4, 6-4

4. Nicole Beidacki (W) def. Zuzanna Krygier (F) 6-3, 6-4

5. Samantha Sweet (F) vs. Chiara Wolff (W) 0-6, 5-5, unfinished

6. Emily Hadler (F) def. Isabella Sanchez (W) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles

1. Risako Umekuni/Alexa Gamborino (W) def. Laiying Alvarado/Samantha Sweet (F) 7-6

2. Shantala Uzcategui/Nicole Beidacki (W) def. Zuzanna Krygier/Emily Hadler (F) 6-2

3. Madison Arquette/Elina Ivanova (F) def. Isabella Sanchez/Carla Padberg (W) 6-4

Walsh will host Ashland on Friday (April 1) at North Canton Racquet Club as conference play continues. 

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