Women's Tennis Earns GLIAC Championship With 8-1 Win Over Ohio Dominican

The Northwood University women's tennis team claimed the outright GLIAC Championship Sunday morning (October 13) with a 8-1 victory over Ohio Dominican.

The championship is Northwood's third straight and their 10^th in the last 11 years.  The Timberwolves finish the regular season 14-0 overall and in the GLIAC.  Ohio Dominican finishes at 4-10 overall and in the GLIAC.

ODU was forced to play the match one player short, giving Northwood forfeit victories at the No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles positions. 

The Timberwolves earned a pair of easy wins at the other two doubles positions, winning 8-2 at the No. 1 position and 8-3 at the No. 2 slot.  Northwood then went on to win four of the five singles matches played.

For the season, Northwood went 30-6 in doubles (.833) and 57-11 in singles (.838) in GLIAC play.

Northwood will now compete at the GLIAC Tournament October 25-27 at the Midland Community Tennis Center.

Singles competition
1. Nastya Puchkina (NU) def. Anita Girizd (ODU) 7-5, 6-3
2. Anastasiia Kazub (NU) def. Ana Pico (ODU) 6-1, 6-2
3. Regina Camberos (ODU) def. Inesa Asatryan (NU) 7-5, 6-1
4. Anna Aniskina (NU) def. Alejandra Gonzalez (ODU) 7-5, 6-7, 10-6
5. Margarita Asatryan (NU) def. Paula Rodriguez (ODU) 6-1, 6-1
6. Maria Avksenenko (NU) def. No player (ODU), by default 

Doubles competition
1. Darina Berkova/Nastya Puchkina (NU) def. Anita Girizd/Ana Pico (ODU) 8-2
2. Anastasiia Kazub/Anna Aniskina (NU) def. Regina Camberos/Alejandra Gonzalez (ODU) 8-3
3. Inesa Asatryan/Margarita Asatryan (NU) def. No player/No player (ODU), by default