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Women's Tennis Corey Miggins, Sports Information Director

Women’s Tennis Faces Bradley and Illinois State to Open Road Swing

Junior Lorea Gamboa and the CSU women's tennis team heads downstate this weekend to open a five-match road swing.
CHICAGO – Chicago State women's tennis heads to downstate Illinois this weekend for a pair of matches which opens a five-match road swing.
 
The Cougars face off against Bradley in Peoria at Clubs at River City on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. then travel to Bloomington to battle Illinois State at the Bloomington Tennis Center starting at 1 p.m.

CSU returns to action after a week break snapping a five-match losing streak on Feb. 4 with a 6-1 home victory over Green Bay in Homewood, Ill. The Green and White are led in singles by junior Mariya Kostyuk (Kyiv, Ukraine/International School), who has produced a season record of 11-8 in singles play with a 6-2 record in dual matches. Kostyuk and fellow junior Lorea Gamboa (Gamiz-Fika, Spain/Larramendi Ikastola) have tallied a team-leading seven doubles wins on the season.
 
Opening a six-match homestand on Friday against Western Illinois, Bradley holds a 2-3 season record after splitting a pair of road matches at Horizon League schools last weekend with a 4-3 win at Milwaukee and a 4-3 defeat at UIC. Junior Aimee Manfredo has produced a team-leading 8-5 singles record in addition to recording a 7-3 record in doubles with senior partner Ariel Dechter.
 
Illinois State comes into the week's slate with a 3-4 season record after continuing its six-match road swing last weekend with losses to Northern Illinois (2-5) and Iowa State (0-4). Junior Verlerija Gercar leads the Redbirds in singles with a 10-5 record with a 5-2 dual-match record, while the top doubles tandem are senior Marcia Tere-Apisah and freshman Jelena Karla Vujicic with a 6-5 mark.
 
CSU continues its road swing on Feb. 25 against NCAA Division II McKendree in downstate Belleville with a start time of 4 p.m.
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Players Mentioned

Lorea Gamboa

Lorea Gamboa

Junior
Mariya Kostyuk

Mariya Kostyuk

Junior

Players Mentioned

Lorea Gamboa

Lorea Gamboa

Junior
Mariya Kostyuk

Mariya Kostyuk

Junior