Western Michigan Defeats CSU Women's Tennis 6-1

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Kalamazoo, Mich. – Freshman Faith Huckabee (Hazel Crest, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor) picked up her second consecutive singles victory, but the Western Michigan Broncos defeated the Chicago State Women's Tennis team 6-1 at West Hills Athletic Club on Saturday evening (Jan. 25).
 
Huckabee beat Tracy Kuhle 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 (12-10). It gives her six singles victories since the beginning of the fall season. Freshman Kirsa Utech (Nindorf, Germany/Meldorfer Gelehrtenschule) went down at No. 1 singles 6-1, 6-2 to Nini Sujashvili. Kelsey King won 6-2, 6-0 over sophomore Carynne Lloyd (East Lansing, Mich./East Lansing) while Yuriko Ono beat sophomore Sabrine Navarro (Melbourne, Australia/) by the same score. Sophomore Gema Bolado Yusta (Madrid, Spain./IES Lázaro Cárdenas) suffered a 6-0, 6-2 loss to Ashby Meika. Caroline Aleck was up 6-1, 3-0 before sophomore Marnie Perez-Ochoa (Louisville, Ky./Male) retired because of an injury. 
 
Freshman Faith Huckabee (Hazel Crest, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor) and sophomore Carynne Lloyd (East Lansing, Mich./East Lansing) were beaten in doubles play by Kathleen Hawkins and Tracy Kuhle 6-1. Sophomore Gema Bolado Yusta (Madrid, Spain./IES Lázaro Cárdenas) and freshman Kirsa Utech (Nindorf, Germany/Meldorfer Gelehrtenschule) were taken down 6-1 by Caroline Aleck and Nini Sujashvili. Senior Karyn Emeralda (Jakarta, Indonesia/) and sophomore Marnie Perez-Ochoa (Louisville, Ky./Male) lost 6-3 to Meika Ashby and Yuriko Ono to wrap up doubles scoring. 
 
The Cougars fell to 0-2 while Western Michigan improved their record to 3-1. Chicago State hosts their first home match of the season vs. Utah State on Friday (Jan. 31). The match is set to begin at 6:00 PM CT.